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Shouldn't Elven Chain be wearable by Archers?

DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
in Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
From a roleplaying pont of view, archers wear light armor because they need lots of mobility in order to perform their amazing archery feats. So I suppose that they could wear an elven chainmail with little penalties, shouldn't they?

Thieves can wear it, after all...

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  • T2avT2av Member Posts: 202
    All elves should be able to wear it.
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  • bob_vengbob_veng Member Posts: 2,308
    edited October 2015
    what does it say in the item description? if it doesn't say "not wearable by archer" it's a bug

    edit: actually, archer is prohibited from wearing metal armor; not like thief that is prohibited from heavier-than-studded, but can wear elven chain because it's not in the heavier-than-studded category since it's incredibly lightweight

    then this is not a bug

    a feature request could be made to make the archer's armor restrictions equal to the thief's
    no reason to impose the druid's archetype (metal = baaad) onto archer, it just doesn't fit thematically
  • DJKajuruDJKajuru Member Posts: 3,300
    bob_veng said:

    what does it say in the item description? if it doesn't say "not wearable by archer" it's a bug

    edit: actually, archer is prohibited from wearing metal armor; not like thief that is prohibited from heavier-than-studded, but can wear elven chain because it's not in the heavier-than-studded category since it's incredibly lightweight

    Actually, the kit description says that Archers are limited to wearing Studded Leather Armor. Pretty much the same as thieves, no?
  • bob_vengbob_veng Member Posts: 2,308
    edited October 2015
    huh...in bg:ee, under disadvantages, it says "May not wear any metal armor"

    but apparently in iwd this is more sensible

    edit: ATTENTION - in iwd:ee it also says "May not wear any metal armor", just checked

    to be sure look here [21:09] :smile:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwMIMXeZI7Q
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  • bob_vengbob_veng Member Posts: 2,308
    yeah...i feel as if somebody wanted to set the restriction as "no heavier as studded" but mistakenly phrased it as "no metal" thinking it's a simpler way to put it - but he forgot elven chain
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