Hi, I really like the mechanic of having a Battle and a Civilian set of equipment, but I find it is sometimes hard to see on what basis a certain Item should be marked as capable to be equipped in the civilian set or not. I would like to suggest simplifying it like this:
For weapons: All one handed swords, one handed axes, one handed maces, daggers, throwing knifes are civilian - these are sidearms. There is no reason why you would be allowed/it would be socially acceptable to carry a regular spatha in town, but not a thamaskene steel spatha, to show off your wealth.
All two-handed weapons (axes, swords and maces) all polearms, bows, crossbows, throwing weapons other than knifes are military gear and not acceptable to wear within city limits.
For armour: If it is is not made of cloth, it's not civilian. So all mail, all scale (wether iron, leather or horn) is Battle gear. Soft leather counts as cloth for this purpose.
Carry over: This has probably been proposed to death, but it would be really nice if civilian-capable weapons that are equipped in the Battle Outfit appear also in the Civilian Outfit. Furthermore, it would be very cool if some Body Armour, which historically came in layers, like mail and gambeson, also carried over from the Battle to the civilian outfit, except for the mail layer. I notice there are som sets of armour which are clearly done with this in mind, like "Heavy mail shirt with wide belt" and "Woodland garments" - they are the same, except the battle outfit has a mail shirt on top. The mechanic would be that by default, if what you have equipped in the Battle Outfit is eligible for the Civilian Outfit, then it appears there, but can be substituted for something else if you so desire (maybe you don't want to wear your smelly gambeson when hitting town?).
Finally, it would be nice if we could get some bonus to charm, in some way, from wearing expensive civilian clothing and maybe a small malus for wearing rags.
For weapons: All one handed swords, one handed axes, one handed maces, daggers, throwing knifes are civilian - these are sidearms. There is no reason why you would be allowed/it would be socially acceptable to carry a regular spatha in town, but not a thamaskene steel spatha, to show off your wealth.
All two-handed weapons (axes, swords and maces) all polearms, bows, crossbows, throwing weapons other than knifes are military gear and not acceptable to wear within city limits.
For armour: If it is is not made of cloth, it's not civilian. So all mail, all scale (wether iron, leather or horn) is Battle gear. Soft leather counts as cloth for this purpose.
Carry over: This has probably been proposed to death, but it would be really nice if civilian-capable weapons that are equipped in the Battle Outfit appear also in the Civilian Outfit. Furthermore, it would be very cool if some Body Armour, which historically came in layers, like mail and gambeson, also carried over from the Battle to the civilian outfit, except for the mail layer. I notice there are som sets of armour which are clearly done with this in mind, like "Heavy mail shirt with wide belt" and "Woodland garments" - they are the same, except the battle outfit has a mail shirt on top. The mechanic would be that by default, if what you have equipped in the Battle Outfit is eligible for the Civilian Outfit, then it appears there, but can be substituted for something else if you so desire (maybe you don't want to wear your smelly gambeson when hitting town?).
Finally, it would be nice if we could get some bonus to charm, in some way, from wearing expensive civilian clothing and maybe a small malus for wearing rags.