War Plate (Armor)

War Plate		Heavy Armor proficiency required				edit
	Cost	Armor Bonus to AC	Dex Penalty to AC	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Move Penalty		Durability	Wt
						Size Medium	Size Small
	3,000 gp	10	-3	-7	45%	-10	-5	5	60 lbs.
	Special: Armor Check Penalty also applies to all Perception checks.
	War plate is a suit of full plate which has been taken to the logical conclusion. The only place that is left unprotected by full plate is the face and joints, so war plate 'fixes' that problem. War plate replaces rondels and many lames with fitted steel plates to cover over weak points. War plate has fewer bits and pieces to cover the joints, but much larger and carefully fitted pieces. Donning war plate takes a full minute longer than that normally required to don heavy armor (4 minutes with help, 8 minutes without help), and a full round longer to hastily don (4 full rounds, instead of 3). Most significantly, war plate includes a helm which covers the face. A result of this extra protection is that war plate subtracts its armor check penalty from the Perception rolls of the wearer. Ouch. Non-magical War Plate must be custom manufactured to fit the wearer, although suits recovered as treasure may be re-fitted for the cost of 1,500 gold pieces.