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List of alternative armor names
This is an official list of existing alternative names for armor, provided by APM Wyrom 12 Sep 2015 (Officials).
Armor names
1. Clothing
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2. Cloth Armor
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No functional armor
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- Pretty much anything cloth or fabric based and worn on the torso
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5-8 Soft Leather Armor
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5. Light Leather
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6. Full Leather
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7. Reinforced Leather
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8. Double Leather
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- Leather
- Leathers
- [Leather/hide/skin] armor
- [Leather/hide/skin] hunts
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- Light leather
- Light leathers
- Buffcoat
- Casting leather
- Casting leathers
- Jack
- Leather cyclas
- Leather jerkin
- Leather shirt
- Leather tunic
- Leather vest
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- Reinforced leather
- Reinforced leathers
- Aketon
- Arming coat
- Arming doublet
- Gambeson
- Quilted leather
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- Double leather
- Double leathers
- Aketon
- Arming coat
- Gambeson
- Bodysuit
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9-12 Rigid Leather
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9. Leather Breastplate
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10. Cuirbouilli Leather
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11. Studded Leather
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12. Brigandine Armor
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- Cuirboulli
- Cuirboulli leather
- Cuirboulli leathers
- Brigandine shirt
- Cuirass
- Jerkin
- Lamellar corslet/corselet
- Lamellar shirt
- Leather corslet/corselet
- Scale
- Scalemail
- Tunic
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- Studded leather
- Studded leathers
- Splint leather
- Splinted leather
- Lamellar leather
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13-16 Chain Armor
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13. Chain Mail
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14. Double Chain
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15. Augmented Chain
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16. Chain Hauberk
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- Chainmail
- Byrnie
- Chain corslet/corselet
- Chain shirt
- Chain tunic
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- Double chain
- Double chainmail
- Chain corslet/corselet
- Chain shirt
- Chain tunic
- Haubergeon
- Jazerant
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- Augmented chain
- Augmented chainmail
- Haubergeon
- Jazerant
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17-20 Plate Armor
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17. Metal Breastplate
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18. Augmented Plate
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19. Half Plate
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20. Full Plate
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- Augmented breastplate
- Breastplate
- Coracia
- Cuirass
- Platemail
- Plate corslet/corselet
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- Half plate
- Half-plate
- Plate
- Platemail
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- Full plate
- Full platemail
- Field plate
- Field platemail
- Plate
- Platemail
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Armor nouns tend to also see more nouns added over time, so this list is not final.