Dear Admins, I recently reached lvl 10 (hurrah), and consequently am now able to wear the next piece of armour for my level. Gold being quite a hard earned commodity for me at the moment, I had bought the cheaper ringmail helmet, rather than the Dark Mountain one that matches the rest of my armour set.
I was dissappointed to discover that I wasn't getting the full benefit of wearing this, and eventually noticed that I was getting a figthing penalty (-20% to vitality) for "items of no specific fighting style". I assumed that this was because I already wear one other grey item (in this case the ringmail sword, since I don't like the DM weapon). I knew that there is something in the rules about what you can wear to the battlefields, so assumed it was part of this.
However, I have now purchased a leather helmet, and on wearing this, I do not get a fighting penalty. So I am hoping that this must be some sort of bug, and that I will get some use out of my ringmail helmet after all.
I would appreciate it if you could look into this for me.
Thanks very much for you time.
Chelle.