ARMOR RULES

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ARMOR RULES

BASE ARMOR AND ARMOR CLASS

Example	Base AC	Armor Worn	Armor AC	Final AC
Human	10	Full Plate	7	3

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ARMOR PIECES

Slot	AC Contribution	Notes
Left Arm	0 to 1	Can be reinforced separately
Right Arm	0 to 1	Can be reinforced separately
Helm	0 to 2	Protects against head strikes
Chest	0 to 4	Main body defense
Left Leg	0 to 1	Movement tied to weight
Right Leg	0 to 1	Movement tied to weight
Shield	1 to 3	Adds AC to any set but uses a weapon slot

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ARMOR DURABILITY

Roll (d20)	Result
2 to 20	No effect
1	Armor piece damaged. AC halved until repaired. If already damaged the piece is destroyed and provides no protection

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ARMOR MODIFIERS

Modifier Type	Cost Change	Weight Change	AC Change	Notes
Precision Crafted PC	10x	Half	Same	Rare high quality
Heavily Crafted HVY	2x	2x	2x	Clunky but strong
Specialized SPEC	Varies	Varies	Varies	Race specific only
Super Heavy SH	4x	4x	3x	Extremely restrictive

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MAGICAL ARMOR

Property	Effect
Cost	100x base cost
Magical Resist	Reduces incoming magical damage by 20 percent
Bypass Roll	When hit by a spell roll d4. On 1 magical defense is ignored
Limitation	Even 100 percent magical defense can still be bypassed

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ARMOR CLASSES

Armor Type	Typical AC per Piece	Weight per Piece	Notes
Leather Armor	0 to 1	Very Light	Cheap minimal restriction
Light Armor	1 to 2	Light	Standard scouting gear
Medium Armor	2 to 3	Moderate	Balanced defense
Heavy Armor	3 to 4	Heavy	Strong defense reduced mobility
Special Armor	Varies	Varies	Racial or unique crafting

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MOVEMENT AND RACE ADJUSTMENTS

Race	Rule
Human	Balanced normal rules
Elf	Treat Light and Medium armor as one category lighter
Dwarf	Ignore penalties for Heavy armor
Orc	Carry weight limit increased by 100
Halfling	Armor costs half price but cannot wear Heavy or Super Heavy
Hellion	Immune to racial element only wear Specialized armor
Beastkin	Plus 10 feet movement armor costs 50 percent more must be specialized

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MAGICAL ARMOR BONUSES

Magical armor carries a flat bonus to protection, represented as +1 to +3. These bonuses stack on top of the armor’s base AC and apply to all damage unless noted otherwise.

Bonus Level	Effect	Notes
+1	Subtracts 1 extra point from AC	Common magical enhancement
+2	Subtracts 2 extra points from AC	Rare find or costly craft
+3	Subtracts 3 extra points from AC	Very rare, often legendary

Durability Rule:
Magical bonuses do not prevent armor damage. If a piece is damaged, its magical bonus is halved until repaired.

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ELEMENTAL ARMORS

Elemental armors are specialized sets or pieces forged or enchanted to resist or reflect certain elemental damage.

Elemental Type	Effect	Notes
Flameforged	Reduces heat and flame damage by 50 percent	May glow faintly when near heat
Frostbound	Reduces cold and ice damage by 50 percent	Resistant to freezing effects
Stormplate	Reduces lightning damage by 50 percent	May attract static charge
Stonebound	Reduces crushing or earth magic damage by 50 percent	Heavy and rigid
Tideshaped	Reduces water and pressure damage by 50 percent	Buoyant, slick finish
Windwoven	Reduces wind and air damage by 50 percent	Lighter weight than normal
Ley-Wrought	Reduces all damage by 50 percent	Dangerous to craft, unstable

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STACKING RULES

A piece of armor can have one magical bonus (+1 to +3) and one elemental property at the same time.

Example: +2 Frostbound Chestplate would reduce AC by 2 extra points and grant 50 percent cold resistance.

Elemental resistance does not stack if wearing multiple pieces of the same element. Only the strongest effect applies.

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