Vambrace

Medieval History

Vambraces or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour. Vambraces may be worn with or without separate couters in a full suit of medieval armour. The term originates in the early 14th century. They were made from either boiled leather or steel. Leather vambraces were sometimes reinforced with longitudinal strips of hardened hide or metal creating splinted armour.


A bracer (or arm-guard) is a strap or sheath, commonly made of leather, stone, or plastic that covers the inside of an archer's arm to protect it while shooting. Bracers protect the inside of the archer's forearm against injury by the string of the bow or the fletching of the arrow. They also prevent loose clothing from catching the bow string. They normally cover part of the forearm only, but chest-guards are sometimes worn, usually by female archers, and other areas have at times been protected. With some combinations of non-baggy clothing and bows with a larger distance between the bow and the string, the archer may not need to wear any bracer.

In Belegarth

Class 1: Blue Armor confers one additional hit to the Target Area covered by the Armor, so a single hit from a blue weapon 'breaks' the armor, and an additional hit kills the Target Area underneath.

Class 2: Red Since armor only provides one additional hit to the covered area, this allows class 2 weapons to functionally ignore armor.

Class 3: Green A two-handed strike from a green weapon causes two hits of damage against a Target Area, ignoring any Armor the Target Area may have. A one-handed strike causes no injury to an Armored Target Area.

Class 4: Yellow Class 4 (missile) Weapons cause two hits of Injury to a Target Area, this allows class 4 weapons to functionally ignore armor.

Class 5: White Since the only legal target zone for these weapons is the head, it does not provide any benefit aside from protection from personal injury.