Armor  by Barbarian Priscilla

Note from Prissy:           Haloo der!  Ah figur all dis stuff to be guud if yoo no it. Ah got mah frend Denna tu rite it in peeple werds.  so yoo ken unersand it.  Fank yoo peeples hoo put on dem armers fer me.  Byby.

Your armor rating depends on factors such as your dexterity, strength, feats learned and the weight of the armor.  If armor is too heavy to move about inn, you don't get the dex bonus... therefore causing a penalty to your base armor rating (base armor rating=without armor rating). Always make sure you are buying the armor you are trained in, and strong enough to wear.  If you are a spell caster, remember that any metal armor you wear will raise your chances of failure.

ARMOR                               AR/(*)          CLASS       WEIGHT      COST             SHOP**

Leather breastplate                       Padded leather armor                    Darkened hunting leathers          Standard leather armor                Foresters's leathers                        Studded leather armor Golden-hued leather hunters       Fine black leathers Chain shirt Scale mail Steele breastplate Steel chainmail Black leather breastplate Chain hauberk Tightly woven chainmail Banded mail Splint mail Half plate mail Full plate mail Blued-steel fieldplate Full plate with golden rivets Highly polished light plate Burnished reinforced light plate Silvered half plate Mirror-polished full plate

+ 0                     Light                     0 lbs                   0 gold             born with + 1                     Light                   11 lbs                   5 gold                 STS   + 1                     Light                   11 lbs             3000 gold                 SF + 2                     Light                   16 lbs                 10 gold                 STS + 3                     Light                   16 lbs             5000 gold                 SF + 3                     Light                   21 lbs                 25 gold                 STS + 4                     Light                   16 lbs             7000 gold                 DF + 4                     Light                     9 lbs             1750 gold                 DF + 4                     Light                   26 lbs               100 gold                 STS + 4/(-1)              Medium              31 lbs                 50 gold                 STS + 5/(-1)              Medium              26 lbs               200 gold                 STS + 5/(-2               Medium              41 lbs               150 gold                 STS + 6/(-1)              Medium              33 lbs             7200 gold                 DF + 6                     Medium              26 lbs             3000 gold                 DF + 9/(-2)              Medium              11 lbs             5000 gold                 DF + 6/(-3)              Heavy                  36 lbs               250 gold                 STS  + 6/(-4)              Heavy                  46 lbs               200 gold                 STS + 7/(-4)              Heavy                  51 lbs               600 gold                 STS + 8/(-3)              Heavy                  51 lbs             1500 gold                 STS + 9/(-2)              Heavy                  41 lbs           34000 gold                 DF +10                    Heavy                  46 lbs           54500 gold                 DF + 6/(-3)              Heavy                  36 lbs             4000 gold                 TV*** + 7/(-4)              Heavy                  46 lbs             7000 gold                 TV*** + 8/(-3)              Heavy                  51 lbs             8000 gold                 TV*** + 9/(-3)              Heavy                  56 lbs           10000 gold                 TV***

(*) Negative numbers here mean the armor caused a character with the heavy armor feat, high strength and moderate dexterity to receive a penalty to their bas armor rating in the amount shown.  If an armor gives you -2 to your base armor rating, then adds +9 it will therefore give you +7 protection.

** STS=South Town Square, Semanri (Bartles Armor).  DF=D"Mare Fin, far SE corner( Khav'r's Gallery D'Armor).  SF=Sal Va'Taer Forest, Faint Path (Turic the Bowyer's).  TV=Tes'Kata Village, South Market Square (Deagram's Armory)

***Disregard the penalty to your base rating if you are a Paladin, these armors are specially made for you and your base armor rating will not be affected by the weight.

Some of the armor in the DF, TV and SF shops have very nice extended descriptions which I did not have room to post.  Many of these armors have look descriptions also.  Make sure you  order them by first tapping them or using their two word descriptions, or you may end up with something else.