Animal skins?


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Slime Squisher

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Post Saturday, 26th February 2011, 13:08

Animal skins?

Is there a good reason animal skins exist? Robes are floor trash, and less heavy. I think either skin/hide armour should be expanded and made more common, or animal skins should be removed.

If hide armour is made more common, it would need a nerf, since it is clearly better than normal armour (larger AC/EV ratio, resists) in most cases. Perhaps it should be more difficult to enchant? The advantage of this would be that armour restricted races (draconian, ogre) wouldn't have to train dodging into late game before finally picking up an armour.
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Post Monday, 28th February 2011, 07:10

Re: Animal skins?

I guess one thing that's good about them is that they're there so that Berserkers can start with them instead of robes. I don't really like all the armour pieces that are functionally identical myself..

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Vestibule Violator

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Post Monday, 28th February 2011, 15:41

Re: Animal skins?

Makes sense to me!

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