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Plate armor is also a "late addition" HyogaRott Send a noteboard - 03/02/2011 03:22:55 PM
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.

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Cuendillar Armor Nargs - 26/01/2011 06:26:03 PM 1531 Views
We had a lengthy discussion of this on wotmania a few years ago... Marshall - 26/01/2011 06:46:27 PM 1023 Views
There are problems. Ghavrel - 26/01/2011 07:14:29 PM 916 Views
Properties not understood... Nargs - 26/01/2011 08:15:48 PM 1012 Views
So, a thin layer of cuendillar, with lot of padding? *NM* beetnemesis - 26/01/2011 09:52:18 PM 320 Views
Yep. My point is a thin layer of heartstone armor would lead to warrior organ jello. Ghavrel - 27/01/2011 09:01:34 AM 824 Views
Re: There are problems. HyogaRott - 28/01/2011 06:31:19 PM 903 Views
The spike was a later addition; the primary method of damage was blunt force trauma. *NM* Ghavrel - 28/01/2011 09:20:32 PM 321 Views
Plate armor is also a "late addition" HyogaRott - 03/02/2011 03:22:55 PM 658 Views
Who says it would transmit the shockwaves? As you note below it violates many laws of physics. *NM* Cannoli - 02/02/2011 06:51:18 PM 338 Views
*shrug* Ghavrel - 02/02/2011 08:07:35 PM 741 Views
There is no shockwave HyogaRott - 03/02/2011 03:29:21 PM 692 Views
Chain mail not difficult but long process. Nargs - 26/01/2011 08:21:04 PM 1175 Views
it's "sole" purpose *NM* newyorkersedai - 26/01/2011 11:21:19 PM 354 Views
a cookie for you! cheers *NM* Nargs - 27/01/2011 10:38:46 PM 308 Views
well there seems to be more effective ways of going about making armor darius_sedai - 28/01/2011 06:54:37 PM 736 Views
Reply in the wrong place. Myrdhyn - 02/02/2011 06:52:26 PM 768 Views
Awesome. So take your thoughts and apply them to the situation. Ghavrel - 02/02/2011 08:10:05 PM 728 Views
I know, but it's more fun to break physics with magic *NM* Myrdhyn - 02/02/2011 09:27:36 PM 338 Views
Re: I know, but it's more fun to break physics with magic Lo'oris - 04/02/2011 02:16:42 PM 707 Views
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