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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 1556 Views
We had a lengthy discussion of this on wotmania a few years ago... Marshall - 26/01/2011 06:46:27 PM 1042 Views
There are problems. Ghavrel - 26/01/2011 07:14:29 PM 934 Views
Properties not understood... Nargs - 26/01/2011 08:15:48 PM 1033 Views
So, a thin layer of cuendillar, with lot of padding? *NM* beetnemesis - 26/01/2011 09:52:18 PM 328 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 841 Views
Re: There are problems. HyogaRott - 28/01/2011 06:31:19 PM 923 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 327 Views
Plate armor is also a "late addition" HyogaRott - 03/02/2011 03:22:55 PM 674 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 344 Views
*shrug* Ghavrel - 02/02/2011 08:07:35 PM 756 Views
There is no shockwave HyogaRott - 03/02/2011 03:29:21 PM 713 Views
Chain mail not difficult but long process. Nargs - 26/01/2011 08:21:04 PM 1195 Views
it's "sole" purpose *NM* newyorkersedai - 26/01/2011 11:21:19 PM 361 Views
a cookie for you! cheers *NM* Nargs - 27/01/2011 10:38:46 PM 317 Views
well there seems to be more effective ways of going about making armor darius_sedai - 28/01/2011 06:54:37 PM 771 Views
Reply in the wrong place. Myrdhyn - 02/02/2011 06:52:26 PM 790 Views
Awesome. So take your thoughts and apply them to the situation. Ghavrel - 02/02/2011 08:10:05 PM 745 Views
I know, but it's more fun to break physics with magic *NM* Myrdhyn - 02/02/2011 09:27:36 PM 347 Views
Re: I know, but it's more fun to break physics with magic Lo'oris - 04/02/2011 02:16:42 PM 728 Views
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