Armor and Shields

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Cloth (Non-Armor)

Nakar Shirt

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Nakar Shirt	3,000gp	AC 1	DR 1/piercing	8	1	0%	30	20	4 lbs.

• Special: This armor may be worn without the need for any armor proficiency. However, it gains several benefits from a wearer who has the Exotic Armor Proficiency: Nakar feat.

Nakar Suit

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Nakar Suit	4,500gp	AC 2	DR 2/piercing	7	1	0%	30	20	8 lbs.

• Special: This armor may be worn without the need for any armor proficiency. However, it gains several benefits from a wearer who has the Exotic Armor Proficiency: Nakar feat.

Light Armor

Hide Shirt

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Hide Shirt	20gp	AC 3	-	4	-1	15%	30	20	18 lbs.

• Notes: A hide shirt is more accurately called a leather breastplate. It consists of two or more layers of thick linseed-treated top-grain leather laminated with glue and lacquer into a segmented shell to cover the torso. It is lightweight and surprisingly protective, but quite rigid, so it is a bit restrictive.

Leather

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Leather	10gp	AC 2	N/A	6	0	10%	30	20	15 lbs.

• Notes: Leather armor consists of a suit of heavy cotton or linen which has been covered and reinforced with thick top-grain leather pieces treated with linseed oil, for hardness and supple durability. Heavy leather gloves and boots protect the hands and feet, while a sturdy boiled-leather cap protects the head.

Nakar Hauberk

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Nakar Hauberk	6,000gp	AC 3	DR 3/piercing	6	1	15%	30	20	12 lbs.

• Special: This armor may be worn by anyone with light armor proficiency. However, it gains several benefits from a wearer who has the Exotic Armor Proficiency: Nakar feat.

Padded Armor

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Padded Armor	5gp	AC 1	N/A	8	0	5%	30	20	10 lbs.

• Notes: This armor consists of special clothing. It has a thick jacket made out of heavy cotton cloth and lined with leather reinforcements. The pants are of heavy canvas with leather straps and groin protection. A canvas hood over a leather cap protects the head and neck. Heavy leather boots and thick gloves of padded canvas round out the look.

Parade Armor

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Parade Armor	25gp	AC 3	Possible skill bonuses.	5	-1	15%	30	20	20 lbs.

• Notes: Parade armor is a product of a sophisticated culture that is capable of producing very protective armors, but chooses to make lighter armor that 'looks good.' This is used for functions such as parades, coronation ceremonies, standing guard in palaces, and so on. For adventurers, parade armor is a level of protection similar to studded leather but which has a little style to it. Parade armor may or may not be available in all campaigns. Parade armor is made of heavy cloth, leather reinforcements that may or may not be visible, and light chainmail reinforcements, which may or may not be visible. Parade armor is often used as a uniform by a nation's professional military, and in such cases, if you are wearing a suit of such armor, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Diplomacy and Intimidate checks to influence a person from that nation. Of course, there may be downsides if you're impersonating a member of a nation's military....

Quilted Cloth

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Quilted Cloth	100gp	AC 1	DR 3/piercing vs arrows, bolts, darts, daggers only.	8	0	10%	30	20	15 lbs.

• Notes: This armor consists of special clothing. The outer layer is quilted in a diamond shape with a nigh-rigid inner layer of stiff leather, with padding both in front of and behind the inner leather. This armor is designed against specifically against small piercing weapons, such as thrown daggers, arrows and bolts of all kinds, etc. Against light thrown piercing weapons and all ranged piercing weapons, quilted cloth grants DR3/-. Against all other forms of attack, it gives only it's armor class benefits.

Studded Leather

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Studded Leather	25gp	AC 3	-	5	-1	15%	30	20	20 lbs.

• Notes: Studded leather is a leather armor suit which has been reinforced by the addition of five pounds of hammered brass or iron rivets, studs, and bosses. Anywhere the wearer is likely to suffer a strike will have studs added. Studded leather has a very distinctive 'manly polkadots' look to it. The extra weight and rigidity of the studs makes the leather a bit more cumbersome, but studded leather is otherwise quite a good level of protection.

Wooden Armor

Armor	Cost	Armor/Shield Bonus	Special	Max Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure Chance	Speed		Weight
							30 Move	20 Move
Wooden Armor	20gp	AC 3	+1 bonus to Swim checks	3	-1	15%	30	20	25 lbs.

• Notes: Wooden armor is a suit of padded cloth armor which has been reinforced with various carved wooden parts. The wooden parts used are quite sophisticated, usually being laminated of sheets of coppiced ironwood (such as buloke, lignum vitae, or grey ironwood) glued to sheets of a very soft wood (such as balsa, soft pine, or linden). The resulting wooden parts are extremely durable but light, and wooden armor is actually bouyant enough to give a +1 to swim checks made while wearing it. This replaces the normal -1 the Armor Check Penalty would give to swim checks. The armor gives the normal -1 to all other skills.

Shields

Shields

Wall Shield