ARMOR

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• Armor Descriptions - Any special benefits or accessories to the types of armor found on Table: Armor and Shields are described below.
• Armor Spikes - You can have spikes added to your armor, which allow you to deal extra...
• Banded Mail - The suit includes gauntlets.
• Breastplate - It comes with a helmet and greaves.
• Buckler - This small metal shield is worn strapped to your forearm.
• Chain Shirt - A chain shirt comes with a steel cap.
• Chainmail - The suit includes gauntlets.
• Full Plate - The suit includes gauntlets, heavy leather boots, a visored helmet, and...
• Gauntlet, Locked - This armored gauntlet has small chains and braces that allow the wearer...
• Half-Plate - The suit includes gauntlets.
• Scale Mail - The suit includes gauntlets.
• Shield Spikes - When added to your shield, these spikes turn it into a martial piercing...
• Shield, Heavy, Wooden Or Steel - You strap a shield to your forearm and grip it with your hand.
• Shield, Light, Wooden Or Steel - You strap a shield to your forearm and grip it with your hand.
• Shield, Tower - This massive wooden shield is nearly as tall as you are.
• Splint Mail - The suit includes gauntlets.
• Armor For Unusual Creatures - Armor and shields for unusually big creatures, unusually little creatures,...
• Armor Qualities - To wear heavier armor effectively, a character can select the Armor Proficiency...
• Arcane Spell Failure - Armor interferes with the gestures that a spellcaster must make to cast an arcane spell that has a somatic component.
• Armor Check Penalty - Any armor heavier than leather hurts a character's ability to use some skills.
• Armor/Shield Bonus - Each armor grants an armor bonus to AC, while shields grant a shield bonus to AC.
• Cost - The cost of the armor for Small or Medium humanoid creatures.
• Maximum Dex Bonus - This number is the maximum Dexterity bonus to AC that this type of armor allows.
• Speed - Medium or heavy armor slows the wearer down. The number on Table: Armor...
• Table: Armor And Shields
• Weight - This column gives the weight of the armor sized for a Medium wearer.
• Getting Into And Out Of Armor - The time required to don armor depends on its type; see Table: Donning Armor.
• Don Hastily - This column tells how long it takes to put the armor on in a hurry.
• Remove - This column tells how long it takes to get the armor off.
• Table: Donning Armor
• Masterwork Armor - Just as with weapons, you can purchase or craft masterwork versions of armor or shields.