Tartarus Sorceror
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Joined: Saturday, 18th June 2016, 13:57
Remove GDR?
The unspoiled player has no idea it exists.
The spoiled player does. Now, let's look at what it means.
GDR makes heavy armour even better at what it does, without skill investment.
I don't think heavy armour needs such an advantage. Because of how AC is calculated, heavier armour already has a better return to investment in armour skill: at skill 10, you will gain a bonus of 2 AC for a scale mail, a bonus of 4 points for a plate mail, and a bonus of 1 point for a leather armour.
There's also another reason. Let's assume that you found a +8 scale mail. You have about 15 points in armour skill, and it brings your AC to 18 (6+4+8). That would be the same as a +2 plate armour (10+6+2). I think that it's OK if a highly enchanted, lighter armour gives you as much protection as a heavier cuirass. However, this simply cannot happen, because GDR cannot be enhanced. A plate will always be better than a chain mail from this point of view.
An alternative to removal would be to make GDR dependent on AC total (all worn amour pieces) or total AC given by the cuirass (intrinsic + skill bonus + enchantment level). This would also make sneaky characters and mages slightly less squishy. Maybe add a maximal threshold to avoid things getting out of hand.
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