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:* '''Notes''': A breastplate is a vest and pants of padded cloth armor over which there is a solid, sculpted sheet of good-quality steel that covers the chest, belly, and groin in the front, the sides below the armpits, and the back down to the lower back. A breastplate also includes articulated lames for the shoulders and scutes for the buttocks. It leaves the arms, hands, feet, and head uncovered. It offers an amazing amount of protection for the body, and the weight and encumbrance reflect this fact. | :* '''Notes''': A breastplate is a vest and pants of padded cloth armor over which there is a solid, sculpted sheet of good-quality steel that covers the chest, belly, and groin in the front, the sides below the armpits, and the back down to the lower back. A breastplate also includes articulated lames for the shoulders and scutes for the buttocks. It leaves the arms, hands, feet, and head uncovered. It offers an amazing amount of protection for the body, and the weight and encumbrance reflect this fact. | ||
====Chainmail==== | |||
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! width="250" rowspan="2" | Armor || width="100" rowspan="2" | Cost || width="100" rowspan="2" | Armor/Shield Bonus || width="350" rowspan="2" | Special || width="100" rowspan="2" | Max Dex Bonus || width="100" rowspan="2" | Armor Check Penalty || width="100" rowspan="2" | Arcane Spell Failure Chance || colspan="2" width="200" | Speed || rowspan="2" width="100" | Weight | |||
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| 50gp || AC 6 || Align="left" | N/A || 2 || -5 || 30% || 20 || 15 || 40 lbs. | |||
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:* '''Notes''': A suit of chainmail is a chain shirt to which has been added a full chain hood and a sturdy set of chain leggings. A leather cap and a suit of light padding is worn beneath the chain, and a seperate groin protector of finer chain is worn under the shirt and leggings to protect the groin and buttocks. The feet have sturdy leather boots covered by the chain leggings and the hands have chainmail gloves with leather beneath. The weight of the armor rides upon the shoulders and hips alone, making it a bit more awkward to wear than you might expect, even for the considerable protection it offers. Chainmail is the lightest of the 'full' armors, offering complete protection to the entire body save the face. | |||
== Heavy Armor == | == Heavy Armor == |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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
Chain Shirt
Armor | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Special | Max Dex Bonus | Armor Check Penalty | Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed | Weight | |
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30 Move | 20 Move | ||||||||
Chain Shirt | 30gp | AC 4 | N/A | 4 | -2 | 20% | 30 | 20 | 25 lbs. |
- Notes: A chain shirt is more accurately described as a chainmail breastplate. It consists of a shirt of padded armor over which is a multiply-linked chainmail shirt which covers the entire torso. Chainmail is made of thousands of interwoven rings of iron, brass, or other readily-worked, high-strength, inexpensive metal. The main cost of chainmail is in the labor used to put it together. A chain shirt is remarkably heavy for its size, but the strength and flexibility give it a very good level of protection for a 'light' armor.
Hide Shirt
Armor | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Special | Max Dex Bonus | Armor Check Penalty | Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed | Weight | |
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30 Move | 20 Move | ||||||||
Hide Shirt | 20gp | AC 3 | N/A | 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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30 Move | 20 Move | ||||||||
Studded Leather | 25gp | AC 3 | N/A | 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 | |
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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 ironbark) 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.
Medium Armor
Armored Coat
Armor | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Special | Max Dex Bonus | Armor Check Penalty | Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed | Weight | |
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30 Move | 20 Move | ||||||||
Armored Coat | 50gp | AC 4 | Can be donned or doffed with a move action. | 3 | -2 | 20% | 20 | 15 | 20 lbs. |
- Notes: An armored coat is a type of armor which is usually seen in more sophisticated, even civilized, settings. An armored coat is a massive leather coat, reaching to the ankles, with panels of light chain and heavy layers of linseed-treated top-grain leather in discrete spots for additional protection. Because the coat is not strapped to the body and merely rides on the shoulders it encumbers as medium armor, slowing your movement. But the huge advantage is the ease with which you can slip it on and off. Getting fully armored as a move action is a major advantage! An armored coat can be worn effortlessly over normal clothes, but will not fit over any other sort of armor, so don't try stacking it with other armors.
Breastplate
Armor | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Special | Max Dex Bonus | Armor Check Penalty | Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed | Weight | |
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30 Move | 20 Move | ||||||||
Breastplate | 200gp | AC 6 | N/A | 3 | -4 | 25% | 20 | 15 | 30 lbs. |
- Notes: A breastplate is a vest and pants of padded cloth armor over which there is a solid, sculpted sheet of good-quality steel that covers the chest, belly, and groin in the front, the sides below the armpits, and the back down to the lower back. A breastplate also includes articulated lames for the shoulders and scutes for the buttocks. It leaves the arms, hands, feet, and head uncovered. It offers an amazing amount of protection for the body, and the weight and encumbrance reflect this fact.
Chainmail
Armor | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Special | Max Dex Bonus | Armor Check Penalty | Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed | Weight | |
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30 Move | 20 Move | ||||||||
Chainmail | 50gp | AC 6 | N/A | 2 | -5 | 30% | 20 | 15 | 40 lbs. |
- Notes: A suit of chainmail is a chain shirt to which has been added a full chain hood and a sturdy set of chain leggings. A leather cap and a suit of light padding is worn beneath the chain, and a seperate groin protector of finer chain is worn under the shirt and leggings to protect the groin and buttocks. The feet have sturdy leather boots covered by the chain leggings and the hands have chainmail gloves with leather beneath. The weight of the armor rides upon the shoulders and hips alone, making it a bit more awkward to wear than you might expect, even for the considerable protection it offers. Chainmail is the lightest of the 'full' armors, offering complete protection to the entire body save the face.