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Cloth (Non-Armor)

Nakar Shirt

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 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

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 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

Chain Shirt

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 Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Chain Shirt 30gp AC 4 N/A 4 -2 20% 30 20 25 lbs.
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

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 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 N/A 4 -1 15% 30 20 18 lbs.
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

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 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.
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

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 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

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 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.
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

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 Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Parade Armor 750gp AC 3 Possible skill bonuses. 5 -1 15% 30 20 20 lbs.
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

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 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 vs ranged or thrown piercing weapons (only) 8 0 10% 30 20 15 lbs.
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

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 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 N/A 5 -1 15% 30 20 20 lbs.
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 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
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
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
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.



Hide

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Hide 30gp AC 4 N/A 4 -2 20% 20 15 25 lbs.
  • Notes: Hide armor is a full suit of leather armor to which is added a hide shirt. Cloth and leather covers the entire body, while multiple layers of laminated and linseed-oil treated leather covers the torso, groin, and top of the head.



Scale Mail

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Scale mail 50gp AC 5 N/A 3 -3 25% 20 15 30 lbs.
  • Notes: Scale mail is a full suit of leather armor to which is added a layer of beaten metal scales. These are riveted to the leather much like studded armor, but the scales are much larger and actually overlap on much of the armor. Cloth and leather covers the entire body, while scales coat the shoulders, outer arms, tighs, shins, etc. A sturdy chain coif and leather cap protects the head. The hands and feet are covered by scale-reinforced leather.

Heavy Armor

Banded Mail

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Banded mail 250gp AC 7 N/A 1 -6 35% 20 15 35 lbs.
  • Notes: Banded mail is a more sophisticated evolution of splint mail, which is reflected in the price. The big advance in banded mail is the replacement of the chain leggings with greaves and the use of smaller and more numerous steel plates over cloth, rather than chain. The metal plates in banded mail are interlocked tightly enough that they transfer their own weight, and when that weight reaches the greaves, the warrior inside is no longer carrying that weight. Banded mail looks smoother and sleeker than splint mail, and it certainly feels it, too. A steel helm, steel gauntlets, and greaves cover the head, hands, and feet.

Splint Mail

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Splint mail 80gp AC 7 N/A 0 -7 40% 20 15 45 lbs.
  • Notes: Splint mail is a set of chainmail which has had scores of long metal strips riveted to the outside. A steel cap, metal gauntlets, and sollerets over leather boots completes the suit of armor. Splint mail is genuinely heavy armor, but the relatively unsophisticated construction makes it even more burdensome than chainmail. The entire weight of the armor rests upon the shoulders and waist. Splint mail is quite affordable for heavy armor, but that's just about the end of its good qualities.


Full Plate

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Full Plate 1500gp AC 9 N/A 1 -6 35% 20 15 50 lbs.
  • Notes: Full Plate is the good stuff. Take banded mail and replace the bands with solid forged steel parts custom-fitted to the wearer's body. Full plate armor is self-supporting. You can assemble a suit of full plate without a person inside and it stands on its own. Light cloth padding is worn beneath full plate, and light chainmail over the padding re-inforces the joints. Scutes protect the buttocks and lames and pauldrons protect the shoulders. Non-magical Full Plate must be custom manufactured to fit the wearer, although suits recovered as treasure may be re-fitted for the cost of 200-800 gold pieces. An open-face steel helm, steel gauntlets, and steel greaves/sollerets cover the head, hands, and feet.



Field Plate

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
Field Plate 1200gp AC 8 N/A 1 -5 35% 20 15 40 lbs.
  • Notes: Field plate is very similar to Full Plate, except that it has been made easier to wear and a bit lighter. Metal is removed at the intersection points of the large forged steel plates of the pate armor, so that there is more room for freedom of movement. The amount of chainmail is increased in the joints and the number of auxiliary protective pieces is reduced. As a result, the armor is considerably less restrictive and a bit less heavy. The down side is, there are larger gaps in the joints that are less well protected, so the armor value is decreased. As a positive, custom-fitting field plate looted as treasure is much easier, and only requires 10-60 gold pieces.

War Plate

Armor Cost Armor/Shield Bonus Special Max Dex Bonus Armor Check Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance Speed Weight
30 Move 20 Move
War Plate 3000gp AC 10 Reduces all perception checks by the Armor Check Penalty 0 -9 45% 20 15 60 lbs.
  • Notes: 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 includes rondels, which are heavy round plates of armor, to cover over the armpits from the front and back. Heck, war plate has over a dozen custom bits and pieces to cover the joints. Donning war plate takes twice as long as donning full plate. Even worse, war plate includes a helm which covers the face. All this extra armor does indeed raise the protection level, but the price you pay is the very high expense, and the fact that war plate subtracts its armor check penalty from the perception rolls of the wearer. Ouch. War plate certainly exists, but few adventurers are willing to lose that much of their perceptions to it.

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