Basic Torso Armor
This is the basic armor that covers the body including plate and chain
construction as well as leather. (Numbers in parenthesis show what the armor
adds to your To-hit, as always the higher the better)
Barding -
The defense for the horse, sometimes referring to the armor
and sometimes referring to the cloth decoration that served to identify the
owner. Of course centaurs have no owners, so we'll be referring to
the armor. It's basically just armor that protects the flank and withers
of the horse. See the red part on the picture? That's the
barding.
Some leather barding (+5) - The Equine Armory
Some studded barding (+8) - The Equine Armory
Breastplates - Breastplates
are a solid piece of armor, made of metal or leather, attached to one's chest
by means of straps or hinges. Breastplates made for militiamen were generally
made to be as light as possible without sacrificing strength, while horsemen
want their breastplates heavier to prevent damage from spears and lances.
The breastplates most technical in their design are jousting plates which
are modified with a peaked breast to help deflect a lance blow to the side.
A bronze breastplate (+30) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves
A leather breastplate (+8) - Available at Longrik's Leather
Armor, Saoul the Armorer, Drakor's Forge and Leatherworks
A bronze bodice-armor (+30) - Available at Norak's Armory
Chain Armor - The crafting
of chain mail is an expensive, laborious process, each link having to be
cut from a large block of metal and hammered into shape. In this process,
long strips of metal are hammered out, twisted around a rod, then cut to
equal-sized links. The ends of the links would then be flattened out and
pierced and then hooked together into a garment, the link ends being riveted
together. Chain mail offers excellent protection against cutting blows and
is lighter than solid plate armor, but is also more easily pierced during
combat. The chain shirts only protect the torso and arms, leaving the legs
exposed, sometimes they will rise up to protect the neck and head as well
as the torso. The chain hauberk added leg protection to the shirt thusly
making it a full body armor and therefore better protection.
A chain shirt (+20) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves
A scoop-necked silvery chain shirt (+20) - Available
at Drakor's Forge and Leatherworks
A chain hauberk (+28) - Available at Bent Sword Armor
and Greaves (pictured)
A mail shirt (+20) - Audric's Armory
An iron chain hauberk (+28) - Kjetil's Weapons and Armor
Leather Armor - Leather
armor ranges from a soft leather jerkin to cuirbouill, leather which is boiled
in oil, which then dries very rigidly. Some forms of cloth armor are also
surprisingly effective, but tend to reduce rather than stop damage. Some
leather armor is padded with cloth, which will cushion smashing blows, but
while padded leather tends to have this cushioning effect, some weapons can
readily chop through or puncture it. along with padding the leather
may also be studded with metal and sometimes even bone to deflect weapon
blows, this type of armor also refers to leather armor with actual metal
rings sewn into it.
Some light leather (+7) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves, Longrik's Leather Armor, Saoul
the Armorer, The Equine Armory (pictured left)
Some torn light leather (+7) - Can be acquired from
Cutthroats, Bandits, Brigands, and Zombies
Some studded leather (+12) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves, Longrik's Leather Armor, Saoul
the Armorer, The Equine Armory (pictured right)
Some brass-studded leather (+12) - Available at Norak's Armory
Ring Mail -
Ringmail is a suit of loose ring armor sewn into leather or linked together
as a loose chainmail, usually worn over a leather jerkin. Ringmail may be
the best overall armor in terms of its weight as compared to the overall
amount of protection it affords. Ringmail absorbs most crushing blows very
well, but is at a disadvantage versus long, thin bladed weapons as they can
easily find their way between the large rings. It's basically a loose
chain mail armor in most respects, offering less protection but more easily
made and therefore cheaper to buy, not to mention being much lighter.
Some ringmail (+15) - Available at Eridanos Bridge
Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves, Saoul the Armorer
Some iron ringmail (+15) - Kjetil's Weapons and Armor
Armor Accessories
These are the accessories that may be worn with the above armor for
additional protection, often attacked by buckles and straps to hinges or
straps on the main suit of armor, these to help protect you from attack.
(Again the numbers in parenthesis show what the armor adds to your
To-hit, and as always the higher the better)
Coifs - A hood of chain mail,
often incorporating a cover for the neck as well. While coifs are sometimes
worn alone, they are usually worn under a helmet as a further buffer against
blows; unfortunately, we can't do that in the game.
A silvery chain coif (+3) - Available at Drakor's Forge and
Leatherworks
A mail coif (+3) - Audric's Armory
Gauntlets - Gauntlets
are basically armored gloves that have a stiff cuff attached to plates which
overlapped each other from the knuckles back to the wrist. The knuckles are
protected by a raised plate which itself attaches to the smaller finger plates.
The finger plates numbered from four on the pinkie to six on the middle finger,
a bit larger for the giants. The thumb has similar protection but is only
connected to the cuff by a leaf plate to allow for freedom of movement. The
metal portion of the gauntlet is attached to a leather glove inside it to
make them more comfortable to wear.
Some leather gauntlets (+1) - Available at Longrik's Leather
Armor, Saoul the Armorer, The Equine Armory
Greaves - Armor accessories
for the legs and arms, particularly the shins and forearms. Greaves cover
and protected the shinbone and forearm from swords and pikes and were especially
helpful to guard against getting kicked in the shin after a failed pick
up line. Originally constructed of leather, chain mail and bronze greaves
became common with plate mail greaves replacing them as technology advanced.
Some leather arm greaves (+2) - Available at
Eridanos Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves, Longrik's Leather
Armor, Saoul the Armorer, The Equine Armory
Some leather leg greaves (+2) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves, Longrik's Leather Armor, Saoul
the Armorer (pictured)
Some bronze arm greaves (+5) - Available at Bent Sword Armor
and Greaves
Some bronze leg greaves (+5) - Available at Bent Sword Armor
and Greaves
Some iron arm greaves (+5) - Available at Norak's Armory
Some iron leg greaves (+5) - Available at Norak's Armory
Some damaged arm greaves (+2) - Can be acquired from Cutthroats,
and Rowdies
Some damaged leg greaves (+2) - Can be acquired
from Rowdies
Helms - Helms are head protection
that come in many shapes and sizes as well as designs and materials. Some
helms like armets have movable face and cheek pieces that allow the wearer
to close the helmet, thus fully protecting the head from blows, while others
are simply pieces of leather sewn together and molded to fit a persons head,
not very effective but better than nothing. Some helms can be simply
metal hats that sit upon the head, often held on with a strap while others
cover the head and neck, sometimes visored to help protect the face or just
open leaving the face unprotected.
A leather helmet (+3) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Bent Sword Armor and Greaves
A leather helm (+3) - Available at Longrik's Leather Armor,
Saoul the Armorer, The Equine Armory
A Corinthian bronze helm (+5)- Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers (pictured left)
A bronze helmet (+5) - Available at Bent Sword Armor and
Greaves
A great helm (+5) - Available at Saoul the Armorer
An iron great helm (+3)- Available at Bent Sword Armor
and Greaves (pictured right)
A plumed feather helm - Available at Drakor's Forge and
Leatherworks
A peaked helm (+5) - Available at Audric's Armory
A horned iron helm (+5) - Available at Kjetil's Weapons and
Armor
A white-plumed copper helm (+5) - Available at Norak's Armory
A red-plumed bronze helm (+5) - Available at Norak's Armory
Vambraces - Vambraces are basically
just fancy arm greaves, though vambraces generally are constructed of a sturdier
armor construction such as plate mail. Vambraces are rigid and either a solid
tube fastened over the arm, or hinged over the outside of the arm and fastened
on the inside by straps or hooks. Leg guards are exactly like vambraces except,
well . . . you wear them on your legs. Bands were forearm guards first
worn by archers to protect them from the snap of the bowstring. In time,
many other combatants wore bands of leather or metal to help protect their
arms or legs from blows.
Some bronze vambraces (+5)- Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers
Some bronze leg guards (+5)- Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers
Some tasseled leg bands (+2)- Available at Drakor's
Forge and Leatherworks
Some tasseled arm bands (+2)- Available at Drakor's
Forge and Leatherworks
Shields
Shields are those things we're holding while fighting vile beasts (sorry
two handers and archers), you know those things we don't swing at them?
Yeah the other one that we block stuff with, there you go, you got
it now. (The numbers in parenthesis show what the shield adds to your To-hit
when holding it in your left hand, and as always the higher the
better)
Buckler - The buckler is a
small shield that is usually not much wider than the fist holding it
(no more than 2 feet in diameter) and often round although some were made
in other shapes. The buckler is used primarily to parry an opponent's
attack rather than cover the wielder's body. Bucklers proved to be
very valuable to archers as they could usually be worn on the arm leaving
the hand free to nock and fire arrows while they could simply shield themselves
with their arm if ever attacked and parry weapons with the small shield attached
there. Some bucklers had spikes set into the center to allow for it
to double as a formidable weapon as well as for protection.
A buckler (+8) - Available at Bent Sword Armor and Greaves
Hoplon - A large oval shield
of laminated wood or metal, sometimes covered with leather, and worn
on the forearm similar to a buckler except this shield is large enough to
cover its carrier from shoulder to knee. Generally used by foot soldiers
rather than archers and mounted calvary in the militia, this shield offers
some of the best protection possible as it covers and protects so much of
the body. The term "hoplite" was derived from this piece of armor and
came to refer to any heavily armed infantry soldier of ancient Greece.
A bronze hoplon (+20) - Available at Bent Sword Armor
and Greaves
A Gorgon's-head hoplon (+20) - Available at Norak's Armory
Shield - The term shield
refers to most any protective device usually held in the hand to block or
parry blows and attacks. They come in many different shapes and sizes
as well as designs and materials. If not for shields there would probably
have been little or no heraldic devices for they could not engrave them and
bear them proudly upon them if they didn't exist. Shields can be simple
and round shaped, made from layers of wood pieced together, or they can be
giant complex full-body shields that would be better termed a wall than a
shield.
A plain wooden shield (+5) - Can be acquired from Graveyard
Skeletons
A small shield (+7) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Saoul the Armorer, The Equine Armory
A large shield (+20) - Available at Eridanos
Bridge Armorers, Saoul the Armorer, The Equine Armory
A round shield (+7) - Audric's Armory