TheNanMan2000

That doesn’t change that it adds a layer of paperwork that contributes absolutely nothing to RP

What it means is that people can’t walk around with a very powerful piece of equipment that only the wealthiest of society could afford.  There’s a vast amount of other armour types that can be used, and having people explore the unique and diverse range of armours, all coming with their own unique specialties would make RP more engaging.  Not only that, but you will be able to identify knights and nobility by their armour, as it was back in medieval times.  Instead, every retard is given a plate-armour skin like it’s some cheap piece of metal.  Also, it’s not hard to simply find a blacksmith and ask ‘Hey, can you make me a suite of armour?’ then have them agree, make it, then you pay them.  It really wouldn’t hinder people a great deal, but just means it’s no this super common thing that any retard can put on and bandit with, and you won’t see a poor garrison lad standing with polished full-plate

Except they can and still will roll anything they feel like rolling. Even if we added an additional layer of fluff to deter widespread plate usage, people would still full-roll plate. Lords and Kings can easily afford, in the environment of LoTC, pretty much anything their garrisons require. We’d just end up with a bulk of signed items all over literally everyone and nothing would change.