Armor Use

The Armor Training skill is used to reduce the effects of wearing armor on one's actions, including attacking roundtime, spell casting hinderance, and maneuver hinderance. Depending on the armor, specific amounts of training are required to train off the hinderances of the armor, and certain hinderances can never be fully trained off. There are 17 armor types split into 5 classes of armor.

Classes of Armor

There are five basic classes of armor. Unarmored, soft leather, scale, chain, and plate. Unarmored does not have any further sub-groups, however all other armor classes have different armor types that cover specific parts of the body. The first armor in a class is usually torso armor, covering only the chest, stomach, and back. The second type will cover the arms and hands of the wearer, then the third type will cover the legs. The last type of armor in a class covers the entire body.

When a type of armor in a class doesn't cover a body part, the part counts as being covered by one class less when determining the critical rank of a strike. For example, when striking someone wearing torso plate, or metal breastplate, the weapon uses the damage factor of striking someone in plate, no matter where the strike lands. However, when striking an uncovered portion, the amount of raw damage required per critical rank is only 9 damage, vice 11 damage which is standard for plate armor (these numbers are called critical divisors). Therefore, a strike of 18 raw damage using a longsword (a +203 to +208 endroll) to an arm is a level 2 crit (+7 extra damage, for a total of 25 damage), but if the same strike were to hit the chest, it'd only be a level 1 crit (+1 extra damage, for a total of 19 damage).

Note: the endrolls noted will be much higher, depending on the redux value of the one being struck. For example, a character with 60% redux in the example given above would require a +358 endroll for the same result.

Training Required

AsG	RT	MnS	MjS	Cleric	MnE	MjE	Ranger	Sorcerer	Wizard	Bard	Empath	Paladin
Robes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Light Leather	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Full Leather	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reinforced Leather	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	6	-	-	-
Double Leather	6	-	-	-	-	15	-	6	15	6	-	-
Leather Breastplate	10	10	15	15	15	27	10	20	27	10	15	6
Cuirbouilli Leather	15	15	20	20	20	35	15	27	35	10	20	10
Studded Leather	20	20	27	27	27	70	20	50	70	10	27	15
Brigandine	27	27	35	35	35	130	27	110	130	35	35	20
Chainmail	35	35	50	50	40	210	35	210	210	50	50	27
Double Chainmail	50	50	70	70	70	290	50	250	290	50	70	35
Augmented Chainmail	50	70	110	110	90	390	70	330	390	50	110	50
Chain Hauberk	70	110	170	170	130	490	110	410	490	190	190	70
Metal Breastplate	70	210	390	390	210	590	310	470	590	310	390	90
Augmented Breastplate	90	230	450	450	250	690	370	550	690	310	450	110
Half Plate	110	250	530	530	290	790	430	570	790	310	530	130
Full Plate	130	290	850	850	330	890	490	850	890	890	790	150