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Why is chain mail suddenly much better at stopping impaling attacks in Fourth Edition?

April 26, 2017attacks chain fourth edition mail stopping suddenly

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Why is chain mail suddenly much better at stopping impaling attacks in Fourth Edition?

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We felt that Third Edition mail’s vulnerability to impaling weapons didn’t pass a reality check. The weapons fine enough to pierce the rings of TL2-3 mail didn’t come along until TL4, by which time the mail was fine enough to avoid most of the consequences.