The spike was added SPECIFICALLY to counteract plate armor. It is all about the PSI. Plate armor spreads it across the body, unless it is penetrated, or deformed. a spike, or very narrow head, concentrates the force from the hammer across a small area, in hopes of deforming, or holing the plate. If the plate does not deform or hole, then severe damage will NOT be received by the body behind it. It will hurt, you might suffer an injury such as bruising (internal bruising is possible but not likely), possibly a bone fracture. An overhand blow to a shoulder would likely break a collar bone; more due to armor movement than force transmittal though.
In short, though you would not be invulnerable (a flow of fire would cook you, leaving your armor untouched), a person wearing cuendillar plate would be a major problem on the battlefield. Assuming that anyone in WOT knows how to make plate armor in the first place, and it would not weigh too much...
Hmmm...
Ogrier in cuendillar plate would be rather nasty.
In short, though you would not be invulnerable (a flow of fire would cook you, leaving your armor untouched), a person wearing cuendillar plate would be a major problem on the battlefield. Assuming that anyone in WOT knows how to make plate armor in the first place, and it would not weigh too much...
Hmmm...
Ogrier in cuendillar plate would be rather nasty.
Cuendillar Armor
- 26/01/2011 06:26:03 PM
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We had a lengthy discussion of this on wotmania a few years ago...
- 26/01/2011 06:46:27 PM
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There are problems.
- 26/01/2011 07:14:29 PM
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Properties not understood...
- 26/01/2011 08:15:48 PM
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Yep. My point is a thin layer of heartstone armor would lead to warrior organ jello.
- 27/01/2011 09:01:34 AM
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Re: There are problems.
- 28/01/2011 06:31:19 PM
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The spike was a later addition; the primary method of damage was blunt force trauma. *NM*
- 28/01/2011 09:20:32 PM
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Plate armor is also a "late addition"
- 03/02/2011 03:22:55 PM
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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
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well there seems to be more effective ways of going about making armor
- 28/01/2011 06:54:37 PM
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Reply in the wrong place.
- 02/02/2011 06:52:26 PM
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Awesome. So take your thoughts and apply them to the situation.
- 02/02/2011 08:10:05 PM
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*NM*