Talk:Tallboys/@comment-70.48.161.187-20150617005352/@comment-69.123.221.132-20150625043408

From a real-world standpoint, because game designers look to make interesting designs, not necessarily practical ones, and because ultimately gameplay supercedes reason: for example, City Watch regulars wear armored mantles, but can take less damage than City Watch Officers, who wear no armor aside from their helmets.

That said, there are other curious things about the way Tallboys are portrayed. First, why do they have whale oil tanks on their backs, when it doesn't seem like any of their equipment is mechanized? They walk on stilts, and their shields are attached to their harnesses: nothing requires power, even if the stilts are pneumatic. Second, where do they store their ammunition? While Watch Officers and Overseers can carry pistol cartridges and grenades in the pouches that they wear over their uniforms, Tallboys have nowhere on their person that they might be able to store their explosive arrows: no quiver, no load-bearing gear to speak of. Arrows are large, and so if the Tallboys carried extra ammunition, it would be visible.