Not by much; wards can be overpowered, and...well, it still doesn't compensate for the glaring vulnerabilities in the armor design. Metal plate isn't quite as heavy or cumbersome as you'd think, either.

(The larger, overlapping plates have space between them to allow some wiggle room, and large joints tend to have hinges to aid movement. It's CHAINMAIL that slows you down; bunches up real bad when you bend your legs and elbows. Heck, if weight is an issue, then at least Gilda could have a mail "cape" over her back or something. Saving mobility doesn't mean one has to go utterly unprotected. *Cough, bare-legged dance battlers, cough*)



Gilda: [After beating the poor archer to a pulp] "Hey...that's a good point. If I wasn't so fast, I'd have been toast just because one dweeb with a bow cheap-shotted me in the back. LAME!"