Armor and Shields: Difference between revisions
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===Donning Armor and Shields === | ===Donning Armor and Shields === | ||
Donning a suit of armor properly takes one minute of time | Donning a suit of armor properly takes one minute of time per weight class of the armor, and assumes you have a person helping. Thus, light armor can be donned in one minute, medium armor in two minutes, and heavy armor in three minutes. War Plate requires four minutes to don. Donning armor without a helper requires twice as much time. | ||
You can also hastily don armor in order to quickly make yourself ready for a surprise encounter in the middle of the night. When laying down for the night in hostile territory, armor-wearing adventurers usually arrange their armor in a carefully stacked-up mass, so they can do the 'fireman' trick of just jumping right into it. By arranging the armor in this fashion, the wearer can don it without assistance, and needs one full-round action per weight class of the armor (except for War Plate). Thus, light armor requires a full round, medium armor requires two full rounds, and heavy armor requires three full rounds. War Plate requires four full rounds to don hastily. | |||
You can also hastily don armor in order to quickly make yourself ready for a surprise encounter in the middle of the night. When laying down for the night in hostile territory, armor-wearing adventurers usually arrange their armor in a carefully stacked-up mass, so they can do the 'fireman' trick of just jumping right into it. By arranging the armor in this fashion, the wearer can don it without assistance, | |||
Hastily donned armor inflicts a penalty of -1 to the wearer's AC and the Armor Check Penalty is increased by 1. These penalties persist until the wearer can take the time to adjust and strap on the armor properly (requiring minutes per weight class). | Hastily donned armor inflicts a penalty of -1 to the wearer's AC and the Armor Check Penalty is increased by 1. These penalties persist until the wearer can take the time to adjust and strap on the armor properly (requiring minutes per weight class). | ||
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You and any assistants are all assumed to be taking full-round actions when hastily donning armor. | You and any assistants are all assumed to be taking full-round actions when hastily donning armor. | ||
Most shields require only a move action to equip. War shields, however, require a full round action to equip. You do not require assistance when equipping a shield, but having assistance also does not reduce the time required to equip the shield. You cannot hastily don a shield. | |||
::{| class="ep-default" style="text-align:center" | ::{| class="ep-default" style="text-align:center" | ||
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! Armor || Don With Assistance || Don Without Assistance || Hastily Don | ! Armor || Don With Assistance || Don Without Assistance || Hastily Don<sup>1</sup> | ||
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| align="left" | Light Armor || 1 minute || 2 minutes || 1 full round action | | align="left" | Light Armor || 1 minute || 2 minutes || 1 full round action | ||
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| align="left" | War Plate || 4 minutes || 8 minutes || 4 full round actions | | align="left" | War Plate || 4 minutes || 8 minutes || 4 full round actions | ||
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! Shield || Done With Assistance || Don Without Assistance || Hastily Don | ! Shield || Done With Assistance || Don Without Assistance || Hastily Don<sup>1</sup> | ||
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| align="left" | Buckler || 1 move action | | align="left" | Buckler || - || 1 move action || - | ||
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| align="left" | Light Shield || 1 move action | | align="left" | Light Shield || - || 1 move action || - | ||
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| align="left" | Heavy Shield || 1 move action | | align="left" | Heavy Shield || - || 1 move action || - | ||
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| align="left" | War Shield || 1 full round action | | align="left" | War Shield || - || 1 full round action || - | ||
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::: <sup>1</sup> {{smaller|— Inflicts a -1 penalty to the wearer's AC, and increases the armor check penalty by 1.}} | |||