Armor#

What armor does

Armor has five armor classes, one for each kind of damage: bash, slash, pierce, unarmed and exotic. The pieces you wear add up, and your total against a blow’s kind of damage takes a share of it off.

Reading the tables#

Each piece lists its armor class (AC) against the five kinds of damage, with its best in gold. Wear a helm, a breastplate and greaves and your AC against slashing is their three slash numbers added together.

Your damage reduction against a kind of damage is your total AC against it divided by ten, as a percentage: 120 AC against slashing takes 12% off every slashing blow. It never goes past 90%.

Class is the training a piece needs: light, medium, heavy or exotic. A piece with two classes can be worn with either. A few pieces are cut for women or for men, and the table says so.

Where a blow lands#

When you attack you can say where you’re aiming. If you don’t, roll a d100 for where the blow lands. From level 15, a blow that does damage may cost the piece worn there a point of durability (Defending).

1. Head0 to 5
2. Shoulders6 to 12
3. Arms13 to 18
4. Wrists19 to 22
5. Hands23 to 24
6. Chest25 to 65
7. Back66 to 74
8. Waist75 to 87
9. Legs88 to 98
10. Feet99 to 100

Pieces nobody aims at

Necklaces and rings are never hit. They add their AC to yours and keep it when everything else has been knocked to pieces.

Who can wear what#

Every class can wear light armor. Heavier armor and shields take training. The table shows the heaviest armor each class can wear and whether it can carry a shield.

	Light	Medium	Heavy	Exotic	Shields
Headhunter	✓	✓	✓	·	✓
Page	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Plainsman	✓	✓	·	·	·
Pickpocket	✓	·	·	·	·
Scout	✓	✓	·	·	·
Woodsman	✓	✓	·	·	·
Mageling	✓	·	·	·	·
Elementalist	✓	✓	✓	·	·
Runescribe	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Gravedigger	✓	✓	·	·	·
Priest	✓	·	·	·	·
Monk	✓	✓	·	·	·
Hermit	✓	·	·	·	·
Minstrel	✓	✓	·	·	·

The armor#

By where it’s worn, cheapest first.

Head#

Helms and hats, hoods, crowns and the caps of every faith on Sedia. Spectacles count; they sit where a helm would.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Cap Also kasa (Amari), fez (Dumasque), kufi (Dumasque), songkok (Amari), biretta (Crecia), zucchetto (Crecia), camauro (Crecia), capello romano (Crecia), mitre (Crecia), canterbury cap (Tharsis), chapeau (Tharsis), clerical kamilavkion (New Saellem), skufia (New Saellem), klobuk (New Saellem), saami (New Saellem), shtreimel (Jewall), kolpik (Jewall), kippah (Esthar), mitznefet (Esthar)	L	11100	1	20	Anywhere
Hood Also cowl, wimple (Tharsis), sevilla mantilla (Crecia), keffiyeh (Dumasque), turban (Dumasque), dastar (Menusia)	L	41110	1	30	Anywhere
Mask	·	11111	2	100	Anywhere
Circlet Also crown, coronet, tiara, wreath (Crecia), chaplet, headdress (Menusia)	·	11111	3	500
Faithless Helm	H	22222	7	600	·
Helm Also coif (Tharsis), skull cap, nasal helm (New Saellem), spangenhelm (New Saellem), horned helm (Jewall)	H	11112	6	1,500	Anywhere
Night Goggles	L	11111	1	1,500	·
Deepwarden Helm	H	32222	7	1,800	·
Face Guard Also face plate	H	03012	4	2,500
Unsleeping Eye Helm	H	22223	6	2,500	·
Full Helm Also armet (Tharsis), bascinet (Tharsis), sallet (Tharsis), full sallet (Tharsis), hounskull (Tharsis), burgonet (Tharsis), barbute (Crecia)	H	22223	7	7,000
Spectacles Also eyeglasses, monocle	·	11111	1	30,000

Neck#

Gorgets and bevors for a soldier, amulets and pendants for everyone else. Never hit.

Shoulders#

Pauldrons and spaulders, mantles and stoles.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Scaled Shoulders	H	108644	8	88
Mantle Also amice, stole, shoulder pads, studded mantle	LM	41121	4	100	Anywhere
Pauldrons Also spaulders, besagews, ailettes (Tharsis)	M	82132	5	300	Anywhere
Half-Plate Shoulders	H	13111297	6	4,400	Anywhere
Plate Shoulders	H	1412121212	9	7,500
Splint Shoulders	E	1110966	7	10,000	·

Arms#

Armlets, armbands and arm-guards.

Wrists#

Bracers, cuffs and bangles.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Bracelet Also bangle	L	00120	2	22	Anywhere
Bracers Also cuffs, bindings, wristband	MH	31100	2	900	Anywhere
Shackles	H	34211	3	2,500

Hands#

Gloves, mittens and gauntlets.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Gloves Also mittens (New Saellem), handwraps	LM	02241	1	18	Anywhere
Gauntlets Also handguards	H	34452	4	3,300	Anywhere
Chainmail Gauntlets	H	54433	5	4,900	Anywhere
Platemail Gauntlets	H	65455	5	7,500
Scalemail Gauntlets	H	31433	6	8,500

Chest#

Where most blows land, and where the heaviest armor goes: plate, mail and brigandine, or robes, tunics and doublets for anyone who’d rather move.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Robe Also vestment, toga (Crecia), himation (Crecia), palla (Crecia), farthingale (Crecia), furisode (Amari), hanten (Amari), sari (Menusia), banyan (Menusia), sarafan (New Saellem), houppelande (Tharsis), justacorps (Tharsis), manteaux (Tharsis), polonaise (Tharsis), bodice (Tharsis), frock (Tharsis), happi (Amari)	L	11111	4	100	Anywhere
Tunic Also chemise, chiton (Crecia), exomis (Crecia), doublet (Tharsis), jerkin (Tharsis), tabard (Tharsis), guernsey (New Saellem), raiment	LM	11121	7	400	Anywhere
Studded Tunic Also chestguard	M	21141	8	8,000	Anywhere
Ringmail Also chain cuirass, hauberk (Tharsis)	H	76652	18	40,000
Half-Plate Also chestplate, lorica segmentata (Crecia)	H	98984	17	50,000	Anywhere
Platemail Also field plate (Tharsis)	H	911975	20	60,000
Scalemail Also lamellar (Amari)	H	43544	18	80,000
Splintmail Also banded mail	E	85734	17	100,000	·
Brigandine Armor	E	1513151415	25	420,000	·

Back#

Cloaks and capes.

Waist#

Belts, girdles, sashes and the fauld that hangs below a breastplate.

Legs#

Greaves and leggings, breeches, skirts and trousers.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Trousers Also breeches, culottes, pantaloons, tights, bloomers, skirt, split skirt, hakama (Amari), sarongs (Menusia), sampot (Menusia)	L	00110	3	18	Anywhere
Leggings	M	14021	3	300	Anywhere
Greaves Also legguards, genouillere, poleyns, schynbalds, senguillere	H	46334	13	2,500	Anywhere
Half-Plate Leggings	H	1010948	15	4,300	Anywhere
Chainmail Leggings	H	510359	14	4,900	Anywhere
Plate Leggings	H	101010910	16	6,700
Scale Leggings	H	78315	14	8,900
Splint Leggings	E	109535	13	20,000	·

Feet#

Boots, sandals, slippers and plate.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Sandals Also slippers, stalkers, footguards, geta (Amari)	L	11101	2	10
Anklet for women	·	10000	0.1	40
Boots Also long boots	MH	12101	2	100	Anywhere
Moccasin Also brogues (Tharsis), mules, espadrilles (Crecia), jodhpur (Menusia), valenki (New Saellem)	M	122510	4	200
Footplates	H	33333	3	1,600
Half-Plate Boots	H	85243	7	5,500
Plate Boots	H	88584	8	6,500
Scale Boots	H	35331	4	8,800
Splint Boots	E	56442	4	10,000	·

Fingers#

Rings. Never hit, and you can wear one on each hand.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Drowned Ring	·	11111	0.1	800	·
Finger Armor for women	H	55555	0.3	5,000
Ring Also band, thumb ring, signet ring, sovereign ring, wedding ring, engagement ring, claddagh ring (Tharsis), blood ring, engineers ring	·	00000	0.1	5,000	Anywhere

Shields#

Bucklers up to tower shields. A shield needs a proficiency of its own.

Piece	Class	AC BSPUE	Weight	Vern	Sold in
Buckler Also targe (New Saellem), roundel, disc shield	M	55555	10	1,000	Anywhere
Heater Shield Also kite shield (Tharsis), aegis (Crecia), bulwark shield	E	1818191616	18	90,000	·
Tower Shield Also scutum (Crecia)	H	1413151516	10	110,000