Armor & Weapons¶

Worn armor provides direct combat protection, and your weapon determines your attack skill, your roundtime, and your effectiveness against different armors.

Wearing gear¶

WEAR <item>     (DON)    put on armor, clothing, or a pack
REMOVE <item>   (DOFF)   take it off into a free hand

Removing an item needs a free hand. Worn armor's protection comes from each piece on its body slot; coverage stacks across pieces.

Body slots¶

Slot	Typical items
Head	helm, cap, hood
Neck	gorget, amulet
Chest	breastplate, coat, shirt
Back	cloak, worn pack
Arms	vambraces, sleeves
Hands	gauntlets, gloves
Waist	belt, girdle
Legs	greaves, trousers
Feet	boots, sandals
Fingers (×2)	rings

Armor groups¶

Armor falls into five groups, trading protection against weight and hindrance. Heavier armor adds more Defensive Strength and lowers the rank of criticals landed on you (the "crit padding" applied in combat):

Group	DS / damage reduction	Crit padding	Hindrance
Cloth	minimal	0	none
Leather	low	0	very light
Scale	moderate	−1	moderate
Chain	good	−1	noticeable
Plate	high	−2	heavy

Crit padding subtracts directly from the critical rank of any hit you take (see Combat → Critical hits) — plate turns many would-be severe wounds into lesser ones. The cost is hindrance, which the Armor Use skill offsets; untrained heavy armor degrades dodging and lengthens caster roundtime.

Weapons¶

A weapon has two relevant properties: the skill that trains it (driving Attack Strength and roundtime) and the class that sets its AvD against armor.

Weapon skills¶

Skill	Key	Base RT	Notes
Edged Weapons	`skill.edged`	5 s	the common one-handed melee skill
Blunt Weapons	`skill.blunt`	5 s	clubs, maces, hammers
Two-Handed Weapons	`skill.twohanded`	5 s+	greatswords, polearms
Brawling	`skill.brawling`	3 s	unarmed; fastest, lowest damage
Multi-Weapon Combat	`skill.multiweapon`	—	each rank removes 1 point of the off-hand AS penalty

An under-trained weapon lengthens roundtime (+5% per rank below max(5, level × 2), capped +50%). See Combat → Roundtime.

Weapon class (AvD)¶

A weapon's class chooses its column in the AvD table — the flat modifier added to the endroll based on the defender's armor group:

Class ↓ / Armor →	cloth	leather	scale	chain	plate
unarmed	10	5	0	−5	−10
sword	30	20	10	5	0
dagger	25	15	5	0	−5
mace	20	15	10	8	12
axe	25	15	10	5	0

The mace is the only class that gains against plate (+12) — the heavy-armor answer. Swords dominate light armor but lose their advantage against plate. Match the weapon to the foe.

The right-hand rule¶

Your weapon must be in your right hand — the primary weapon hand. The left hand can hold a shield (for the Shield Use bonus) or a second weapon; fighting effectively with an off-hand weapon is what Multi-Weapon Combat trains.

Damage and condition¶

On a hit, the weapon contributes a random roll between its minimum and maximum damage, plus margin and Strength bonuses, minus armor reduction (see Combat → Damage). The weapon's maximum damage also scales critical bonus damage. Weapons (and lockpicks) can wear or break with use; the smith repairs weapons.

GM spawning (testing)¶

/spawnitem broadsword         drop a weapon, then GET it
/spawnarmor chest leather     spawn leather chest armor, then GET + WEAR
/spawnarmor pack              spawn a worn backpack (back slot)

See the GM Guide.