Armor

Armor

Name	Type	Defense	Price	Wt	Wm	Freq
Platemail	Armor, Heavy	14	$5,000	50	14	V
Bandmail	Armor, Heavy	13	$3,000	45	12	R
Scalemail	Armor, Heavy	12	$2,000	40	12	R
Chainmail	Armor, Heavy	11	$1,500	40	12	U
Iron Plate	Armor, Heavy	11	$500	60	14	U
Leather Plate	Armor, Medium	10	$900	25	10	R
Plate Pieces	Armor, Medium	9	$1,000	15	6	U
Brigandine	Armor, Medium	8	$400	20	10	C
Studded Leather	Armor, Medium	7	$300	20	8	U
Ring Mail	Armor, Medium	6	$300	16	10	U
Chain Hauberk	Armor, Light	5	$400	12	6	U
Padded Armor	Armor, Medium	5	$75	15	10	C
Great Helm	Helmet	4	$50	5	4	R
Leather Armor	Armor, Light	4	$90	10	8	U
Clothing, Heavy	Armor, Light	3	$50	8	10	C
Heavy Pelts	Armor, Light	3	$40	6	8	U
Helmet	Helmet	3	$25	2	3	C
Swim Mail	Armor, Light	3	$40	3	0	R
Skullcap	Helmet	2	$40	1	2	R
Clothing, Light	Armor, Light	1	$21	2	4	A

Platemail is brigandine armor covered by a finely crafted sheathe of steel plates. It is usually worn only by people of high status heading off to war.

Bandmail, or banded mail, is a suit of padded armor with bands of metal that overlap to create a segmented carapace not unlike a lobster shell.

Scalemail uses overlapping scales of metal to protect its wearer. It looks a bit like snake skin, earning it the nickname Snakemail.

Chainmail is two or three layers of interlocking metal chain worn over a suit of padded armor. It is very flexible but a bit on the heavy side. Armies love how easy it is to repair, transport and resize. Unfortunately, chainmail rusts quite quickly and is not often worn in wet or tropical climes.

Admittedly, iron plate is crap armor. It is crude cast-iron made for the sole purpose of adorning cannon fodder. It looks rough and ugly, is uncomfortable to wear, and rusts quite quickly unless kept coated in oil or the blood of your enemies.

Leather plate is made of multiple layers of leather, boiled in oil until they are as hard as wood. Leather plate barely makes a sound as one moves about. Elves love it for its ability to be adorned with ornate glyphs and burned-in designs.

Plate Pieces do not actually make up a suit. Instead they represent a collection of random armor pieces strapped over vital areas such as fore-arms, shoulders, shins, chest, thighs, etc. The running joke is that Plate Pieces is what most Plate Mail becomes after a few good battles.

Brigandine evolved from the padded armor and light chainmail knights wear under their plate armor. Brigandine is usually worn by siege engineers, archers, pikemen and other low status warriors. From this association (and many drunken brawls) brigandine created brigand, as in outlaw or bandit. Bad attitude tends to follow this armor everywhere.

Studded Leather is a full suit of leather armor reinforced by metal studs that connect to small metal plates hidden inside it. Unlike leather armor it cannot pass as normal clothing.

Ring mail is a leather hauberk with metal rings stitched onto its surface. It is a favorite in warm climes where the leather beneath the rings is often perforated to let heat escape. Doing this decreases its warmth to 5.

A chain hauberk is a single layer of chainmail often worn as a long shirt over normal clothing.

Padded Armor is made of multiple layers of heavy tough clothing. Despite the silly name, it is nothing to laugh at.

The great helm is a helmet which covers the head as well as ones face with a metal visor. It does restrict your ability to see and hear, hence the load penalty.

Leather armor is a full suit of light pliable leather and cloth. It is not thick but is often layered two or three times over vital areas. Many prefer it to metal armor since it does not rust or make a whole lot of noise while sneaking about. Many wear it like normal clothing.

Heavy clothing is typically ordinary clothing worn in layers thick enough to keep one warm against winter weather.

These are essentially animal skins strapped on as best as one can. It does not provide a whole lot of protection and the smell can get pretty ripe, but it’s better than nothing.

A normal helmet covers the head and ears but not the face. For that you need a Great Helm. You will need to take it off to try to hear through a door.

Swim mail is a scant cover of armor designed to intimidate people into not attacking its wearer. After all, the only thing crazier than wearing a chainmail bikini or scalemail speedo is attacking someone crazy enough to wear one.

A skullcap is a tight fitting metal helmet that only protects the skull but not the ears or face. While it may be the least protective of all the helmets but it will make your wizard look bad-ass!

Light clothing is ordinary clothing, something along the lines of a loose shirt and breeches.

Shield

Name	Type	Defense	Price	Wt	Wm	Freq
Shield, Large	Shield	8	$50	12	0	R
Shield, Medium	Shield	6	$40	8	0	C
Shield, Small	Shield	4	$30	6	0	U
Buckler	Buckler	2	$20	4	0	R
Buckler, Spiked	Buckler	2	$30	5	0	R
Gauntlet	Buckler	1	$45	2	0	R
Gauntlet, Spiked	Buckler	1	$60	3	0	R

A large shield is like a door you strap to your arm for full body protection.

A medium shield is large enough to cover ones whole arm and most of the upper body.

A small shield is just large enough to cover its wielder's forearm.

A buckler is a small yet stout shield about the size of a dinner plate.

A spiked buckler is a buckler covered in spikes to make it do more damage when used as a weapon.

A gauntlet is a metal reinforced glove. While most people don't think of them as shields, each gauntlet adds a point to the character's shield total. Note that this is an individual gauntlet. Buying two of them, one for each hand, adds 2 to your shield total.

A gauntlet can be used as a weapon (a replacement for your punch attack), but only if that hand is not busy wielding another weapon. If it is wielding a shield, the gauntlet adds to the shield's protection and that is it.

This gauntlet is covered in metal spikes. It weighs a bit more than a normal gauntlet but does more damage when it hits.
Note that this is a single gauntlet, not a pair.