Porcelain Armor : The Elder Scrolls Series Discussion

» Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:36 pm

I have been sifting through loads of posts here and on other sites and have come across the idea of porcelain armor. What I want to know is porcelain armor canon? Or is it just made up?

» Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:32 am

After a bit of digging, it appears to be a set piece being designed by the Tamriel Rebuilt folks for their Hammerfell project. It does have a slight connection in that they managed to dig up a quote by the most official of ex-officials on TES lore. In terms of canonocity (real word, I promise you), I'd put it at tier 2.5. Between the extended lore and really good, really devoted fan's lore. Here's a linky (http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=202148%F0%B1%96%A4). Look for MK, but not his post.

As for whether my personal gauge of canonocity is an accurate measure of everyone's personal tastes and whether or not people will still build theories based off of tier 2.5 or lower material, runs to their tastes. Personally, I would not unless it provides just a tiny little detail that was missing, but that's just me.

Now then, onto the more pressing matter: how would such an armor ablate a cut or impact and would such an armor also be decently flexible enough to swing a sword in? Remember, we're dealing with a fantasy setting here, so don't just say "It's made of rock powder that's been fused together by fire, it's brittle and will shatter on an impact, it's not viable."

» Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:53 pm

No better armor to wear when you're up against a http://www.pixeljoint.com/files/icons/full/mud_golem.png.

» Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:19 pm

Doesn't sound like the best armour around, unless you make it one of the best...

» Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:29 am

Fused with the milk of morwah, the teat god, so I would say its rather strong. Why not? If volcanic glass is, why can't god inspired porcelain be?

» Sun Jan 23, 2011 5:02 am

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6171/porcelainarmourcrown2ub5.jpg are the http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1649/anseiti3.jpg http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/7627/ceramickv1.jpg http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/199/ceramicwy0.jpg.

and here is the relevant MK quote about it:

"Porcelain armor has exactly the exoticness that seems appropriate to the stone-worshipping people of the Hammerfell. Like glass armor, its name confounds expectations, which inherently pushes it into the fantastic (and look how glass armor is accepted nowadays). *Of course* raga porcelain is enchanted and blessed by the Gods through the hands of its craftsman, and thus a viable (and beneficial because of its lightness) form of protection. "And they mixed its powder with the milk of Morwha, the mother of all sands, and it stood firm, and sounded of small music as its porcelain scales shook with the wearer, and so did they sing along their ranks as they did in Old Yokuda among the saints." I would see these same scales painted each by hand as if in a mosaic, with ocean patterns that moved like the waves of the Eltheric, confusing the enemies of the sons and daughters of the orichalc isles. Warrior wave, indeed."

i'd say its monkey truthyness.

P.S. please ada?

» Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:36 am

The scale part takes solves the flexility issue - it implies the ceramic isn't used in large pieces but as scales probably fiwed on a leather backing.