Vaarna_Aarne said:Actually, a club wouldn't be effective against plate armor. It's heavy metal shaped to avoid a clean blow from a wide surface. You'd need the historical warhammers against it, with a small point of impact.Yeesh said:And for this reason, I think it makes a lot of sense to have at least rudimentary damage types, which I think were indeed in D&D. I'm not a physicist, but I think that suit of platemail that would easily save you from a slashing attack would do very little for you if someone smacked you in the sternum with a big old club. I am seriously saying I don't know, but I'm at least comfortable suggesting the armor would do less in that case. So plate could have a massive slashing DR and a smaller clubbing DR.
Because who's going to let you into the club dressed like that anyway?
Indeed. For those that think a blunt force alone would defeat plate armor, think of it as the difference between stepping on a nail and stepping on a wooden plank. You're still hitting it with the same force. The metal (and padded lining beneath) spreads the effect out along a larger area. Now, for smaller surfaces like fingers it can still hurt a lot, but it's better than having it broken or severed.