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VI: Armor Ratings

Updated Feb 27, 2026 — Appendices
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For the purposes of rating a character’s armor, the body is divided into 8 “Regions”. Each region can receive points for up to 2 layers of armor. In the event of layers, the outermost layer will receive the full point value and the innermost layer will receive 50% normal value.

Those regions are:

Head Neck Torso Joint Articulation
Right Arm Left Arm Right Leg Left Leg
TORSO REGION   HEAD REGION
Material Points   Material Points
Padded Armor, Gambeson, Fake Leather 6   Leather Helm/Coif 2
Soft Leather 10   Regular Chain Coif 6
Studded Soft Leather 12   Small Chain Coif 7
Boiled/Hardened Leather 18   Micro Mail Coif 8
Studded Hard Leather 20   Half Helm Plate 6
Ring Mail, Steel Mesh Mail (Butcher's Mail) 18   Full Helm Plate 10
Regular Chain 24    
Small Chain 28   NECK AND LIMBS REGION
Micro Mail 32   Material Points
Non-Metal Breast Plate 20   Soft Leather 2
Non-Metal Brigandine 18   Studded Leather, Hard Leather 4
Light Metal Brigandine with Cloth 24   Chain mail, Non-Metal Plate 6
Light Metal Brigandine with Leather 26   Plate 8
Medium Metal Brigandine with Cloth 28    
Medium Metal Brigandine with Leather 30   OTHER RATINGS
Heavy Metal Brigandine with Cloth 32   Material Points
Heavy Metal Brigandine with Leather 34   Costume Only 5
Light Metal Breast Plate or Scale 28   Articulated Joint (Elbow or Knee) 4
Medium Metal Breast Plate or Scale 32   Master Crafter Armor (per piece) +25%
Heavy Metal Breast Plate or Scale 45   Region covered on One Side Only (per piece) -50%