ITT we brainstorm reasons why, in a given fantasy setting...

It's required to show their devotion to a patron deity

> everyone is an amphibious people
> They breath through their skin I need to kept moist
>limbs can and have to be protected so arm length gloves and leggings are the norm but vital organs need to be exposed to provide maximum circulation.
>[spolier]everyone has a foot fetish[/spolier]

They think it looks good and or don't care and or welcome the thrill if the added danger from not having the same amount of armor.

> Powers of the uterus
> greatest when exposed

So a prolapse be like going super sayain?

OH LOOK IT'S THIS THREAD AGAIN

It's their fetish.

>she breathes through her skin!

the people are from a hot climate so full plate would be too hot

It's really, really hot and balmy but not due to sunlight, meaning that the standard tactic of white robes is ineffective.

>it's the GM's fetish
This is the only acceptable answer. Don't try to justify it.

Should have used Kenichiro Takaki for the bottom row.

Because armor is worthless in fiction.

Well, these are game dudes rather than anime or manga people, so it's in keeping with the theme.

Magic in larger concentrations in inanimate objects tend to make it explode.

So, you need less armor, but more magic can be put into it.

This gets around the whole whining about "WHY NOT JUST PUT AS MUCH MAGIC INTO THE FULLPLATE HURPADERP ITS BETTER" spergs.

>ITT we brainstorm reasons why, in a given fantasy setting, female (and/or male) martial adventurers might use sexualized armor. Chainkinis, boobplate, skirts, heels, assless chaps, etc.
I like the explanation in unsounded
Wrights can create pymaric armour by swapping the contour aspect from actual armour to normal clothing allowing for lightweight flexible armour that offers all the protection of platemail.
Granted it isn't so much as boobplate as it is a thin ceremonial breast plate (made of like tin or something) worn over normal military uniform.

He's a game producer.

That was ceremonial/decorative though.
Nobody expected it was going to offer more protection to their cock

wearing armor bestows damage resistance at the cost of being easier to hit
the halfdragon barbarian has damage resistance naturally, even when bare-ass naked
and comes from a culture that prides scars as proof of how tough you are and what kind of battles you have survived
ergo

It's fantasy and you want to include them.

Because armor that looks like an idealized person is already a thing for men, the one for women just has tits instead of muscles.

So that there's a higher chance of them being raped instead of killed in the case of defeat.

If they dressed as men they'd be treated as men and generally executed.

This is actually a pretty good point

nerds and geeks are all perverts

first time on Veeky Forums huh?

Ten thousand years ago, there was an archmage of unparalleled power. He crafted amazing armors the likes of which have never been seen since. Light as cloth, yet tougher than dragonscales, able to make any blow over any part of the wearer's body, even those parts not covered by the armor do as little damage as a thrown pebble.

Naturally, said archmage was also rather perverse.

That being said, the effectiveness of these armors was undeniable, and after a few battles it was known that facing one was a nearly hopeless proposition.

Millenia passed, and though technology and magic advanced, none could craft better. The designs persist on mostly reputation, though even the toughest warrior will hesitate against one who might be garbed in such armor. After all, just because it isn't necessarily one of Archmage Bunbury's Barrier Bikinis doesn't mean it couldn't be.

There. Sexualized armor that has realistic effectiveness, with the possibility of non-realistic ohshit moments.

wait, you're speaking hypothetically. Right?

Heat and humidity
Royal decree ("If you have not pledged fealty to the Lord of the land, you may not possess..." a list of items that includes traditional armor.. which, as the peasants did when confronted by similar limitations on weaponry, caused armors that were obviously inferior to exist)
Goddess of war is also the goddess of love (a'LA Ishtar from ad&D deities and demigods book)
Monk order that sees coverings as a diminis mentioned to the body and soul (taken to the extreme, some order members refuse nearly all clothing save what's required by the climate and the most steadfast wear nothing and rely on magic to keep them warm)
A magical device like a video camera allows bards to show their audiences portions of their stories and these bards gravitate toward style over substance so the most famous warriors are the flashiest, sexiest, attention-grabbingest while heavy armored warriors are seen as second class..

Just ran a game. My mind is still in overdrive brainstorm mode. That means ideas in quantities, not necessarily with quality... but it's a beginning.

Because it looks good.

Here's something an user wrote a while back

The Ork rule.

Humans like sexy shit so that psionic mind circuit makes sexy armor have sexy powers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_cuirass

This is real armor from a real world where men fought in melee combat.

If we've agreed upon a fantasy universe where it's common for women to take part in melee combat, why should anyone find armor like OP's image hard to believe?

It's just an alternative choice.

If a ring can give some faggot +1 armor then who gives a fuck what people wear to protect themselves?

Such armor don't give much protection and giving absurdly high armor rating to such armor or armored bikini is stupidity/fancervice.

Armor doesn't matter because pretty much everything that you'll be fighting will just tear through it.

If you're willing to except Frodo's chainmail shirt can stop a spear regardless of force applied, just because it's meeeethril, why care abput the functionality of some asshole with nipples on his armor?

Maybe the nipple armor is made of your stolen hopes and dreams for a less convoluted setting.

That's great, and works with the trope that the stronger you are, the less armor you wear - it takes a lifetime of battles to put enough magic into your jockstrap to make it better than plate armor.

One user posited that boobplate makes perfect sense when you reinforce the centerpoint; in other words, what makes the boobplate 'bad' is actually good if used to direct the sword blows into reinforced points of defense.

World was an Elven pleasure world bringing in vast amounts of booty (heh) and slaves. However due to a low birth rate due to voluntary sterilization or magical STD plague only the society collapsed.

Now the descendants of the slave races and more prudish Elves remain, living off the scraps and stylized fetish armor from gladiatorial combat. Until the skills to work metal efficiently are rediscovered the skimpy armor is the best available.

>magical STD plague the society collapsed.

1. Mythril is rare, like good armor IRL
2. That shirt give protection not only for boobs, but also for guts.

Are we playing the same game, with people in silly hats converting bat guano into balls of fire?
The real stupid part is getting less dexterity/dodge/whatever it is in the system bonus to armor/defense/whatever when in heavy armor.
The only real thing that came close to that was the jousting armor, and it was made for the lists, not for battle.

Because they want to, that's more than enoug.
These are daredevils risking their lives for loot and thrills, sensible people are NPCs.

All magic items are sentient and can shapeshift to fit thier own egos. So, if you want your vorpal sword or impervious plate, you either have to convince the item in question to help and shapeshift thusly, or, you make a deal/compromise with the sometimes jerkass item you want to help you slay that vampire picking his nose overthere.

The same reason IRL women wear impractical, slutty clothing: they want attention, because they're whores.

The slightly homoerotic, yet equally rare nipple armor emits a protective aura so the fact that it has no midriff is irrelevent.

The concept of hitpoints is also silly and surviving an axe to the skull, just because you have ten of those points left, is just as unrealistic as the faggos complaining about the dude in the loincloth +7.

Bracers of Armour give the same protection for less weight.
Mages feel the need to wear 'armour' instead of stuffy robes.
Dex AC bonus > armour AC bonus.

>reasons why martial adventurers might use sexualized armor

OP didn't say "explain why bikini armor should give more protection than full plate".

Also, wearing boob armor doesn't exclude you from having additional protection. You can have boob armor and still wear a helmet, leg armor, arm armor, etc.

There many games, some have those "dexterity/dodge affected by heavy armor so better don't wear it" bullshit, others don't.
Mage's robe don't give protection (in form of armor), but bikini armor gives as much as fullplate despite being made from same (or worse) material and having small coverage.

Mages in plate get me rockhard, arbitrary rules about spell failure with mages wearing armor is one of the reasons I could never get into D&D. No reason to ever be a wizard jwhen you can just a cooler looking, more boss cleric.

Wizards end up with more magical power, though.

Styalized armor makes the gods of the setting notice the prospective heroics of indeviduals more because, as is the saying "the gods are fickle".

So some mud covered nonce in sturdy mail might be pragmatic but the guy with flowing locks and nipple tassels makes ol'Athena swoon.

>but the guy with flowing locks and nipple tassels makes ol'Athena swoon
What a slut. This makes me want to adventure the FUCK out of this world until I'm strong enough to walk up Mount Olympus, smack Athena's shit, tell Zeus to keep it in his pants and reform the fuck out of everyone's degenerate behavior.

And I'll gather a pimpin-ass crew to do this, even if the gods label us the "no fun allowed squad".
>Inb4 "it won't work"
Our enemies are sluts and manwhores wearing lingerie. We'll be fine.

Helmet is good idea, same with shield. But in fantasy many heroes don't wear helmets and shields, and wasting money and materials on arm and legg protection, while you leave you body (which bigger, easier to hit and more crytical to human) unprotected is bad in real life and some settings.
Also IRL such armor is weared only by poor soldiers, who cannot afford good armor. Greek hoplit may carry only shield and weapon from start, because he don't have enough money. But as he getting more experienced and richer, he buy good armor to minimize chance of injury and death from infection.

Zeus is the biggest slut of them all, you're doomed to failure. He'll wait to gooserape your entire party when you least expect it.

>smack Athena's shit, tell Zeus to keep it in his pants

Sounds like Athena is Zeus lover, but she is his daughter.

>Implying we skipped leg day
>Implying we can't use our rockhard buns to squeeze our assholes shut to the point where not even a thin sheet of paper can pass through
You underestimate my power

...

It's a pretty simple tactic to leave a vulnerable area seemingly unprotected, and then counter the enemy's attack aimed at that area. It's a lot easier to dodge/parry a blow when you already know where it's going to be aimed.

vs more than one opponent it's just a stupid fucking idea though

The finest materials for armour are also incredibly irritable and so it's general practice to minimise the contact they have with the wearer's skin.

Should have ended the thread.
It's not like it was all hyper-eficient industrial quality you know. There's some wriggle room for decoration.

>Fucking with the fury of the goose

>Fucking with the fury of the goose in a setting with Zeus in it

>Fucking with Zeus as a godly goose

Assume the poition and prepare for honks fucker, no one messes with geese IRL, and you want to fuck with the god of geese? you're gonna be shitting goose cum for months, if you're able to shit at all.

In d&d 5e it seems to be normal to have a group of underdressed people.

My current group is:
Monk, who loses a ton of bonuses if he wears armour
Barbarian, who loses a ton of bonuses if he wears armour
Sorcerer, who loses bonuses by wearing armour
Thief who sucks at combat and tries reasoning with people instead. Wearing armour wouldn't really be appropriate for the task anyway.

The first 3 also have tools that help retain a decent AC anyway, so armour isn't as important for them.

This actually makes more sense than anything else. Of course, it's still useless in real battle but the gladiator ring may as well be theatre with the fights choreographed and rehearsed before hand.

Just like WWE

It's for show, not meant for actual battle.
Nothing wrong with the warrior princess walking around camp in a chain bikini but as soon as they march towards a battlefield she's chucking on her plate armour.

Slutty armor is holy sacrament to the gods of battle, who empower those who spit upon the gods of fear and pain. To wear such sacrement means you do not fear, that blood is the blood of your enemies as you swath in their red remains and festoon their guts upon yourself like sacred garland. Laugh hearty upon the dawn warrior of flesh, for the trappings of steel are nothing but coffins for the weak.

You're overthinking it. Have you ever gone camping or hiking with women? Or worked an office job? If left to their own devices 9 times out of 10 a woman will pick the sexy outfit over the practical one.

1. Wearer is poor
2. It's ceremonial armor
3. Armor is charmed to protect
4. It's a unusual attire
5. Someone got recources and decide to make armor for easier transportation
6. "Nothing appearensonal, just stats and fanservice"

It's fantasy, It's not always about the most practical choice. It all depends on the game aesthetics.
You don't have to justify everything. Even a gritty and heavier in tone game can have half-naked Shwarzenegger Conans and slut armors that for the sake of mechanics are classified as heavy armor. It's just a thing.
That said:

>covering yourself up to battle in fancy shmancy armors is considered a cowardice
>armors
>what are you, a fucking casual?

>east asian problem
>shit metal
>no armor is better than shit armor

Those.
Must be the shittiest axes I've seen for a long time now

Doesn't even have to be fantasy. Guys IRL wanted their armor to look flashy as fuck. Women would want the same. Impractical display suits and boring, effective suits existed side by side. Armor crafted for fighting women would hit both extremes.

And then there's this:
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120419-female-gladiator-statue-topless-science-ancient-rome/

Where's a Metalocolypse webm when I need one

The gods blessing is stronger than any armor and the war ones are huge pervs so titillation influences them to support you.

>covering yourself up to battle in fancy shmancy armors is considered a cowardice
>armors
>what are you, a fucking casual?

Barbaric warlords prefer to wear armor then possible.

>east asian problem
>shit metal
>no armor is better than shit armor
1. There PAPER armor in China, which better than iron and sligthly worse than steel.
2. Infection from injury is worse than shitty armor
3. Lack of armor is better in case of bad chainmail, whose rings can deeply pierce injury

>gladiator
They must entertain spectator and thus fight barechested

>wear armor
>wear clothes
>use weapon
>use barehands
>use barefoots
>use magick
>use speech

Magic.

And not even that, in D&D. Falling damage caps at 20d6, a medium-high level martial character can survive a drop from low orbit and then just walk it off.

Same reason greeks had their armor like that. Combat uses big ass shields so armor is less important

It's simple really. Truly powerful people operate at another paradigm of power compared to normies. They possess magic/chi/divine protection/intense innate mana that makes wearing armor pointless, because normies can't actually penetrate their skin, while a sheet of metal is pointless against sword swipes that can separate atoms. So why bother with the hassle of wearing armor in the first place? In best case scenario you paid for a very expensive metal suit, in worst case it will actively get in your way as you fight (yeah, let me just wear this piece of shrapnel generator on my body as I fight Duncan "Explosive Punch" McMurder).

The result is that the truly strong simply stops wearing armor since it has no function. Instead they start wearing social symbols of power (like ceremonial pieces) since this is a way to flaunt status amongst your peers and serves as friend or foe identification on the battlefield.

Meanwhile, other rich and influential people who also want to seem powerful starts to imitate these mighty warriors since that's how fashion work (see: dress swords and how military uniform had an influence on noble fashion in the real world).

tl;dr your hp is meatpoint and ac is useless so why bother when enchanted dickmail gives a bigger magical bonus?

can I say that even though I don't normally like bikini plate and shit like that, I kind of always thought solange had a pretty cool design
it's retarded, she knows it, and she does not even give a single fuck
shame that game was super mediocre

Because the setting is neolithic europe, you fuckwits.

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Search your heart, you know its true.

Disgusting lolicon. It looks better on small chests, yes, but you can't deny that curves are delicious.

>you will never have an amputee barbarian qt waifu

Curves are best found on the slutty older woman that teaches the MC how to please a woman before he uses those skills on the childhood friend, who is reasonably curvy but otherwise pretty in a plain sort of way.

>This is the only acceptable answer. Don't try to justify it.

I disagree.

It's always interesting to find a in universe rationale. Even if it is clearly a nonsensical contrivance. It's part of wilful suspension of disbelief.

Take Metal gear itself for example, pretty clear they just wanted a mech for the final boss. But the game really tries to sell you onto the concept of a walking nuclear weapons platform and it's more memorable because of it.

Insistent that the authors should 'own it', is like shouting at WWF pretending it's a real spot or a stage magician for claiming he can do magic.

Women are whores and want to dress like sluts

>there is a religious or cultural prohibition against armor that covers the body - perhaps a taboo against covering too much
I guess that's a reason. Not a good one, but it works.
>resources are scarce, and crafted metal is so rare that full suits of armor are practically unheard of
People would use other materials. Having thick leather everywhere is better than just having metal on your upper torso.
>weapon technology has progressed in such a fashion that armor is less useful (advanced missile weapons, magic, or some such)
Why where any armour than?
>magical tattoos offer better protection, but must be visible to work
See first response
>the human figure is a symbol of dominance and pride, and is heralded instead of protected in battle
So why wear any armour at all?
>the gods favor those who shield themselves with faith instead of metal - martial types prove their religiosity by entering battle with less armor
So why wear any armour at all?
>complex treaties have forbidden armor in battle
So why wear any armour at all?

Either use or just say "Its ceremonial. You dare insult the daughter of a knight?"

>men are all perverts and proud of it
FTFY