Kran armor (split from clothing thread)

[Karyuu]

Looks like bilbous answered Jotese's question for the moment.

I don't know whether that will remain or be removed in the future (something I'll ask if it doesn't get answered within this thread soon), but giving items or PPs back is not something we do - you're here on a test server, testing And do remember that we have at least one more wipe coming.

[Kezzik]

only the one? D :

somehow I doubt that, you should always wipe 3 times just to be sure : |

[dying_inside]

Well... Considering this game isnt even in true beta yet, I'm guessing that there will be at least one wipe before everything is settled and then Hopefully a wipe when the game is "gold" so to speak, kinda hard to figure out how to put that term, because planeshift is ever expanding.

[Karyuu]

News just in:

<Talad> natural armor of krans counts as light armor
<Talad> so if you train light armor, you train natural armor

[bilbous]

I don't really expect to get all that back but it might be good to have an armorless defense skill that people could train. I don't really see how any armor would be useful to a kran. Does anyone know the mohs value of Kran-skin? Has it been defined? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohs_scale_of_mineral_hardness Looking at the modified table can see that hardened steel has a value of 7-8 mohs but I don't think it is available in game. Silicone dioxide (quartz) is 7 but silicone carbide is up there at 13. Of course this is just a measure of what can scratch what with no account for any brittleness or shatterability included.
Is the typical Kran injury gouge-like or chipping and shattering? I think it likely to be the latter. Indeed this could be a use for leather armor to soften the blow as suggested by lanser.


I heard the news today (while composing this post) Does this mean that Krans should not need to have leather equipped to benefit from light armor but it isn't implimented?

[Karyuu]

Kran already have a natural armor (that works right now), so they can just train Light Armor to increase its effectiveness - without wearing any invisible leather.

[bilbous]

Really? I never would have guessed. I never really tried of course. I guess I should.

Well now I have tried it and it works.

[Gharan]

I didn't know that 

[Karyuu]

This has been in the last update :] Check the news for 2006.09.14:

• Added base armor for races. Kran has now a natural armor, monsters have various natural armors based on their race.

[bilbous]

I am curious as to what this means for the hardness of Kran skin though. That would seem to make it a hardness somewhere between talc (2) and gold/silver(2.5) Perhaps it is equivalent to fingernail which is also 2.5. Although I suppose this is really irrelevant. Perhaps it is more the consistancy of window sealer.

[Ithorius]

Question: Kran have a natural defense equil to leather armour yes?... Well then, would leveling up LA increase this defense?... or would it always be at a set level?

As different LA levels do provide different amounts of protection...

[Jotese Erotere]

Thank you so much for answering my question. I got but one more question. When I equip leathor armor it increases my defensive value eg. when I take a defensive stand against four or so clackers then with leather armor equiped I get no damage but without I get marginal damage. Is this intended since Kran should not wear leather armor?

EDIT: This seems to be no longer true, tested it again today. Or maybe my level is to high now to make a difference.