I am personally for an option as a general rule.

For a role playing game, it really depends if you want realism vs. fantasy, but for me when I role play in games I like to be able to choose if I want gear called "Full Plate" to leave all my (virtual) vital organs unprotected or not.

Usually if I am a melee warrior wearing full plate, I prefer to at least have armor that would appear to serve some functional use, however that isn't to say it can't look nice.

However as a role playing game there are many that would prefer to have a character that looks nice and could care less about the "realism" of it.


Tick, "We must choose battle cries, you know the cries we just admit right before leaping into battle"

Arthur, "Oh, you mean like.. Not in the face, Not in the Face!"

Tick, "Hmm, lacks force Chum, no more like, like uh... SPOON!!!"

-The Tick