Medieval Style Armor

Chainmail:

Chainmail armor is made up thousands of tiny wire rings, interlocked together to form what could be called a kind of cloth. It is flexible, but hard to penetrate with anything besides impaling attacks. Thus, each suit of chainmail is rated with a Penetration Value, or PV. This is the amount of cutting damage which must be done (before DR and before multiplying for cutting) for the blade to actually cut through the mail and cut skin. Thus, if the PV is not exceeded, the damage done is crushing, not cutting. Impaling attacks, however, can easily slip through the links of the chain, giving it only PD 1 DR 2 versus impaling attacks. Against all other attacks, chainmail has PD 3 DR 4. The wearer is at -3 to all stealth rolls.

Quilted Armor:

Quilted armor is made of two pieces of thick cloth with a thick layer of padding quilted between them. It is inexpensive and easy to make, but gives relitively little protection. Quilted armor has PD 1 DR 1 against all types of attacks.

Leather Armor:

Leather armor is simply a very thick layer of hardened leather. It is lighter than Quilted armor and gives more protection, but is more expensive to make. Leather armor has PD 2 DR 2 against all types of attacks. The wearer is at -1 to all stealth rolls.

Quilted Ring Mail:

Quilted Ring Mail is normal quilted armor with thick metal rings sewn onto the fabric. This gives the quilted armor a bit more protection, as well as a bit more weight. Quilted Ring Mail has PD 2 DR 1 against all types of attacks. The wearer is at -2 to all stealth rolls.

Leather Ring Mail:

Leather Ring Mail is normal leather armor with thick metal rings sewn onto the leather.  This gives the leather armor a bit more protection, as well as adding a bit more weight. Leather Ring Mail has PD 3 DR 2 against all types of attacks. The wearer is at -2 to all stealth rolls.

Bezainted Mail:

Bezainted mail is normal leather armor with thick metal discs studded onto it. It is more than twice as expensive as ring mail and takes much longer to make. Bezainted Mail has PD 3 DR 3 against all types of attacks. The wearer is at -3 to all stealth rolls.

Jazeraint Armor (or Scale Mail):

Jazeraint armor is made of metal scales (thus scale mail) riveted onto a leather backing. Jazeraint is very heavy and noisy, but protects almost as well chainmail for a fraction of the cost. Scale Mail has PD 3 DR 4 against all types of attacks. The wearer is at -5 to all Stealth rolls.

Helms:

• Pot helms protect only the brain (areas 3-4), the rest of the head is not armored at all.
• Bascinets cover the brain (areas 3-4), the back and sides of the head and protect these areas with their full PD and DR. This means that only thrusts from the front may hit the unprotected areas of the head (protects area 5 against all attacks except thrusts from the front).  The sides of the bascinet covers the ears, subtracting 3 from all hearing rolls.
• Bascinets can also be made with a wire mesh over the face. This gives the wearer PD 2  DR 1 to protect the face. This is somewhat distracting however, and subtracts 1 from all vision rolls.
• Heaumes (also called Greathelms) cover the entire head and neck (areas 3-5, 5) with their full PD and DR. The only place unprotected is the eyeslit, which is -10 to hit. Heaumes are hot, stuffy and hard to hear and see out of. All vision and hearing rolls are at -5, all Dex based skills are at -1, and if worn in combat the wearer takes an additional point of fatigue afterwards.  Some heaumes have visors, when up they cover as an open faced bascinet.

Poor Quality Chainmail (PV 5)

Chainmail Vest	$140	25 lbs
Chainmail Shirt	$180	34 lbs
Chainmail Half-Vest	$85	15 lbs
Chainmail Leggings	$70	15 lbs
Chainmail Coif	$35	4 lbs

Average Quality Chainmail (PV 7)

Chainmail Vest	$230	25 lbs
Chainmail Shirt	$300	34 lbs
Chainmail Half-Vest	$140	15 lbs
Chainmail Leggings	$110	15 lbs
Chainmail Coif	$55	4 lbs

FineQuality Chainmail (PV 9)

Chainmail Vest	$920	25 lbs
Chainmail Shirt	$1200	34 lbs
Chainmail Half-Vest	$560	15 lbs
Chainmail Leggings	$440	15 lbs
Chainmail Coif	$220	4 lbs

Very Fine Quality Chainmail (PV 11)

Chainmail Vest	$4600	25 lbs
Chainmail Shirt	$6000	34 lbs
Chainmail Half-Vest	$2800	15 lbs
Chainmail Leggings	$2200	15 lbs
Chainmail Coif	$1100	4 lbs

For mail which which has been specially designed to be quiet (only -1 to Stealth) add the following:

Vest	$200
Shirt	$260
Half-Vest	$120
Leggings	$140
Coif	$70

Helmets (PD 4  DR 5)

Steel Pot Helm	$100	5 lbs
Steel Bascinet - Open Face	$200	7 lbs
Steel Bascinet - Caged Face	$250	9 lbs
Full Heaume	$340	12 lbs

Quilted Cloth and Leather (PD 1 DR 1)

Cloth Vest	$30	6 lbs
Cloth Shirt	$50	8 lbs
Cloth Leggings	$20	4 lbs
Cloth Gloves	$15	0 lbs
Cloth Cap	$5	0 lbs
Leather Jacket	$50	4 lbs
Leather Shoes	$40	2 lbs

Heavy Leather (PD 2 DR 2)

Vest	$100	10 lbs
Shirt	$150	12 lbs
Leggings	$60	4 lbs
Gloves	$20	0 lbs
Bascinet	$20	1 lb
Boots	$80	3 lbs

Quilted Ring Mail (PD 2 DR 1)

Vest	$50	12 lbs
Shirt	$75	16 lbs
Leggings	$30	8 lbs
Cap	$10	1 lb

Leather Ring Mail (PD 3 DR 2)

Vest	$150	20 lbs
Shirt	$220	24 lbs
Leggings	$90	8 lbs
Bascinet (PD 3  DR 1)	$35	2 lbs
Boots	$100	5 lbs

Bezainted (PD 3 DR 3)

Vest	$200	20 lbs
Shirt	$300	24 lbs
Leggings	$120	8 lbs
Bascinet (PD 3  DR 2)	$60	2 lbs
Boots	$125	5 lbs

Jazeraint (PD 3 DR 4)

Vest	$420	35 lbs
Shirt	$630	49 lbs
Leggings	$250	21 lbs
Bascinet (PD 3  DR 3)	$120	10 lbs

Vest: Covers areas 9-11, 17-18.

Shirt: Covers areas 6-11, 17-18.

Half-Vest: Covers areas 9-11, 17-18 with chainmail from the front, but only PD 1, DR 1 (leather) from back attacks.

Leggings: Covers areas 12-14.

Coif: Covers area 3-4, 5 (except for thrusting attacks from the front).

Boots: Covers areas 15-16.

Gloves: Covers area 7.

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