Augur
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Hello Hivemind, just returning from having my first 1-shotted Master character. I don't have enough money yet to fully equip multiple characters with really good armor, so this guy was running around in a full chainmail suit with a gambeson, arming cap, and padded legs with a tunic and that's it. I prefer being on the mobile side of things, and the chainmail kept the nasty red bar away most of the time.
I enter an Expert match with a volgue, going against a guy with a heater shield and a flanged mace. I do my routine "I hate shield users" square-dance, and then he casually rolls a nat20 overhead on my unfortunate face, and my character drops like a sack of mashed potatoes, comically in a sitting position with enough blood to make DOOMguy blush. From full yellow health. At this point I'm thinking, maybe I should make it mandatory for helmets in adept matches onwards.
My other character mainly has a helmet and full arm protection (vambraces, couters, spaulders), keeping most of the most common things I get hit safe under plate. I don't normally get hit in the chest unless I get thrust there, which funnily is the same case as my HEMA fencing bouts.
What's your preferred armor setup? Do you load up on everything you have, or if not, what do you sacrifice?
I enter an Expert match with a volgue, going against a guy with a heater shield and a flanged mace. I do my routine "I hate shield users" square-dance, and then he casually rolls a nat20 overhead on my unfortunate face, and my character drops like a sack of mashed potatoes, comically in a sitting position with enough blood to make DOOMguy blush. From full yellow health. At this point I'm thinking, maybe I should make it mandatory for helmets in adept matches onwards.
My other character mainly has a helmet and full arm protection (vambraces, couters, spaulders), keeping most of the most common things I get hit safe under plate. I don't normally get hit in the chest unless I get thrust there, which funnily is the same case as my HEMA fencing bouts.
What's your preferred armor setup? Do you load up on everything you have, or if not, what do you sacrifice?
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