/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8981860
what I meant is that armor most of the time doesn't allow your limbs to go into directions they aren't supposed to go. This way they are preventing dislocated joints and such to some degree.
There are always a few exceptions, for example my mitten gauntlets have a better range of motion to one direction than my fingers, but on the other hand nearly zero to the sides, so if someone would try to break my fingers to the side he would have a really hard time if I were wearing my gauntlets.

Also armor does restrict movement, but we tend to say properly made armor doesn't restrict movement because it doesn't restrict the movements you need to use in a fight if you are wearing armor. It's harder or impossible to touch your hands behind your back, and stuff like that, fine motion is also pretty much hindered in a gauntlet, but you don't need that either in a fight.
There are some unarmored fighting guards that you can't properly use in some armor (depending on a gauntlet and arm armour) but those either unneccesaery when you are armoured or have an armoured counterpart