Every character has the following slots for armour/clothing:
Pieces of armour may take up one or more of these slots. Only one piece of armour can exist within a slot. Each grouping of armour slots offers protection to the same target on the body. Head and neck armour provide protection to the head. Torso armour provides protection to the torso. Arm, shoulder, hand and ring armour provide protection to their respective arm (although rings are unlikely to provide normal armour bonuses). Leg and foot armour provide protection to their respective legs.
For every 5 lb of armour worn, your dodge score is reduced by 1.
Every piece of armour has a hit point counter. These points are removed before your health points when taking physical damage. They also have a resilience score. Usually, damage is reduced by the resilience score, but some weapons or special abilities may bypass it partially or completely. Once armour is destroyed in a location, the resilience of that armour is also lost, so full damage is taken to HP. If a character has natural resilience, it does not stack with resilience from armour and only applies to damage taken directly to the character.
Helmets give protection to the head. They occupy up the Head armour slot.
| Armour | Hit Points | Resilience | Cost (character creation) | Weight | Crafting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Helmet | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5lb | |
| Iron Helmet | 3 | 2 | 100g | 5lb | |
| Steel Helmet | 4 | 3 | 200g | 6lb | |
| Steel Plate Helmet | 5 | 5 | 400g | 7lb |
Cuirasses will cover the torso and both arm armour slots. Usually, the arm coverage will be the same, but in some niche circumstances they are not.
| Armour | Hit Points (torso) | Hit Points (left arm) | Hit Points (right arm) | Resilience | Cost (character creation) | Weight | Crafting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Cuirass | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10lb | ||
| Iron Cuirass | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 500g | 14lb | |
| Steel Cuirass | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 750g | 18lb | |
| Steel Plate Cuirass | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1500g | 25lb |
Breastplates cover the torso armour slot.