On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4 wrote:

>
> A factor in this decision is this: Does the type of armor have an impact on
> amount of damage received. I know better armor increases AC but does it
> also reduce damage taken? For example, I get hit in combat and the random
> number generator says I take 40 points of damage. Currently I'm wearing
> Crush's ringmail tunic. If I was wearing bronze plate, would the damage I
> received be lower, say like 30pts, due to the plate armor reducing the force
> of the attack?

When I experimented with mesh armor a few weeks ago, wisps
that normally dinged me for 1-2 points (with the occasional
10-20) in plate were hitting me for 20 points regularly. I
don't know if this was due to the type of armor, or because in
mesh my AC was 50 points lower.

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John H. Kim
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