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Hey all. I have been bouncing an idea around for a while. What do you guys think of changing armour saves to a D8? It's always annoyed me that light armour can be relatively worthless and some troops just die in droves because of it. 8th did some to help lighter troops with the Step Up Rule but it just let's them attack it doesn't keep them alive. It could be a big help for troops in 6th and 7th where lighter troops never get a chance to attack back from chargers. Granted heavier troops like armoured knights would be tanks but then again that is what they should be. I can see both sides of this coin. What are thoughts from the masses

Rolling D8s sucks compared to rolling D6s, but it would be nice to get 7+ and 8+ Armour saves.

Although, you could go the same route as shooting and make a 7+ save = rolling a 6 followed by a 4+ (I would prefer 3+ in both cases).

One of the things that I adore about GW's rules is that they decided to stick with D6 and only D6. I wouldn't want that altered. However, since it's your game group, you persons do you persons.

Frankly I would remove the +1save for being mounted and apply it back as a bonus to an armour save.

Infantry
uarmoured - no save
Shield only, or scraps of armour - 6+
Light armour - 5+
Light armour and shield / heavy armour - 4+
Full armour (Gromril, chaos or full plate)/ heavy armour & shield - 3+
Full armour and shield - 2+

Cavalry
same as above with -1 for barding.