Quote Originally Posted by phillymiket View Post
This is my thing too.

For a female Drow enchanter I'd go with some sexy-time outfit, no problem.

I just don't want a female fighter with the the very most vulnerable spots left unprotected.

The armors just don't make sense, forget whether they are appropriate.

But I always like realism over super fantasy, if realism is even possible with wizards and dragons running around.
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Quote Originally Posted by NytCrawlr View Post
There's nothing political about it, it's just correct.

Armor is suppose to protect the body, leaving bits of the body exposed to look sexy kind of defeats the purpose.

I'm talking about real armor here too, not robes, etc.
This again. I do like to point out however, that with light armor, leaving some areas exposed isn't a big deal, or high priority (like I said, LIGHT armor here). In other words, the main priority of light armor is the area right below the ribcage, as that is really the most vulnerable large area. Your arms and legs are pretty tough, head solid, and all of those smaller and more mobile. Your ribcage helps with the upper torso and works pretty well, although you may want floating rib coverage. The human body is a lot tougher than people give it credit for, before I started doing SCA fighting I would have called you crazy if you said taking a swing from a baseball bat to the thigh wouldn't be utterly destructive, but after having had this essentially happen multitudes of times to myself, I can say that you'd be fine (still hurts like crazy though. I wear armor there now) unless it is a really, really hard blow (femur is pretty darn hard to break but when it does...). That being said, outer thighs would be my next priority.