Elven Naval Ship

[Hoihe]

I do think I should weigh in, since I was involved in this whole process. Just one thing from me..

Ship...metal armor = very bad match RP wise. Fall in and you are dead.

This is a fallacy.

Marines (the term is pretty dang old) of the Spanish armada often dressed in cuirasses, their infamous conquistadore helmets and wielded long halberds when preparing for boarding action.

These were common humans who didn't have the superhuman strength and agility of our player characters.

Roman era:
https://www.pinterest.dk/pin/500814421036166110/

The romans were noted by the athenians that they wore full suits of armor as boarders.

Book about marines:

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contenton ... 1/art00003

https://books.google.hu/books?id=GX2uCA ... ce&f=false

Images about medieval marines:

[Vermilion]

You're both right. One similarity between the cuirasses of Imperial Spain and the lamellar breastplates/scale armour of the Classical world is that the limbs are free to move.

If you fall off a ship while wearing full plate, you're probably tinned crab food.