Armor

Rules Regarding Armor

• 2.2.2 Armor is protective body covering, consisting of period materials.
• 3.3.1 Armor confers one additional hit to the Target Area covered by the Armor. Multiple pieces of Armor on the same Target Area only confer a single hit. A single piece of Armor covering multiple areas confer a hit on each Target Area covered.
• 3.3.2 Armor only protects areas covered.
• 3.3.3 Armor must be of a size to cover a significant portion (approximately one-third) of a Target Area. Armor extending continuously from another Target Area is not required to significantly cover neighboring Target Areas to count as Armor.
• 3.3.4 Weapons that strike both Armored and unarmored Target Areas are considered to have hit the unarmored Target Area.
• 3.3.5 The presence of Armor must be easily discernable to count as Armor.

Materials Allowed for Armor

• Leather that is at least 10 oz. (5/32" thick)
• Steel
• Stainless Steel
• Modern Steel Alloys
• Copper
• Bronze
• Brass
• Silver
• Iron

Materials Not Allowed for Armor

• Plastic
• Pleather/Faux Leather/Fake Leather
• Titanium
• Aluminum
• Latex
• Kydex

Pieces of armor and their coverage

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Piece of armor	Covers
Helmet	Head
Gorget	Neck
Spaulder/Pauldron	Shoulder
Rerebrace	Upper arm
Couter	Elbow
Vambrace/Bracer	Forearm
Gauntlet	Wrist and hand
Cuirass/Breastplate	Torso
Fauld	Waist articulation
Tasset	Upper leg (normally hangs from fauld)
Cuisse	Upper leg (attached to leg)
Poleyn	Knee
Greave	Shins/lower legs
Sabaton/Solleret	Feet