(03-30-2015, 03:53 PM)Gegenji Wrote: Well, if there's a lore reasoning for why caster classes can't wear heavier armor, then that's something people might want to try to work with or work around. Heck, I completely missed the whole bit about there being aetherically-positive metals until Sounsyy pointed them out. While there may not be many ways to portray that in game on your character (beyond Magitek pieces and whatnot), it might be something someone might want to add to their character to add a little extra IC "punch" to their spells.
On the flip side, say metal armor (or just certain metals) interferes with casting magic. Then, couldn't a caster be restrained by forcing gauntlets made of them onto magically-inclined criminals as a sort of "magic-cuffs"? Figuring this sort of stuff out can have plenty of RP potential.
Along with that, since I'm playing a smith character, I'm actually rather interested in the idea of gilding armor to bolster magic resistance. It wasn't a focal point of the OP, but it is something that came out of the conversation. And now folks have lore credence to methods for bolstering their defenses against aetheric assaults.
Okay, now THIS is something to sink your teeth into. Good call! I hadn't even considered that. It's definitely worth looking into.
What a colossal waste of time and energy.
