Stack? Ummm, how so? Could you, pray, provide an example of said stacking?
Not to disagree, really, but I'd hate to be going on with a wrongheaded notion of how the game works, especially if I'm going to be introducing to other people.
On the whole, yes, I think armor values are
FAR too low. They'd seem quite realistic when standing up to chainswords and lasguns, I'm sure. But against weapons of the time, armors of the time were quite effective. Hence, the development of "armor piercing" weapons.
Firearms, I mean.
Leather armor may seem primitive and course to our modern minds, but from what I've seen of such armors being "tested" they were truly a sound investment; able to deflect and absorb sword blows without much trouble. Definitely worth more than a 1.
But of course, I may have a fundamental misunderstanding of the rules.
