Give armor BodyPoints

[burglekutt]

What if you could pay less for less Defensive armor & all armor was a money sink?
Behold!!!

ARMOR:
Leather Cap $60 +Helmet $65 =
Wooden Buckler $70 +Shield $80 = .
Gambeson $100 +Chain Mail $400 =
Gambeson $100 +Plate Mail $750 =
EXAMPLE:
Barbarian has a Wooden Buckler & Leather Cap = defense.
Dwarf has Plate Mail, Shield & Leather Cap =

"Non metal" armor (Leather Cap, Wooden Buckler) provides 2BP each & is destroyed if both ABPs ( Armor BodyPoints) are lost. Roll a on a 1d6 along with your normal defense, counts as a defend.
"Metal Armor" (Helmet, Shield) provides 2BP each & is destroyed if both ABPs are lost.

Gambeson, CMail & PMail are the exception though & can increase in ABPs
infinitely.
Gambeson, CMail, PMail - 3BP = $100, 4BP = $200 etc.
$50 to repair 1BP.

Money sink city!!!

[burglekutt]

Same thing for weapons repair.
The Barbarian starts with a Broad sword 3Att and can choose to allow it to take the 1BP damage instead and now his Broad Sword is a 2Att weapon....$50 to repair. (Money sink.)

I never liked the idea of one day seeing heroes with permanent boosts to BodyPoints, MindPoints or boosts to the heroes Attack or Defense. I find it hilarious to imagine a game where my heros might have 23 BodyPoints, 11 Mind Points, 9Att & 16Def. That's a lot of dice to roll for a game this simple!

I suggest giving the heroes ABP ( Armor Body Points) that require money to replenish to be more optimal. What do you think?

[cornixt]

That might be an interesting option. Instead of taking the wounds, you can sacrifice some defensive equipment or weapons. In a game with limited access to healing potions it would be a way to use up the cash of the players without it being too random.