Some armor, when you view it from a shopkeep, will give a message about its weight:
You test its weight and decide that you could use it.
Other armor will give no such message. Is there a difference?
I should clarify that the piece in question is a piece of "body" armor, not a shield or something you would wield.
I -think- that has something to do with whether or not it is too heavy for you to "hold" or "es" the item.
Most armor is useful to most races, and the weight echo when viewing each piece in the shops will reflect that. The weight test tag will be unmistakable when you run across a piece that your PC can't use.
Actually...FantasyWriter is correct. That message applies only to items you can hold in hand.
All helmets should be bludgeoning weapons.
Quote from: RogueGunslinger on February 04, 2014, 06:54:03 AM
All helmets should be bludgeoning weapons.
I have ALWAYS thought this.
Everything should be a weapon, and everything should be a throwable.
> ep boots
You hold your pair of chalton leather boots.
> throw boots man north
You hurl your pair of chalton leather boots north.
You hear a man's voice shout from the north, "Who throws a shoe? Really?"
or
> behead half
You skillfully remove the head from a slight, desert-hued half elf.
>get head
You pick up the head of a slight, desert-hued half elf.
> ep head
You brandish the head of a slight, desert-hued half elf.
>attack templar
You viciously bludgeon the rugged, stubble-bearded templar on his head.
hold feather
throw feather man
Several soldiers charge in and instantly kill you while screaming "Stop right there, criminal scum!"