Generic, Table: Heavy Armour

Heavy Armour

These are the heavy armours of Skyrim. They can be any material but start at a baseline of iron in material. Starting equipment will always be iron unless specified in the class or background description.
 
These armours will require Smith's tools to create, those amours marked with a metal ingot other than iron as materials will always require proficency with Smith's tools to create. Armours that use materials other than leather, iron and steel in thier creation will also require special features to create in addition to proficency with Smith's tools.
 
Certain armours carry resistance, certain amours grant the wearer Temporary Hit Points (THP) when they are donned. These temporary hit points will last until the armour is doffed or until they are expended, at which point the armour will be damaged, no longer providing the THP and require 10 minutes of tempering to restore the effect. This can be achieved with the both the tools needed to create said armour and 1 of the principal materials needed to create it (not leather strips). Unlike crafting, tempering never requires proficency to attempt and you will always succeed if you would be proficient in crafting the relevent armour. Tempering can also be performed with the mending cantrip, at a rate of 1 THP per 10 minutes of mending, up to the armours max THP.