Re: (TFT) Ty's New TFT Campaign -- Swords 'n Space

["Ty Beard" <tbeard@tyler.net>]

From: "Thorn" <edt@dopey.ne.mediaone.net>
> Ty Beard wrote:
> > I can't seem to get a consensus on [Kevlar vs cutting
weapons]. I've heard that it's
> > both effective and ineffective (from credible sources in
bith
> > cases) vs edged weapons. Do you have a source I can check?
>
> Me.  :)  I've played with Kevlar, and being a gamer, had to
judge it
> against chain.  :)
>
> Kevlar is very strong linearly.  It's hard to stretch, and
harder to
> break by stretching.  But it can be cut, in a surgical way, by
a very
> sharp blade.  That means _cut_, not hacked through.  Any edged
weapon
> that counts at all on its mass will just bind in the fibers,
and act
> like a club.  (Which is why you should wear padding
underneath, if
> you're expecting trouble.)
>
> So Kevlar (and I'd guess Spectra) has a lot of value against
what _we_
> consider normal cutting weapons.  In a world where there's a
lot of it,
> though, 'normal cutting weapons' would change.  Remember to
take that
> into account.

I assumed that weapons would become sharper and better at
getting through armor as tech levels increase. The ultimate
weapon is the monomolecular sword, which goes through any armor.

--Ty Beard

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