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Properties not understood... Nargs Send a noteboard - 26/01/2011 08:15:48 PM
Sure! If you get hit hard enough, you die. No one is claiming you can jump off a bloody cliff and survive if you are wearing cuendillar armor.

A bullet proof vest can prevent a bullet from killing you. The bullet hits the vest. It hurts a lot! but it doesnt kill you. because the force of the bullet is disapated over the surface of the vest.

Lets look at Perrin's hammer for instance. If his hammer hit your skin directly then all the energy of his swinging hammer is released in the small area his hammer is hitting you.

Now, put a ANYTHING between you and the swinging hammer. If the surface area of that THING is smaller (IE a nail) then it focuses the energy of the hammer onto the smaller surface.

If the surface area of that THING is larger (IE cuendillar armor) then it spreads the energy of the hammer onto the larger surface area therefore doing less damage.

This is a very simple illustation and there are other things that come into play such as different materials absorbing energy better than others. Cuendillar being one of the better materials for absorbing energy.

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Cuendillar Armor - 26/01/2011 06:26:03 PM 1473 Views
We had a lengthy discussion of this on wotmania a few years ago... - 26/01/2011 06:46:27 PM 978 Views
There are problems. - 26/01/2011 07:14:29 PM 866 Views
Properties not understood... - 26/01/2011 08:15:48 PM 956 Views
So, a thin layer of cuendillar, with lot of padding? *NM* - 26/01/2011 09:52:18 PM 301 Views
Re: There are problems. - 28/01/2011 06:31:19 PM 853 Views
The spike was a later addition; the primary method of damage was blunt force trauma. *NM* - 28/01/2011 09:20:32 PM 299 Views
Plate armor is also a "late addition" - 03/02/2011 03:22:55 PM 608 Views
Who says it would transmit the shockwaves? As you note below it violates many laws of physics. *NM* - 02/02/2011 06:51:18 PM 319 Views
*shrug* - 02/02/2011 08:07:35 PM 688 Views
There is no shockwave - 03/02/2011 03:29:21 PM 664 Views
Chain mail not difficult but long process. - 26/01/2011 08:21:04 PM 1116 Views
it's "sole" purpose *NM* - 26/01/2011 11:21:19 PM 334 Views
a cookie for you! cheers *NM* - 27/01/2011 10:38:46 PM 289 Views
well there seems to be more effective ways of going about making armor - 28/01/2011 06:54:37 PM 681 Views
Reply in the wrong place. - 02/02/2011 06:52:26 PM 713 Views
Awesome. So take your thoughts and apply them to the situation. - 02/02/2011 08:10:05 PM 664 Views
I know, but it's more fun to break physics with magic *NM* - 02/02/2011 09:27:36 PM 315 Views
Re: I know, but it's more fun to break physics with magic - 04/02/2011 02:16:42 PM 657 Views

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