armor fittings

[dex]

Skill Name: Puncture Protection
Mnemonic: puncture
Other Requirements: Specialized armor fittings (available at your local Warrior Guild workshop) are required. There are five quality tiers of fittings: common (useable at Rank 1), sturdy (Rank 2), fine (Rank 3), superb (Rank 4), and masterwork (Rank 5). If the armor is flared or provides a bonus to AS or TD, it requires sturdy fittings or better. If the armor being adjusted is padded, the quality of the fittings required is:

Common: May not be used with padded armor.
Sturdy: May be used with up to fairly padded armor.
Fine: May be used with up to decently padded armor.
Superb: May be used with up to very heavily padded armor.
Masterwork: No limit on level of padding.

Available to: Warriors.
Prerequisites:
None
Armor Point Cost:
Rank 1: 20
Rank 2: 30
Rank 3: 40
Rank 4: 50
Rank 5: 60
Description: Adjusts a person's armor so that it is more resistant to puncture attacks.

The base strength of the damage resistance is equal to (Fitting Tier * 10), with common fittings having a value of 1 and masterwork fittings having a value of 5. If the armor is flared or provides a bonus to AS/TD, there is a -10 penalty to the resistance strength. If the armor is padded, there is a penalty of -5 per ASSESS level to a maximum penalty of -40.

The number of puncture hits that can be taken before the resistance wears off is equal to ((Fitting Tier * 10) + (Armor Use Skill / 10)).

If I understand the above correctly, if you have a flaring armor that's 10+ crit padded, you would not derive any benefit from even masterwork fittings? Since -10 + -40 = -50, hence negating any benefit?

[Roblar]

Oh, flaring AND padded.

I can't the wiki to open for ASSESS levels but worst case you will always have +10

[dex]

Yeah, it's flaring, has +td bonus, and padded to over 10+.... so it should negate -10 + -40, no?

[Roblar]

Yeah, it's flaring, has +td bonus

No its not.

[dex]

No its not.

Why not? It is, not much, just +5 TD, but still counts as a penalty for fittings.

[Roblar]

It can't have flaring and TD in the same slot.

[dex]

Tranquia gestures at you.
CS: +310 - TD: +426 + CvA: -31 + d100: +47 == -100
Warded off!

s>rem plate
Ericos opens the lid on his steel crate, its hinges creaking noisily.
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You work your way out of some bright red rune-covered platemail.

Tranquia gestures at you.
CS: +310 - TD: +421 + CvA: +25 + d100: +14 == -72
Warded off!

s>
Naina giggles.
s>
The air calms down around Ericos.
s>
Naina gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid...
s>
Naina gestures at you.
CS: +416 - TD: +426 + CvA: -31 + d100: +62 == +21
Warded off!
s>
Gweneivia snickers.
s>
Naina gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid...
s>
Naina gestures at you.
CS: +416 - TD: +426 + CvA: -31 + d100: +40 == -1
Warded off!
s>
Naina gestures while calling upon the lesser spirits for aid...
s>
Naina gestures at you.
Your rune-covered platemail emits a deafening wail as a bright red glow erupts from its surface, surrounding you!
CS: +416 - TD: +476 + CvA: -31 + d100: +7 == -84
Warded off!
s>'woo
You heartily say, "Woo."


It can...

[Roblar]

I see, banshee flares.

They are a script, not a true flare (that would occupy the same slot as TD).

[dex]

Ah, ok. So I just want to understand one thing, does this:


If the armor is flared or provides a bonus to AS/TD, there is a -10 penalty to the resistance strength. If the armor is padded, there is a penalty of -5 per ASSESS level to a maximum penalty of -40.

mean that -40 is the max penalty for crit padding, and then you also have to add -10 for TD boost penalty, or is -40 is the max combined penalty for fittings in general? You said worst case it'd be +10, but way I'm reading it seems like it would be 0, in my case.

[Roblar]

Good question, post on the officials, due to the new slot and ability of padding + TD/flare

However, my bet is the max remains -40 penalty (or at best +10 resistance).

[rolfard]

Those banshee flares take the script slot, no?