This post belongs to the #AtoZchallenge 2024, where I attempt to turn a word a day into something that can be used in Role Playing Games.
A twill is a certain weaving technique that creates durable, but still light and moveable fabric. Twill fabric usually sports diagonal lines.
How to integrate it into your typical fantasy RPG?
- Dwarves or elves could have mastered the art of twill armour, where they create armour from normal materials (instead of magical material like mithril), that are more flexible, but just as durable as normal human armour.
This made me go looking at the special properties of Twill (love Wikipedia articles) – which includes dirt and stains don’t show up as well. They still show up, lord knows my jean Demin shows grass stains, but I am betting brown armor with rust-brown blood stains is an aesthetic choice.