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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

anyone going into any sort of battle would effectively be wearing a layer of pillows, because you generally appreciate not having your bones smashed, and pillows are cheap.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

A gambeson?

Most recently ran into that word playing Kingdom Come

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago

gambeson or whatever you can scrounge up to pad yourself with, 8 shirts is honestly surprisingly effective armor

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Its also useful to protect you against things that would partially penetrate the metal rings.