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General Discussion / Re: Arms and Armor discussion
« on: February 06, 2013, 11:10:51 pm »
Quote from: Mlamlah on February 06, 2013, 10:55:31 pm

Quote from: Andrew425 on February 06, 2013, 10:45:07 pm
As long as you can get it under 80 pounds I think it'd be manageable. Of course it'd be much easier if I was riding a horse. As for mobility I can see it hampering it but with enough protection all you needed to do was watch out for axes and maces and you'd be fine. Any slashing weapons wouldn't be able to penetrate it in most places so you'd be fine.

As for plastic not being able to stop a knife I'm thinking if you used that bullet proof glass it'd work if it was thick enough qnd properly reinforced. 

That weight *is * going to wear you down pretty quick, unless you've been trained for years to fight and live in the stuff you're going to be fall down dead tired within the first couple of minutes of combat. Also, all armor has gaps, once you've been knocked over a guy with a dagger would be all that would be needed to do you in.
Okay, yes, that would work. Good luck getting your hands on the stuff in real life, nevermind in the 14th century. But you said plastic, that's why i assumed you meant plastic.
All in all, the first men at arms to come your way would mean your death on the battlefield. Training is far more important than the equipment, and a whole crap ton of weapons strapped to your back is not going to make you a better warrior. In fact with all of those things getting in the way, it might make you a *worse* warrior.

It'd tire you out for sure, but all battles would do that. Of course you'd have to be fit and know how to handle a weapon. I'm just thinking that if you were going back, my outfit would probably be the safest you could realistically wear.

You could probably just dump the chainmaille and get a slightly thicker leather coat to go underneath the suit. Properly curated and with foam and plastic to dissipate blunt forces while the gothic plate armour would stop any slashing or penetration (unless you get a strong thrust with a sharp weapon)

And compared to what the men of arms at the time were wearing, you could keep them at range with the poleaxe and be able to take hits that would mortally wound an unarmoured guy. I'd say with a few months of weapons training and a few years of judo you could reliably go head to head with the average man at arms

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General Discussion / Re: Arms and Armor discussion
« on: February 06, 2013, 10:45:07 pm »
Quote from: Cthulhu on February 06, 2013, 09:53:23 pm
Quote from: Andrew425 on February 06, 2013, 08:44:11 pm
In my mind I have been building a set of plate armour, in the off chance I found a wormhole into the 14th century.

I think plate is awesome but I think it would be beneficial to have a layer of chainmaille underneath.  Under that you'd want a leather jacket preferably a motorcycle one that has lightweight foam on the shoulders and around vulnerable parts of the body. Also a massive helmet would be needed to be able to survive. It'd need a strong plastic visor to be able to stop small knives from penetrating. 

I know weight is a major issue but I think that with modern metallic alloys you can get a greater strength and less weight then the historic ones, while giving far better protection.

As for weapons I'd get a poleaxe/halberd with a sword and multiple knives as back up weapons.  All built out of quality steel to ensure they don't break on me.

I don't know how to ride a horse though.

Real talk:  I know that no one on bay12 could handle that many layers of armor while still being able to fight.  Plate isn't that heavy but it's not like a t-shirt either. Chainmail on the other hand is pretty heavy.  With chainmail, a motorcycle jacket, and full plate on top of that, plus a big pile of weapons you don't know how to use, and we're talking not being able to move around well enough to fight.


As long as you can get it under 80 pounds I think it'd be manageable. Of course it'd be much easier if I was riding a horse. As for mobility I can see it hampering it but with enough protection all you needed to do was watch out for axes and maces and you'd be fine. Any slashing weapons wouldn't be able to penetrate it in most places so you'd be fine.

As for plastic not being able to stop a knife I'm thinking if you used that bullet proof glass it'd work if it was thick enough qnd properly reinforced. 

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General Discussion / Re: Arms and Armor discussion
« on: February 06, 2013, 09:42:19 pm »
I'd much rather be in a chain skirt then in a grave.

But I'd pick a pair of greaves over both of them. Over top of the greaves you'd want to slap on knee protection and upper thigh (if you can fit it on) a metal sheets would come down from the breastplate that would fold up so you could ride and bring your knees to a bit past waist level.

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General Discussion / Re: Arms and Armor discussion
« on: February 06, 2013, 08:44:11 pm »
In my mind I have been building a set of plate armour, in the off chance I found a wormhole into the 14th century.

I think plate is awesome but I think it would be beneficial to have a layer of chainmaille underneath.  Under that you'd want a leather jacket preferably a motorcycle one that has lightweight foam on the shoulders and around vulnerable parts of the body. Also a massive helmet would be needed to be able to survive. It'd need a strong plastic visor to be able to stop small knives from penetrating. 

I know weight is a major issue but I think that with modern metallic alloys you can get a greater strength and less weight then the historic ones, while giving far better protection.

As for weapons I'd get a poleaxe/halberd with a sword and multiple knives as back up weapons.  All built out of quality steel to ensure they don't break on me.

I don't know how to ride a horse though.

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General Discussion / Re: American Politics Omnibus Megathread of DOOM
« on: February 06, 2013, 07:25:52 pm »
Quote from: RedWarrior0 on February 06, 2013, 04:19:47 pm
Regarding the Nirth Klurian missile, I'm reminded of that Nuclear Warfare 101 thing someone mentioned (this).

That was an interesting read.

I can see why the USSR and the U.S. had massive stockpiles of nukes. I think I want to build a bomb shelter now though...

I'm not sure I completely agree with his rationale that nuclear weapons make countries saner. If this is the case wouldn't they get freaked out if a country could build a anti missle system with a 50% block rate?

So if north Korea really wants to fight the western world nuclearly they would need 10, 000 nukes just to ensure that we wouldn't be around. With only 5 nukes and no reliable way of shooting them they aren't protecting themselves with nukes rather they are going to realize how woefully unprepared they are. Which might either make them saner or make Their glorious leader even crazier

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Life Advice / Re: Could someone explain cell phone provider math to me?
« on: February 01, 2013, 07:47:39 pm »
Generally in my experience getting a contract is the way to get the best rate. #1 doesn't seem like it's ship has sailed as you are forced to buy the phone separately so you could probably get that deal if you asked. #2 is more then you want so is probably a bad deal as you'd be buying the phone with these guys.

So you need to decide on two things.

1) Are you okay being in a 2 or 3 year contract? If so you should be able to get a smart phone for no more then $100 If not I see no point in buying a phone through a payment plan unless you don't have the money in which case i'd recommend you reconsider buying a new phone all together.

2) I'm guessing you live in the U.S. so I can't really help you on the pricing and what is fair or not but look around to other places. T-Mobile is asking $50 a month for their data plan. Look at other places and see what you can get. Their are probably other companies that would be more than willing to get you a month by month deal especially if you brought your own phone to them. Also tell T-Mobile about what these other companies are offering you. They will likely try to match it, more so because you are a returning customer.  If nothing bites try to delay getting a phone for a few months until you see a better plan being offered

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General Discussion / Re: SCIENCE, the Higgs, and everything else!
« on: January 28, 2013, 01:57:16 am »
With constant acceleration at least you'd have gravity for the voyagers.

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DF Suggestions / Re: Dwarven Postage System
« on: January 23, 2013, 05:51:57 pm »
I like this idea. I think it would be best set up so that only forts send messages to each other through caravans or through an armed convoy. When wars happen the king might send a letter demanding aid. Your Baron might try to marry jis daughter to another fortress to secure an alliance. You could send a letter to a fortress in the area that you are musyering a force to fight the goblins and want to meet.

You'd be able to read the message and ignore it if you want to or act on it in multiple ways.

As for interpersonal dwarven communications I don't think its needed. Perhaps when the caravan comes he can update the dwarves about deaths and stuff without you having to deal with it.

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Life Advice / Re: Rats in the attic
« on: January 23, 2013, 05:42:29 pm »
My drunken rat idea isn't a joke suggestion. I had a rat get drunk in my back yard before. Pretty easy to dispose of.

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Life Advice / Re: Rats in the attic
« on: January 23, 2013, 12:17:03 am »
After having dealt with them before your best bet is a few traps. There probably isn't more than 5 in your house so a couple of days of that and you'd be good. Alternatively you could put out a bowl of wine for them and then wait for them to get drunk then go into the attic with a shovel and a garbage bag.

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General Discussion / Re: The Dream Thread
« on: January 20, 2013, 02:49:47 am »
I had a dream that during an interview Oprah broke down and admitted to having sexual relations with Adolf Hitler.  When Hitler was 20 or so.

I woke up and the only thing I could think of was that Oprah must be pretty old.

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General Discussion / Re: The Crossover Thread
« on: January 18, 2013, 12:07:49 am »
I think you are underestimating the speed of the Spartans.  They can dodge bullets at near point blank range. If they got hit they'd probably go down, but from what I've read all Space Marines are are just super juiced people in power armour. Plus battles in different gravity settings could make for a challenge as well if they get to use their armour abilities like invisibility.

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General Discussion / Re: The Crossover Thread
« on: January 17, 2013, 11:34:31 pm »
Well i've thought about it for a while. I think that Spartans would be better fighters but the Space Marines would be better soldiers. The Spartans have better biological upgrades for quick battles but would falter when they need to fight for days on end.

Though their weapons would be subpar.

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General Discussion / Re: The Crossover Thread
« on: January 17, 2013, 10:58:28 pm »
A Spartan (Halo) in the 40k world. Or multiple.  Would be neat to see.

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General Discussion / Re: Words you learned today thread
« on: January 16, 2013, 07:38:17 pm »
Concatenation.

Though I probably should have heard it before

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