[dremora]

Perhaps one could blend the leather/studded/hide options together just as they blend together banded/half/full plate along with scale/chain etc. It's a bit finicky to do though but it'd open up the options for those who want their leather to look like the hide they used to wear or wanted a more romany look to that breastplate. Just a thought. I do agree that free cross-boundary Ac vs style is bad.