Rules Clarification: Costume vs. Professional armor

I have to admit, I'm a bit curious about this myself because I have a friend that's a new player coming in with actual bones as a part of his chain armor (didn't know they sold deer bones... :shrug:) He'd still get some kind of AP for the bone part, yea?

If the bone is bone, then yes, it's authentic.  (Bone is actually a listed material in the Armor rules.)  To clarify, if the whole thing is authentic, it gets Pro Grade status.  If it's not, it gets Costume Grade status.  So resin, plastic, etc. still give you AP, just not as many, and not a soak.

Want some deer bones, let me know.  Ribs, femurs, the whole works are laying around just waiting for some lucky [strike]demon dog[/strike] person to take them away.  By spring, they are pretty well flensed.  Can also provide pig bones in July.  come to think of it when I last roasted a pig at feast, someone took the ribs.

I think any modification that lessens any armor type is bad. 

I think we should encourage the use of armor and give huge bonuses for it, and even more for real amror.

For the micro-weave chain, since alot of players have it why not make it anothe rsmithing option to create micro-weave chainmail and have it take more time and cost more CP. I think thought would make everyone happy.

Go to the Met's Medieval section.  Find the mail that Saladin presented to Richard II.  It is micro, in that a pin could not penetrate its triple link system.  It is flexible in that the wearer can perform calisthenics.  It is impractical, as it is made of silver.  Wait - Elven chain!!

Aluminum is out, because for all practical purposes, it could not be refined during the period, needing temperatures of around 2,000 degrees F to smelt.  I believe the same is true of titanium, although it has a wonderful weight coefficient compared to steel.