User blog comment:Blanzer/Suggestions/@comment-4093624-20110831213620/@comment-67.224.27.55-20111030032547

Just an idea. The wooden armor should be able to be made at a workbench, but could have a debuff that gives you take 75% more damage to fire, and the burn debuff lasts twice as long. That way it would be early armor, at 1 defense each, but you would want better armor later on.