Padded is the lightest armor to be considered proper armor and can either consist of a padded undercoat or armor in its own right (in any case, it’s always worn alone).
Padded Armor
Light Armor
DR: 4 (Crush: 5, Pierce: 5, Burn: 3, Corrode: 3)
Recovery Speed: -20%
Value: 40cp
Padded armor consists of heavily quilted wool or linen and offers modest protection against crushing attacks. Though it cannot protect against heavy attacks, it does not slow its wearers down much.
Fine Padded Armor
Light Armor
DR: 6 (Crush: 8, Pierce: 8, Burn: 5, Corrode: 5)
Recovery Speed: -20%
Fine: +2 Damage Reduction
Value: 240cp
Exceptional Padded Armor
Light Armor
DR: 8 (Crush: 10, Pierce: 10, Burn: 6, Corrode: 6)
Recovery Speed: -20%
Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction
Value: 440cp
Angio’s Gambeson
Light Armor
DR: 6 (Crush: 8, Pierce: 8, Burn: 5, Corrode: 5)
Recovery Speed: -20%
Fine: +2 Damage Reduction
Athletic: +2 Athletics
Value: 340cp
The renowned Vailian acrobat, Angio, wore this garment while performing jaw-dropping feats that seemed to defy the laws of nature and the standards of good sense. He would leap and tumble across wires suspended high above the ground, and while there is no evidence that this gambeson actually reduced his intelligence, his concern for safety lessened as his fame and skill grew.
He forswore the wearing of safety harnesses and, eventually, the use of any kind of safety rope, claiming that these tethers limited his ability to perform. While his skill never failed him, one of his tightropes unfortunately did. He plunged to his death at the foot of Ancenze Fortress.
Vengiatta Rugia
Light Armor
DR: 10 (Crush: 13, Pierce: 13, Burn: 8, Corrode: 8)
Recovery Speed: -20%
Superb: +6 Damage Reduction
Retaliation: Retaliate when hit by a Melee Attack
Of Dexterity +1: +1 Dexterity
Value: 940cp
This superbly-crafted set of armor is dyed a dark maroon. The dye is uneven and splotchy, making it look like it was colored by an amateur. In a way, it was. Vengiatta Rugia (“Red Vengeance”) was worn by a young Vailian woman who witnessed the murder of her family at the hands of mercenaries serving a powerful ducess. When the authorities questioned her, she pretended that trauma had erased any memory of the incident.
Yet while she feigned shock-induced oblivion, she trained in secret. Since she couldn’t wear armor or weapons without attracting attention, she took up work as a seamstress and learned to sew a sturdy garment that would protect her without garnering too much notice. She also refitted a stiletto with the handle of an awl, allowing her to carry it without raising suspicion.
By the time she began hunting her family’s killers, she was quick with her stiletto and inconspicuous in her padded armor. She assassinated them one by one, each time soaking a piece of her garment in the blood of her latest victim.
Jack of Wide Waters
Light Armor
DR: 8 (Crush: 10, Pierce: 10, Burn: 6, Freeze: 11, Corrode: 6)
Recovery Speed: -20%
Exceptional: +4 Damage Reduction
Freeze Proofed: +3 Damage Reduction (Freeze)
Value: 540cp
Kakuma was a famed aumaua swashbuckler and the original wearer of this garment. She sailed from her homeland of Rauatai to the infamous Deadfire Archipelago. There, she escorted merchant and passenger ships through pirate-infested waters. Among her most frequent clients were the Naasitaqi dwarves, who ventured to the continents to the north on both personal and tribal sojourns.
Her fair dealings, bravery in combat, and skill at sea made Kakuma a loved and respected figure in the archipelago and among the Naasitaqi.