Brigandine

A mid-length coat of small metal plates sandwiched between and riveted to cloth/canvas backing, typically worn with padded cloth sleeves. Brigandine is the heaviest and most protective armor short of plate.

Brigandine

Heavy Armor

DR: 10 (Slash: 15, Shock: 8, Corrode: 8)

Recovery Speed: -50%

Value: 40cp

Despite its unassuming appearance, brigandine provides impressive protection to its wearer at a cost of speed in combat. It is made of dozens of steel plates sandwiched between canvas or leather. The plates are held in place by distinctive rivets across the surface of the brigandine.

Fine Brigandine

Heavy Armor

DR: 12 (Slash: 18, Shock: 9, Corrode: 9)

Recovery Speed: -50%

Fine: +2 Damage Reduction

Value: 240cp

Exceptional Brigandine

Heavy Armor

DR: 14 (Slash: 21, Shock: 11, Corrode: 11)

Recovery Speed: -50%

Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction

Value: 440cp

Heldrik’s Coat

Heavy Armor

DR: 14 (Slash: 21, Freeze: 17, Shock: 11, Corrode: 11)

Recovery Speed: -50%

Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction

Sturdy: +15 Defense against Prone attacks, +15 Defense against Push attacks

Freeze-Proofed: +3 Damage Reduction (Freeze)

Value: 640cp

An anomaly among Readcerans, Heldrik was a renowned explorer. If there was a stretch of land that could be trod upon, he endeavored to reach it. He became enamored with the harsh beauty of the White that Wends after an early expedition, and resolved to travel there as often as he was able. Accustomed to more temperate climes, he pooled the coin he’d gathered selling exotic artifacts to commission armor, which might protect him against the bitter cold of the southern reaches.

Coat of Ill Payment

Heavy Armor

DR: 16 (Slash: 24, Shock: 12, Corrode: 12)

Recovery Speed: -50%

Superb: +6 Damage Reduction

Retaliation: Retaliate when hit by a Melee Attack

Of Resolve +1: +1 Resolve

Value: 940cp

Äru-Brekr

Heavy Armor

DR: 12 (Slash: 18, Pierce: 15, Shock: 9, Corrode: 9)

Recovery Speed: -50%

Fine: +2 Damage Reduction

Pierce-Proofed: +3 Damage Reduction (Pierce)

Value: 340cp

This robust brigandine has been repeatedly reinforced by the Aedyran adventurer who once owned it. Thickly padded, the armor was dubbed Äru-Brekr (Arrow Breaker). It served the adventurer well, until her fame and fortune made her grow complacent, and she allowed an opponent to get too close. While Arrow Breaker protected her from projectiles, it didn’t provide the same protection against a mace to the side of the head.