Meditation question

[Fwerp]

I am not sure if this is the case or not, but it seems that mana regen is dependent upon your AR, instead of on what armor you are wearing. It appears ( and I am not certain) that an invuln leather tunic impedes mana regeneration more than a store bought leather tunic.

In short, if this is correct, I am not sure it is right. Since the point when meditating with metal armor was taken out, I remember (at least thinking at the time) that there was an across the board decrease on mana regeneration for armor of a given sort. Casting protection should not (as it seems to here) decrease mana regeneration.

I could be wrong on two fronts -- this could both be inaccurate, or I could be entirely wrong, and this system isn't even in effect on UOSA. So, let me know what you know.

[Sandro]

Are you implying that armor should decrease meditation at a static rate depending on the type (leather, studded, ring, chain, plate, bone) of armor, not by the actual over-all value of armor it provides individually?

[Mikel123]

I believe this was a UO:R thing, and in T2A it was based on AR.

[archaicsubrosa77]

If that was the case protection spells and clothing would impede meditation.
Derrick said before that it was based on type not the armor rating.

[Fwerp]

Ah, well, archaicsubrosa77, that is how I think it should be. Ill have to do a test or two though.

[Hemperor]

I don't think protection would affect it. Physical Armor rating and Virtual Armor are two different things.

[archaicsubrosa77]

magic is magic whether it be invulnerability tunics or protections spells

[Derrick]

Only the "real" ar of the item effects meditation, this includes the ar from quality, and deductions for wear, but magical properties that give AR bonuses to armor do not effect meditation rate. The protection spell does not effect meditation at all, nor does clothing.