[HoE] Kevlar (was Templar Gift - Impressions?)

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>With all the discussion of HTH (esp. swords) vs. armor,  I'm putting in my
>$.02.
>
>Now in real life kevlar works by spreading the kenetic force in an impact
>over a larger area.  This works for any blunt force trauma like bullets,
>unfortunately kevlar is not very effective against edged weapons.  That 
>said
>I use a house rule for kevlar that makes edged weapons more effective
>against it. If an edged HTH weapon is used the armor becomes light armor of
>the same level.
>

Are you taking into account the fact that the rules _already_ make Kevlar 
less effective against HTH attacks (page 58)?

Just that Pinnacle obviously agreed with you that Kevlar is less effective 
against HTH - you're just taking it down two steps instead of their one.  So 
I was kinda curious...


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Steve Crow

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