Watch the replay from FrankZappa's perspective.
He rolls armorsmith.
N1, he selected 6 initially but decides to give his vest to 11. "You may hand out 4 more vests."
N2, he selects 3. Then unselects, then selects 3. At that point he starts wondering if armorsmith even works. "You may hand out 4 more vests."
he goes down the path to insanity as his vests dont get sent.
considering that game used my save, I went to the save editor to check armorsmith.
yea I think we found the issue.