> >From: "Nigel McCarty-Eigenmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Anyone know if this is actually tougher than bovine leather? > > Well, in game terms, most likely not. It would almost certainly, without > being 'boiled', which is the process to make 'hard leather' (DR2), be > considered 'hard'. But I doubt if it could be considered the equal to > reinforced leather (DR3), unless of course it was actually reinforced. In > game terms of course. Leather, however thick, just wouldn't be dense > enough > to stop much force. Remember what makes the rhino tough and have a high > DR is not so much its thick skin, but the thick layer of meat underneath > that skin... which is a heck of a lot!
Leather _well tanned_ will stop enough force. GURPS granularity has that 2*(thickness of leather)@(same density) = 2*DR. That _may_ work McE _______________________________________ No viruses found in outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus® 1.0.5.0 http://www.iolo.com _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
