At first glance, chitin armor looks ridiculous. But if you really look at it, it seems like the perfect armor for Skyrim. It looks warm, covers your whole body, protects your face from wind, sand and snow, and has protection for the head, lower chest, stomach and still allows flexibility. Great in a blizzard, storm or for tough terrain.

Some of the other armor doesn't even cover your legs which seems ridiculous. And some of the heavy armor like steel plate seems too stiff and heavy to be climbing mountains with

Agreed with everything except that it looks ridiculous, I think it looks pretty cool.

The thing is, practicality is pretty much in the same situation with realism. Neither one belongs to a fantasy world.

You forgot "in my opinion". I personally get diarrhea when I see those naked armor pieces for chicks that have high armor rating.

In your opinion ,the only thing I'm asking for is belivabilty...which most weapons and armors in skyrim totally lack.

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I think it looks awesome too, I just assumed everyone else thought it is ridiculous. I think it is also the lightest armor tied with elven. It is now my prefered armor for fast, agile characters. I also like the look of dawnguard armor a lot, especially the heavy variety. Also the fact that chitin only takes two perks to smith, makes it even better.

I adore both chitin and bonemold, but I sometimes ask myself if I really like them for what they are, or if it's just a Morrowind really devoted fan screaming from inside of me. But yeah, if I happen to get the whole set of chitin I also love to use it for climbing the high hrothgar and wander the northern snowy parts of Skyrim, it feels so natural, warm, and protective against the snow.

I'm not very disciplined about this, but I try to use regular clothes during travel (riding carriages, arriving at towns, inns etc.). I only put on armor when entering a dungeon or when trailblazing/exploring off-road. My current PC doesn't wear armor other than Ancient Shrouded arm guards and boots which are small enough to feel practical. I role-play that the PC's horse or follower carries the heavy gear, extra potions, weapons etc.

None of this makes a difference in game mechanics, but it does build a certain formality around dungeon diving/exploring as opposed to rest-and-relaxation in town. It also creates an incentive to invest attribute points into Health along with Stamina/Magicka which deters a build with a single attribute that's ridiculously high very early in the game.

Wrong. Reality, which includes practicality and realism, is the basis of fantasy.

Sorry? Reality and realism are the basis for fantasy? Maybe you're trolling but I'll bite anyway. Your statement is the exact opposite of what defines fantasy to me. Fantasy is imagination and unlimited by real-world bounds/rules (like physics and chemistry). Magic is a wild card to enable anything and everything - there's no realism there.

I prefer the look of chitin in http://images.uesp.net/a/ad/MW-item-Chitin_Armor.jpg and the http://static-2.nexusmods.com/15/mods/101/images/28245-1-1260937548.jpg mod for Oblivion over Dragonborn's. I wish they would have stuck with the old design.

And yet all fantasy stories include some or most aspects of our real life, humans that eat, breathe air, crap, and walk, same or similar animals, kings and kingdoms, same rules of physics, same food, same flora..... see where I'm going with this?

What, you got a problem with the legendary Bottle Caps of Invulnerability?

Fair enough, I interpreted your comment to mean fantasy is limited to reality/realism. I agree that fantasy is rooted in reality but it quickly exceeds and surpasses real-world constraints. That's the fun of it for me!

I just made a point that fantasy is based on reality, but as far as your point goes, I agree with you. Anything goes in a fantasy world, and if it's hard to explain? Magic!

Were you under the assumption that he was posting someone else's opinion?

Light Chitin is one of my favorite armors, ahead of Cultist(not the mask though), and trailing behind Dawnguard

Dawnguard's heavy helm is also pretty awesome combination with a lot of other apparel, too.

I'm also a fan of vampire boots when it comes to being stylish, but it's not easy to find other equally cool stuff to match them with.

What we really need is a reason to wear different armour for different ocasions.

Knights didn't wear full plate when they went hunting or travelling or around town, or even on military campaigns except when they were expecting a battle.

Chitin : The ideal armour for everything except combat

Yeah, you're right. I should travel in leather armor or something when my PC isn't a master sneak. My current PC can do pretty well by either galloping away from danger, or by sprinting and ducking out of sight.

Misunderstood post... read "chain", not chitin. Deleted post, no worries

That's what I wanted to add, but I had classes when I found out that my post got quoted, so I couldn't.

3 armors i love the most in skyrim :
1. Theives Guild armor

2. Dawnguard Light armor ( My favourite )

3. Chitin armor

No, mage armour - Oakflesh, Stoneflesh, Ironflesh and Ebonyflesh - is the most practical. It can be donned with a flick of the wrist, and it weighs nothing. Depending on what else you're wearing, it can be the most stylish, too. Good for up to 300 points of defence, and you can add more from standing stones, such as Lord Stone.