Chapter V: Equipment
Mail Armour, Full: Full mail armour covers the body entirely in armour consisting of interlocking chains. It consists of a mail coif, leggings and a sleeved mail shirt worn over full leather armour. Mail Coat and Sleeved Mail Coat: A standard mail coat offers protection for the torso and shoulders and drapes down past your knees, offering protection to the legs. You can purchase mail coats with sleeves for a slight increase in price and encumbrance. The sleeved mail coat is included in full mail armour. Mail Coif: A mail coif is a separate hood of interlocking chain protecting your scalp, sides of your face and neck, leaving the front of your face exposed. This component is included in full mail armour. Mail Leggings: Mail leggings serve the same function as leather leggings. Though you can combine them with a mail shirt or a sleeved mail shirt, this component cannot be combined with the sleeved mail coat. Mail Shirt and Sleeved Mail Shirt: A mail shirt covers your torso only, though it is available with sleeves. It is the central component of full mail armour. Plate Armour, Full: Full plate armour encases you in a suit of interlocking plates, designed for maximum protection. Full plate armour includes a helmet, breastplate, plate bracers, and plate leggings worn over full mail and full leather armour. The more expensive suits of full plate armour feature intricate carvings and embosses on the armour to strike fear into the hearts of enemies. arms, and shoulders. Most also wear gauntlets for addition protection to their fingers and to give them a weapon if disarmed. Plate bracers are always sold in pairs, and are part of full plate armour. Plate Leggings: These components, naturally, protect your legs. They offer protection to your kneecaps, thighs and shins, with some additional protection for the back of the legs. Plate leggings are included in full plate armour. o Ther g oods Aside from a handy weapon and a suit of armour, you may purchase, or otherwise acquire, all sorts of goods in the course of your careers. This section breaks down into several smaller groupings such as clothing, food and drink, and general equipment, which is further subdivided into smaller categories. Basic descriptions accompany each item. C loThIng Clothing in the Old World varies throughout the land. Among the elite, fashion changes yearly, with subtle changes in cut, neckline, hem, and colour following an inexplicable pattern. Only the wealthy can afford the fickle tastes of the upper class, and so most commoners retain the simple clothing of their station. Moreover, most commoners have one or two sets of clothes, wearing the same things for days in a row. Instead of pricing out each component, clothing is organized into categories of quality, starting with rags and ending with royal garb. Like all equipment, there are gradations of craftsmanship within each, where poor rags may cost as little as two pence or the best royal garb may cost upwards of 1,000 gold crowns. Rags: Rags offer minimal protection, and are usually little more Plate Bracers: Plate bracers offer protection to the forearms,
than a torn shirt and some underclothes. This attire does not include shoes, boots, or any headwear. Only the most destitute of beggars wear rags. Differences of craftsmanship define the original source of the rags, or added layers of rags, such that rags of the best craftsmanship may include a towel or the tattered remains of a cloak for warmth, while poor crafted rags, essentially free, cover the barest necessities. Poor Clothing: A slight step above rags is poor clothing. These clothes include a mended and stained shirt, frayed breeches and little else. The worst of poor clothing is filthy and terribly stained, probably the cast-offs of a butcher, stable boy, or murderer, while the best includes shoddy shoes and maybe a light, albeit frayed and torn, cloak. Poor clothing is the same for either gender. Common Clothing: Common clothing varies slightly depending on profession, and is altogether different depending on gender. Common male clothing includes breeches, with few patches, stained, and slightly frayed shirt, light cloak, and shoes or old boots. While many females don clothing similar to that worn by males, especially women who are adventurers, most common women wear plain dresses cinched at the waist with a thin belt a rmour C rafTsmanshIp All armours presented in the chapter are of common craftsmanship. For armour of better or worse construction, use the following modifiers, unless otherwise mentioned in the weapon’s description. Best: A master armourer constructed this armour. It is tailored to the individual so it fits properly. When wearing such armour, you halve the encumbrance value. Good: This is exceptional armour. Though not the best, it was constructed with care and skill. Reduce the encumbrance of this armour by –10%. Poor: Poor armour rarely performs well, with pieces falling off on the battlefield, straps breaking, or is otherwise worn out. Given its sorry state, and the extra effort a character must give to maintain it, this armour adds +50% to the armour’s encumbrance.
T able 5-7: C loThIng
Attire
Cost
Enc
Availability
Rags Poor
1 p 10 s 1 gc 3 gc
5
Abundant Abundant Plentiful Common
10 15 15 20 25 10 15 30 50 10 15
Common
Good
Best
10 gc 15 gc 15 gc 50 gc 5 gc
Average Average Average Scarce
Robes
Costume/Entertainer
Uniform
Noble’s Garb Royal Garb
Rare
100 gc
Very Rare Plentiful Plentiful Plentiful Plentiful Common
Cloak
5 gc
Overcoat Hat, simple
10 gc
10 s 1 gc
1 5 2
Hat, wide-brimmed
Hood or Mask
10+ s
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