TEXT: Armor and Shields
  A Basic Fantasy RPG Supplement
  Release 3
  Copyright © 2010 Jeff Johnson
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  INTRODUCTION
  This supplement provides additional armor and shields for play under the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game rules.    If you do 
  not already have a copy of the Basic Fantasy RPG rules, please visit the website and download a copy.
  The tables below provide an expanded range of armor and 
  shields for use in the game.  Availability of these additional 
  items is at the discretion of the Game Master, of course.
  Unless otherwise specified, a suit of armor takes 10 rounds 
  minus the character's Dexterity bonus to put on or take off.
  Armor is often made of differing materials, especially shields. 
  Some Plate Armor is made of bronze or possibly some other 
  alloy, though it is most commonly made of steel. Differing 
  materials and their effect on weight, cost and AC is beyond 
  the scope of this document. Game Masters are encouraged 
  to make these adjustments as they see fit while adhering to 
  the simple and basic nature of the Basic Fantasy RPG.
  It is safe to assume that Armor which weighs 25 or less 
  pounds is considered “Light” and armor that weighs 50 or 
  more pounds is considered “Heavy”. Any armor that falls 
  within those bounds may be considered “Medium”.
  Armor
  Armor Type
  Cost
  Weight
  AC
  No Armor
  0 gp
  0
  11
  Padded
  15 gp
  10
  12
  Hide
  10 gp
  30
  13
  Leather
  20 gp
  15
  13
  Studded Leather
  30 gp
  25
  14
  Ring Mail
  25 gp
  30
  14
  Chain Mail
  60 gp
  40
  15
  Scale Mail
  80 gp
  55
  16
  Splint Mail
  100 gp
  45
  16
  Plate Mail
  300 gp
  50
  17
  Field Plate Mail
  500 gp
  70
  18
  Full Plate Mail
  1500 gp
  80
  19
  Shields
  Shield Type
  Cost
  Weight
  AC Bonus Melee/Missile
  Buckler
  5 gp
  2
  +1/0
  Medium Shield
  7 gp
  7
  +1/+1
  Tower Shield
  15 gp
  12
  +1/+3
  Armor Descriptions
  Padded  Armor is created from layers of cloth placed on 
  top of each other. It is often ceremonial, being not much use, 
  but does offer minimal amounts of protection. The layers of 
  cloth are great for winter months because they provide solid 
  insulation,  but  often  get  very  sweaty  and  dirty  unless 
  properly laundered with frequency.
  Hide  Armor is  much  like  leather  in  its  working  and 
  protection.  Often hide armor can be found in remote areas 
  or barbaric lands; it is the most common type used by orcs 
  and many other humanoids.  The process of creating hide 
  armor  involves  curing  the  beast's  hide  and  sewing  it  to 
  clothing.  It is often hot and  itchy, but offers protection 
  similar to regular leather armor.
  Leather  Armor consists  of  pieces  of  hardened  and/or 
  layered leather. There are a variety of methods for creating 
  this  armor,  most  of  which  involve  boiling,  shaping,  then 
  stiffening the armor.  The leather pieces are sewn to a cloth 
  undergarment for maximum flexibility.
  Studded  Leather  Armor is  similar  to  regular  leather 
  armor,  but  instead  of  hardening  the  leather,  metal  studs 
  and/or small plates are riveted to it.  The studs coupled with 
  the leather material provide added protection from attacks at 
  the slight cost of mobility.
  Ring Mail Armor consists of rings of steel directly sewn to 
  an undergarment.  The rings themselves offer great flexibility 
  and decent protection.  The underlying garment is usually a 
  soft  and  supple  leather  which  can  withstand  mild 
  punishment.
  Chain  Mail  Armor consists  of  rings  of  metal  that  are 
  interwoven, rather than being stitched to a leather garment. 
  Chain  mail  is  worn  over  a  padded  undergarment  (see 
  Padded  Armor,  above);  if  worn  without  the  padded 
  undergarment, chain mail armor provides an Armor Class of 
  13 at a weight of 30 pounds.  Chain mail is very flexible and 
  durable.  It is one of the most popular and affordable armors 
  available to player characters.  Chain mail may be made 
  either in the form of a suit (i.e. tunic and trousers) or in the 
  form of a hauberk, which consists of a tunic with a skirt or 
  kilt to protect the legs.
  
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  ARMOR AND SHIELDS
  Scale Mail  Armor is made of metal scales directly woven 
  to  an  undergarment  that  offers  flexibility  and  moderate 
  protection.
  Splint  Mail  Armor is a form of chain mail where small 
  strips of thick metal are interwoven amongst the rings of the 
  mail.  These small embedded plates offer excellent coverage 
  and thicker protection than regular Chain Mail at the price of 
  additional weight and less flexibility.
  Plate  Mail  Armor is  another  common  form  of  metal 
  armor.  Large plates of hard metal are fashioned to cover the 
  torso,  arms  and  legs  and  attached  at  the  joints  to  an 
  underlying suit of chain mail; a padded undergarment (see 
  Padded Armor, above) is worn underneath.  If plate mail is 
  worn without the undergarment, the armor class provided is 
  15 at a weight of 40 pounds.  The individual pieces of the 
  plate mail have specific names, as follows:
  Breastplate – covers the chest and back of the 
  wearer.  This is also sometimes called a cuirass. The 
  breastplate  is  the  largest  part  of  the  armor  and 
  weighs about 16 lbs.
  Faulds  – worn below the breastplate to cover the 
  waist and hips. The faulds weight around 10 lbs.
  Tassets – worn on the thighs. Tassets compromise 
  approximately 8 lbs. of the overall weight of the 
  armor.
  Greaves  – worn on the shins. A pair of greaves 
  usually weighs about 4 lbs.
  Pauldrons  – worn on the shoulders. Pauldrons, 
  on average, weigh about 6 lbs.
  Vambraces – worn on the forearms. Vambraces 
  generally weigh about 4 lbs.
  Gauntlets – worn on the hands. Gauntlets only 
  weigh around 2 lbs.
  Field Plate  Armor consists of solid pieces of plate armor, 
  fastened together with a variety of complicated sliding parts, 
  hinges, and straps.  Small pieces of chain mail are used to 
  cover hard-to-protect joints, such as behind the knees and 
  under  the  arms.   Field  plate  armor  provides  greater 
  protection  than  regular  plate  mail  with  a  relatively  small 
  increase in weight, but must be custom fitted to the wearer; 
  this generally means that a character purchasing this sort of 
  armor must wait at least a full week between placing the 
  order and receiving the finished suit.  Field plate armor is 
  worn  over  a  padded  undergarment  (see  Padded  Armor, 
  above), and if worn without the undergarment, the Armor 
  Class provided is 17 at a weight of 60 pounds.
  Full Plate Armor is generally identical to field plate armor, 
  but is of superior design and manufacture; only an expert 
  armorer can fashion it.  The plates cover the wearer more 
  fully, and chain mail is generally not used at all.  Also, the 
  plates  themselves  are  designed  to  deflect  weapon  strikes 
  away  from  any  otherwise-vulnerable  joint  in  the  armor. 
  Those who wear Full plate suffer a -1 penalty to attack rolls 
  due to limited mobility while wearing the armor.  Full plate 
  cannot be put on alone and takes at least 1 turn to get into 
  with assistance.
  Shield Descriptions
  A  buckler is a small shield worn on the forearm to block 
  incoming attacks.  It is usually about a foot in diameter.  The 
  wearer of a buckler receives +1 to his or her Armor Class 
  when  in  melee  combat,  but  gains  no  protection  against 
  missile fire. Bucklers may be used by those wielding two 
  weapons, as described in the Combat Options supplement; if 
  this is done, the character may either attack with the off-hand 
  weapon or gain the benefit of the shield.
  A medium shield is usually about 3 feet in diameter and is 
  often round, though shields may come in a variety of shapes. 
  A medium shield is worn by looping one's arm through a 
  strap  and  then  grabbing  a  handle  of  some  sort  on  the 
  backside of the shield.  A medium shield will give the wearer 
  +1 AC in both melee and missile situations; in other words, 
  this is the “standard” shield as described in the Core Rules.
  A  tower  shield is a very large shield that is almost the 
  height of the wearer; such a shield is generally rectangular, 
  but oval, elliptical, and curved shapes are not uncommon. 
  Because of the bulky and cumbersome nature of such a 
  large shield, it only offers protection similar to a medium 
  shield  while  in  melee  (+1)  yet  gives  superior  protection 
  against missile fire (+3) due to its size.
  Optional Rules
  Piecemail Armor
  In  some  instances,  a  Game  Master  may  wish  to   allow 
  characters to piece together the various parts of Plate Armor 
  to  create  a  customized  appearance  or  for  some  other 
  purpose. This is known as  Piecemail  Armor. For every 
  two pieces of Plate Mail Armor, other than the breastplate, a 
  character may add +1 to his AC, up to a total bonus of +3. 
  The character cannot gain more than +3 AC. Note: a “piece” 
  of plate mail encompasses both the right and left hand side 
  of the respective part. A single vambrace is not considered a 
  “piece”  until  a  second  vambrace  accompanies  it.  A 
  breastplate may only be worn over padded armor and offers 
  a +2 bonus to AC.
  For example: Thorus the dwarven fighter currently wears 
  chain mail. He finds a suit of Dwarven Plate Mail while 
  exploring an abandoned mine, but one of the gauntlets and 
  the breastplate is missing. He straps on the greaves, tassets, 
  pauldrons, vambraces and faulds. Five full pieces have been 
  strapped on, thus raising the Dwarf's overall armor class to 
  17. This also increases the overall weight of his armor by 32 
  lbs. to a total of 72 lbs. which is heavier than Plate due to 
  overlapping the Plate Mail pieces with the chain mail pieces.
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