The best armor is still gambeson, underneath chainmail, underneath fullplate, behind a castle wall. You are basically invulnerable in that case.

we all know that dying person with 1 hp can still work like a healthy person

"And probably the reason why you're watching this instead of working"
Ouch. Felt that right in the priorities.

Skyrim logic: wearing steel plate armor or any heavy set, get hit by a sword, see blood spilled out of you

IRL logic: A loud metal noise after the strike

Protip:  When going to fight a bunch of Hobbits; don't forget your codpiece.

i think my favourite system was in fallout 2, where armour had three stats:
AC (armour class)
DT (damage threshhold)
DR (damage reduction)
AC states how likely it is for an attack to glance off the armour, implementing this requires no extra steps as the opponent has to make a to hit roll either way, just add the armour class to the to hit difficulty and there you go.
DT states how much damage the armour can absorb at a direct hit, so even if a hit solidly connects and does not glance off, the armour can still prevent the wearer from taking damage if the attack is too weak,, this, again, does not require an additional roll of any kind, just compare the armours DT to the attackers damage roll and if that roll is too low the damage is zero and if it is not, you just subtract the armours DR from the damage roll to get the amount of damage you take.
it's an elegant system and a quick one if you can do basic maths.


if you then just add damage spread to each weapon (with blunt weapons having lower max, but higher minimum damage, piercing weapons having higher max and lower minimum damage, with slashsing weapons somewhere inbetween) you can get a decently quick, but also somewhat realistic gaming experience.

Gorilla tape gambeson. Even helps stop leaking when you get stabbed!

"watching now instead of working." Actually, I'm developing a combat system right now and using this as another resource in that process, so I AM working, haha

Minecraft logic
Highest damage: sword
Medium damage: axe
Low damage: pickaxe
real life
Highest damage: pickaxe
Medium damage: axe
Lowest damage: sword

both
Use bow so you won't get hit

I think skalligrim should do an analysis on the thumb tac vs berry b benson duel from the bee movie.

Complex calculations in RPGs is what computers are for. I am all for complex stats in videogames, but keep it off my tabletop.

I feel like Skalligram is literally a blacksmith from the past that came to the future LOL

Joke's on you, I'm watching this instead of SLEEPING!

I have solved this for my D&D game by describing how attacks hit or miss.

A roll of 1-10 the character dodged the attack.
10-AC the character uses his armor or weapon to block the blow
Beat the AC and damage a little? You find an opening and manage a cut or a blow but do minimal damage.

Beat the AC and do a large amount of damage? You find a gap in his or her defenses and strike true. You see blood start to come from the strike

No matter what follow the rule of cool and make your players feel like bad asses

Someone needs to create an RPG collecting all of Skallagrim's knowledge. Would 100% buy.

Kingdom Come Deliverance has a system where weapons have different blunt, cut, and pierce stats and the damage you deal with cuts thrusts and with force is dependent on that. (The armour also has cut, pierce, and blunt protection.) It seems quite life like and similar to what skall explains.

"The real reason you're probably watching this right now instead of working"
What?  haha...  why would you think that?  I'm totally not watching this at work right now to kill time.
*nervous laughter*

6:35 in the indie game Kenshi this actually happens, depending on the weapon the damage can be both crush and slash, like oversized swords that tend to be balanced with both

No one:

Youtubers: raid, shadow legends

I rate this video 8 decapitated pheasants out of 10.