1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ RDN's Lucifer (nerthos) http://rainbowdash.net/nerthos http://rainbowdash.net/notice/1925796 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/60" class="url" title="Scribus Caballus"><span class="fn nickname">scribus</span></a></span> Yeah, there's that problem too. If you're wearing full plate you can pretty much take any blow from a practice weapon. The costs part is relative, if you want to buy plate armor it becomes prohibitively expensibe, but if you make it yourself, it's probably cheaper than leather.