Vallejo's Law

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Vallejo's Law is a recurring theme in fantasy art and gaming, and can be defined by the following formula:

An item's armour class is inversely proportional to the amount of skin it covers.

There is a variant of the Law as stipulated by the Laws of Anime:

#34 - Law of Probable Attire, Second Corollary (Indecent Invulnerability): Bikinis render the wearer invulnerable to any form of damage. ^[1]

Vallejo's Law applies mostly to female characters, prompting accusations of anti-male discrimination.

Vallejo's Law in WoW

Various items in World of Warcraft are believed to observe Vallejo's Law:

Abyssal Cloth Pants Adamantite Breastplate Azure Silk Vest Black Mageweave collection Carapace of Anub'shiah Carapace of Tuten'kash Conqueror's Aegis Breastplate (before 3.2.0) Cindercloth Pants Gilded Crimson Chestplate Green Whelp Armor Hydralick Armor Leggings of Concentrated Darkness

Pants of the Naaru Robes of Insight Robes of the Battleguard Robes of the Guardian Saint Robes of the Triumvirate Saltstone Armor Set, including Saltstone Surcoat and Saltstone Legplates Saronite War Plate (Death knight only) Tyrant's Armor Set Vestments of the Shifting Sands Warrior's Embrace Watcher's Tunic

References

1. ^ Laws of Anime v6.0

Further reading

• World of Warcraft official site - Comic Contest entry #170
• Falcon Twin - February 6, 2004
• RPG Motivational Poster #1
• RPG Motivational Poster #2
• TV Tropes - Breast Plate