Armor

Armor

Name	Type	Defense	Move	Price	Wm	Freq
Platemail	Armor, Heavy	14	-3	$5,000	14	V
Scalemail	Armor, Heavy	12	-2	$2,000	12	R
Chainmail	Armor, Heavy	11	-2	$1,500	12	U
Iron Plate	Armor, Heavy	11	-4	$500	14	U
Plate Pieces	Armor, Medium	9	-1	$1,000	6	U
Studded Leather	Armor, Medium	7	-1	$300	8	U
Ring Mail	Armor, Medium	6	-1	$300	10	U
Chain Hauberk	Armor, Light	5	0	$400	6	U
Padded Armor	Armor, Medium	5	-1	$75	10	C
Leather Armor	Armor, Light	4	0	$90	8	U
Clothing, Heavy	Armor, Light	3	-1	$50	10	C
Heavy Pelts	Armor, Light	3	-1	$40	8	U
Swim Mail	Armor, Light	3	0	$40		R
Clothing, Light	Armor, Light	1	0	$21	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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Shield

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