NotFishing,
Mail was more expensive than plate, regardless if mail was cheaper to produce, however, I have speculated that smaller parts of mail, such as mittens, aventail, or coif, may have been easier things to acquire. Hammering tiny rods of iron, or making mail from iron wire, are definitely cheaper and easier to do, but mail wasn’t cheap, and Europe had lots of iron. Note that chainmail and platemail are not historically accurate terms; they appear within a couple hundred years ago. Mail was also tailored to match the wearer’s body, too.
I’m rather ignorant of conventional fantasy, so I don’t know what rogues do. I’m guessing it’s Assassin’s Creed or Dishonoured or Thief stuff. Speaking of which, I don’t think we’ve had an RP about something like that, though it’ll be up to someone else to work it out.
West,
That can happen, yes. Not knowing how to use something can indeed just put you in a worse situation.
I see, I think. There were many monk-like pilgrims going to the Middle East prior to the First Crusade, and many of them were basically slashing practise for Muslim raiders.
Good analogy to modern trades in relation to RP classes, makes sense for sure. Medieval people were just much more adaptable than their modern descendants, and that’s something I automatically and thoughtlessly incorporate in my RPs. Crusaders converted boats into siege towers, and Vikings made siege engines when they had to. Knights were also hunters, politicians, and landowners. Huscarls eventually fought on horseback like knights. English longbowmen sometimes equipped themselves in heavy armour, or even converted into actual men-at-arms, leaving their longbows behind. Indeed, all these phases took time, a class that expands and learns, so to speak.
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