Zervostyrd
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As for a chainmail, as long as it's long enough and wide enough for you to get in, you can always wear it (if it's too big just put on some leather straps! ).. Cloths and Leather works as long as they aren't too small...Maybe you could loot cloth, leather and mail, but to get your hands on plate you would have to order one made for you by a blacksmith...
Not necissarily a bad idea. But I do wonder when Elric says "a bad fitting plate is a hinderence".
Does he refer to a plate armor made for a 1.75m tall guy with a 0.85m(completley figurative numbers) in circut around the chest. Would fit poorly to man that is 1.85m and has a chest circut of 92.5cm?
-in which case you can assume that a smith do tailor armors for a rich fellow, but keeps a stock of "generic meussurments" plate that doesn't give you a perfect fit, but it's fairly cheap. Though it serves the purpose well enough.
Or does he refer to a plate armor made for the first guy, would still fit poorly if the other guy was 1.78 and have a chest circut off 87.5cm?
-In which case the smith might have to make a mold of everyone that wants a plate armor.
IF anything you should be able to loot the plate, take it to a good blacksmith and say "I want an armor in this exact style, but tailored to fit me!".
But on the other hand, IMO everything should fit, (well If we must, take away plate) otherwise, I as the worst case of hoarder will suffer! IMMENSLY!! Just imagine you adapt the armor a bit with adding new pieces, stretch it, become used to it, cut away excess chains... etc...