Re: DM: Big armor = Big dodge/decise penalty?

From: aj863@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Garth Werner)

Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 06:18:11 +0000

In a previous article, cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein) says:

>
>What is your experience with dodging with heavy armour such as
>plate or scale?  Do you find that there is a gradual penalty as
>you increase weight or is there no penalty up to a certain point when
>there is a sudden drop in ability?
>
>Also what about decise?  My observation seems to indicate that there
>is really no penalty if you stay below a certain maximum dictated
>by your carrying capacity.

The same thing seems to apply with the dodge.  The High STR/CON AB
theory we've seen seem to have no troubel with dodge in plate, but they do
tend do dodge less, and paryr more when decked out so.

>
>Well?
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