From: Paul (runelord@nacjack.gen.nz)
Date: Wed 15 May 1991 - 09:56:33 EEST
THE RQ III ARMOUR TABLES
The system for determining what size armour you need and what the ENC and cost
of said armour will be is a trifle annoying. RQ 3 tried to get away from the
old lumpy break-point idea in general, so why not for armour ? The tables
below provide for specific ENCs and costs of armour based upon the SIZ of the
intended wearer.
ARMOUR TYPE AP ENC HELM TYPE ARMOUR ITEMS %Age Cloth 0 10 Cloth Leggings/Greaves 40 (pair) Soft Leather 1 15 Soft Hood Skirt/Taces 10 Stiff Leather 2 20 Thick Hood Byrnie/Cuirass 20 Cuirboulli 3 20 Hard Cap Sleeves/Vambraces 20 (pair) Bezainted 4 30 Composite Pants/Trews 50 Ringmail 5 40 Ring Coif Hauberk 30 Scale 6 70 Scale Coif Helm/Hood,etc. 10 Lamellar 6 80 Open Helm Hauberk/Hambergon 50 Brigandine 7 80 Chain Coif Chainmail 7 90 Visored Helm Plate 8 100 Closed Helm
The ENC calculation is as follows: take the ENC factor and divide by 10, this is the base ENC of the armour, then add in the SIZ of the suit using the ENC factor as a percentage.
Examples:
SIZ 13 set of Cloth: 10 ENC -> base ENC 1.0 + 10% x 13 = 1.0 + 1.3 = 2.3 SIZ 10 set of Chain: 90 ENC -> base ENC 9.0 + 90% x 10 = 9.0 + 9.0 = 18.0 SIZ 17 set of Plate: 100 ENC -> base ENC 10.0 + 100% x 17 = 10.0 + 17.0 = 27.0
For those of you wondering about the strange calculation, this is to keep the existing systems "biasing" whereby the ENC to SIZ ratio is not entirely linear but makes small SIZ armour slightly higher in ENC and high SIZ armour slightly lower in ENC. For those of you who wish a straight linear SIZ to ENC ratio, just double my ENC factors and use those as a direct percentage of SIZ.
Examples:
SIZ 13 set of Cloth: 10 ENC -> 10 x2 = 20% of 13 = 2.6 SIZ 10 set of Chain: 90 ENC -> 90 x2 = 180% of 10 = 18.0 SIZ 17 set of Plate: 100 ENC -> 100 x2 = 200% of 17 = 34.0 (c) 1991 Paul "RuneLord" Heinz email:runelord@nacjack.gen.nz
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