Armor: Players that wear it constantly

[Merrick]

I have some characters in my group who wear their armor constantly. As in a Gamorrean who wears a Light Combat Jumpsuit and helmet and never takes it off.

I told him it was getting nasty and of course he doesn't care.

Besides legality of wearing it in populated areas, I was thinking of applying a negative dex modifier after a while after weeks of wearing it. Maybe a discomfort level?

I find it unlikely an individual would want to remain in their armor constantly. Has anyone else run into a similar situation?
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[Bobmalooga]

Yes, I have. Y'know of course that if the character takes damage in the armor that the armor is damaged to, right? My recommendation and this is how I handle it, destroy the armor or put them in a situation where they can't wear the armor...maybe an undercover assignment.
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[Ning Leihrec]

You could also put them on a high gravity planet where the armor badly encumbers them and slows their movement way down. Or you could put them in a social situation where the armor deeply offends an npc they need to persuade. I'm always inclined to remove a player's crutch.

[evilnerf]

If it were me, I would have them roll stamina after a while. If they fail, give them say, a -1 penalty to all rolls for discomfort.

I think you would also be comletely justified in just giving them a -1D penalty to all non-combat related activities. For example, it would be hard to do fine technical work in a cumbersome suit and it would certainly put off people they speak with in social situations.

Of course I tend to avoid this problem. It may be because my players are awesome, but I think it is at least partly because we have an unspoken agreement. They don't wear armor in situations where they aren't expecting trouble and I don't give them reasons to be paranoid. If combat happens, they will likely at least have time to throw on a flight suit.

All that being said, I don't think its that big a deal as there are plenty of characters in star wars who wear armor more often then not, especially flight suits. For example, Bossk, Bo shek. Especially for a Gamorrean who would stand out in a crowd in the best of times.
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[garhkal]

[griff]

I don't see this as too much of a problem. Most characters who wear armor seem to do so all the time. There should be some situations were the armor would be in the way. I would also make them immediately recognizable from there armor. If the character's occupation requires armor (bounty hunter, scout, etc.) I wouldn't care if the had their armor on most of the time. If you want to get your players' characters out of their armor I would start out the adventure with them is street clothes for some reason or another.
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[Whill]

A lot of great points in this thread.

[shootingwomprats]

First off it sounds like your group is either immature, young or have no real experience other than playing a dungeon crawl game or playing an MMO. As others have pointed out start assessing penalties to social situations, environmental concerns and go from there.

As someone else pointed out it really shouldn't matter how often they are wearing the armor. This is true as you should be running your games on the scene model. You needn't keep track of every detail or every minute. BUT there will be situations it just doesn't make sense to be wearing armor. Some examples that come to mind are visiting a casino, going to a concert, meeting a contact at an eating establishment, etc. If the character continues to force the issue then it time to say, "Sorry, they don't let you in" or something along those lines. If the action is inside, but its all relational and he cannot join, he will get bored. Then he will probably do something stupid because he cannot handle being ignored and must be entertained, that's when you drop the hammer on him. Being fair, but be merciless.

Finally, if nothing else works, fudge some of your rolls and destroy the armor. Besides I think the idea of a gamorean in armor makes about as much sense as a wookiee in armor. Its just not done. The only people who do that sort of crap are min/maxing f@c$tards.
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[garhkal]

On that angle Whomprats mentioned, have his own kind start to ostracize him for being a weakling that he has to wear armor. If he tries to do stuff in his own society, they shun him. He finds it harder to get trainers etc.
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[Gadora]

Have you tried asking the character's player why being in armor 24/7 is important? I've got a vacuumphobe character sort of on hold for the next Star Wars game I'm in who basically lives in an armored space suit, at least while in out of atmo. Yes, I am prepared to deal with and expect social consequences for this.

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[Merrick]

[cheshire]

I'm assuming that the armor is becoming a problem mechanically because it is just basically a new incarnation of "the bulletproof wookiee?"
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[garhkal]

[The Brain]

Hang on lets back this train up. Before you flex your GM fiat muscles is the combat jump suit really a game breaker? Is the player just going to see this as the GM arbitrarily deciding how his character should act and penalizing him for some deviation? It's your game but I've seen plenty of times over the years players becoming frustrated when it seems that the GM decides to limit their freedom of action because it doesn't go with how the GM thinks things should be.