[TORG] Why don't wizards run around in tin cans?

[Travis James Hall]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com 
> [mailto:torg-bounces at justintimeadventures.com] On Behalf Of 
> Dominick Riesland
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 August 2009 5:53 AM
> 
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Travis James
> Hall<travisjhall at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> This carries the next question: If wizards have all the good stuff,
> why do the warriors bother with the tin cans?

Because they don't always have access to the high-end magic wizards use to
replace armour.

> > That said, I actually did go shopping in a department store 
> bridal registry
> > in full Crusader armour. It's not actually so inconvenient 
> that you won't
> > see it happen when people have a reason to be wearing the 
> armour in the
> > first place.
> 
> Remember also, that you are not living in a war zone. If you found it
> "not actually so inconvenient that you won't see it happen when people
> have a reason to be wearing the armour in the first place" when at
> peace, how inconvenient is it really when an invasion can take place
> at any moment?

Indeed, that is the point I told the story to make.

On that occasion, I was participating in medieval re-enactment shows that
day. There were two performances, in the mall in the centre of the city,
with a break between. I had to buy a wedding gift, so went to the bridal
registry during the break, and didn't bother getting out of the armour. I
was shopping near a (simulated) war zone.

Similarly, if you visited a town in Aysle near a war zone, you would expect
to see more people wandering around in their armour, not having bothered to
remove it when they come to a place of relative safety. You wouldn't expect
every soldier to remain in their armour at all times (as I said, it's darned
inconvenient) but soldiers who are heading off to battle shortly, have
recently returned from battle, or who just plain don't have somewhere secure
to stash their gear will probably be wearing their armour.

And you see similar effects in some parts of the world today. There are some
unfortunately war-torn regions where people gear up as best they can to buy
food at the markets. I don't have a strong enough reason in Melbourne,
Australia, but conditions are different in, say, parts of Afghanistan.

Travis