Armor






	The various types or armor presented here are tailored to human size. There are, however, also dwarf-sized and goblin-sized sets. These would weigh somewhat less, but since carrying capacity is not a factor in TDE Mobile adventures, this will not figure into play. We have refrained from adding helmets and armor enhancements, since this would bring us beyond the scope of the game.

The purpose of armor is to soak up some of the damage inflicted by an opponent's successful hit; see RArmor Rating (AR).

However, armor also encumbers the person wearing it. Thus, all types of armor have a second numerical value besides AR: Encumbrance (EC).

Your hero may own more than one set of armor, but may never wear more than one.

Bronze Cuirass
Outdated trunk protection made from bronze, padded with felt on the inside; its shape resembles that of a leather cuirass; almost exclusively reserved for parades and show combat.

Chain Mail Shirt
This is the cover term for all tightly-woven wire ring meshes; they offer good protection and are easy to wear, but are also heavy. Chain shirts have short sleeves down to the elbows.

Chain Mantle
Chain-mesh mantle falling down to the calves, with slits at the front and the back to enable riding; full-sleeved, sometimes already fitted with chain gloves.

Chain Vest
Shortest and most basic form of chain mail; has no sleeves at all and only protects down to the waist; thus, often worn beneath a thin leather shirt for discreet protection.

Cloth Armor
Found almost exclusively on the Cyclops Islands and in some of the southern city states, this archaic type of armor is made of several layers of cotton; the outermost layer is often brightly embroidered or adorned with braiding.

Cuirass
Breastplate which roughly follows the form of the chest, made of massive steel held in place by two crossed leather straps; especially favored by light cavalry and infantry.

Five-Layered Cuirass
Consists of overlapping, thin metal plates sandwiched between layers of soft leather; looks a lot like a heavy leather vest and is popular with merchants.

Iron Cloak
Three-layered mantle falling down to the knees; favored by merchants as well as more unsavory elements of society due to its inconspicuous looks.

Iryan Armor
Decorative and expensive set or armor made from the fireproofed leather of the swamp lizards of southern Aventuria; often brightly colored.

Kuslikian Lamellar
Outdated traditional armor of the Old Empire, only found in military parades nowadays; consists of overlapping metal strips fitted to leather straps.

Leather Cuirass
This is a set of armor fashioned after the shape of the human body, with reinforcing shoulder pads; essentially, this is hardened leather armor, created by boiling multi-layered leather in hot wax (cuir boulli); it is light, tough, and cheap, making it rather popular.

Long Chain Mail Shirt
Similar to the standard chain mail shirt, but reaching down to the thighs and full-sleeved, sometimes already fitted with chain gloves.

Maraskanian Wood Cuirass
Consists of overlapping plates and lamellars of a very light-weight hard wood; moisture-sensitive, and because of this (and to repel the multitude of Maraskanian poisonous critters) often brightly enameled; usually covers the upper body and also has protection for shoulders, upper arms, and thighs, of similar make; needs to be maintained regularly, lest it starts to decay, losing its stability.

Normal Clothes
Winter or related fur clothing, full-leather wilderness clothes, leather jackets worn over street clothes, and various types of brocade or silk festive clothing (as long as it has many layers of linings) fall into this category.

Ring Mail
Consists of metal rings sown onto soft leather, often intermeshed with each other; is lighter and less encumbering than the Middenrealmian chain mail shirt; may also come with long sleeves and/or ring cap. (Illustration shows Brabakian model.)

Scale Mail
Leather armor with small bronze scales sown or riveted onto it, lined with felt on the inside; this traditional type of armor of north-western Aventuria has by now become rather expensive.

Toadshide
Thick leather with heavy rivets, especially liked by Thorwalians.

Tournament Jousting Armor
This type of armor is used for riders taking part in tournaments; always tailored to suit and usually adorned with engravings or embossing work; despite its heavy AR, this is actually a kind of "sports device" and also a good way of showing off one's wealth...

A shield improves your Parry Value. Since combatants usually no longer use their weapons to parry but rely on their shields instead, the shield's PA Weapon Modifier is added directly to your hero's Base Parry Value, ignoring any points of TP assigned to the respective weapon type's Talent Prowess. Your hero may get additional bonus points on Parry Value by taking the Off-hand or Shield Fighting I and II Combat Abilities.

However, shields usually lower Attack Value and/or Initiative, since they take away from a combatant's agility.

TDE Browser adventures only use the rules for shields, but not the rules for parrying with weapons, even in cases where the latter would be used in the pen-and-pencil game.

	AT-WM	PA-WM	INI
Great Leather Shield This is a larger version of the simple leather shield, its framework usually resembling an oval or a teardrop, constructed especially for use from horseback; also used on foot by some steppe peoples.	-1	+4	-1
Leather Shield This is a round wooden frame covered in several layers of tough leather (sometimes also rawhide or fur); this type of shield is popular with horse people (such as orks or Novadi).	-1	+3	0
Thorwalian Shield This is a large, wooden round shield with iron edges and an iron hump in its center; as is the Thorwalian style, such shields are often painted with colorful ornaments.	-2	+4	-1
Wooden Shield This type of shield usually resembles a coat-of-arms; it consists of wooden boards glued together crosswise, and is covered in leather on the edges as well as on the front.	-1	+3	-1
Buckler This is a small fist shield made of wood and/or leather; often, a buckler is simply a semi-sphere with a thin edge.	0	+1	0
Metal Buckler Fist shield made of steel, usually a flat-cupped dome with an edge the width of a hero's hand; on the inside, it is covered in leather or felt.	0	+2	0
Armored Arm This is a stiff armored glove, covering the first down to the elbow; where the fist is clenched, it sports an sharp thorn.	-2	+1	0