A solid breastplate with minimal backing, typically worn over ordinary clothing or light padding. It provides middling protection.
Breastplate
Medium Armor
DR: 8 (Pierce: 12, Freeze: 6, Shock: 6)
Recovery Speed: -40%
Value: 40cp
Breastplates are popular for offering a modest amount of protection without the restrictive movement of heavier mail and full suits of plate armor. Due to their widespread use by warriors from the Vailian Republics, the fashion of clothing and padding worn under breastplates typically reflects Vailian styles.
Fine Breastplate
Medium Armor
DR: 10 (Pierce: 15, Freeze: 8, Shock: 8)
Recovery Speed: -40%
Fine: +2 Damage Reduction
Value: 240cp
Exceptional Breastplate
Medium Armor
DR: 12 (Pierce: 18, Freeze: 9, Shock: 9)
Recovery Speed: -40%
Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction
Value: 440cp
Osric’s Family Breastplate
Medium Armor
DR: 12 (Pierce: 18, Freeze: 9, Shock: 9)
Recovery Speed: -40%
Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction
Second Chance: Grants Second Chance.
1 per rest
Speed: Instant
Effects:
User: Revive with 30 Endurance
Value: 540cp
This old breastplate has its share of battle scars, but it’s clearly been well preserved over the years and still bears some of its original shine. The symbol of a flame is emblazoned across its middle.
Hand and Key
Medium Armor
DR: 10 (Pierce: 18, Freeze: 8, Shock: 8)
Recovery Speed: -40%
Pierce-Proofed: +2 Damage Reduction (Pierce)
Fine: Grants Second Chance.
Value: 340cp
Worn by Pefrel, a paladin of the Kind Wayfarers, this breastplate bears an elegant relief of two hands presenting a key. Pefrel commissioned the armor to demonstrate his dedication to the idea of opening paths and doors for those who might otherwise find the passage too dangerous. While his devotion to the order dictated almost every facet of the man’s life, Pefrel was also a faithful adherent of the god Berath, and the Hand and Key served as a personal reminder that the final door he opened would bring him into the god’s keeping.
Elardh Dwr
Medium Armor
DR: 12 (Crush: 15, Pierce: 18, Freeze: 9, Shock: 9)
Recovery Speed: -40%
Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction
Sturdy: +15 Defense against Prone attacks, +15 Defense against Push attacks
Of Might: +1: +1 Might
Crush-Proofed: +3 Damage Reduction (Crush)
Value: 840cp
An order of Glanfathan fighters earned the name Elardh Dwr—or Steel Swan—because of their prowess and theatrics in battle. Beautiful and resilient, they came to be known as an elite group of warriors that could not be stopped on the battlefield. The strongest of blows could not topple them. Each wore one of these breastplates, inscribed with a swan, announcing to all who fought them that they were not to be trifled with.