====== Armor ======

===== Table: Armor and Shields =====

^ Armor ^ Cost ^ Armor/Shield Bonus ^ Maximum Dex Bonus ^ Armor Check Penalty ^ Arcane Spell Failure Chance ^ Speed ^^ Weight[(:table:>Weight figures are for armor sized to fit Medium characters. Armor fitted for Small characters weighs half as much, and armor fitted for Large characters weighs twice as much.)] ^
^ ^^^^^^(30 ft.) ^ (20 ft.) ^ ^
^ Light armor ^^^^^^^^^
| Padded | 5 sp | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5% | 30 ft. | 20 ft. | 10 lb. |
| Leather | 10 sp | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10% | 30 ft. | 20 ft. | 15 lb. |
| Studded leather | 25 sp | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15% | 30 ft. | 20 ft. | 20 lb. |
| Chain shirt | 100 sp | 4 | 4 | -2 | 20% | 30 ft. | 20 ft. | 25 lb. |
^ Medium armor ^^^^^^^^^
| Hide | 15 sp | 3 | 4 | -3 | 20% | 20 ft. | 15 ft. | 25 lb. |
| Scale mail | 50 sp | 4 | 3 | -4 | 25% | 20 ft. | 15 ft. | 30 lb. |
| Chainmail | 150 sp | 5 | 2 | -5 | 30% | 20 ft. | 15 ft. | 40 lb. |
| Breastplate | 200 sp | 5 | 3 | -4 | 25% | 20 ft. | 15 ft. | 30 lb. |
^ Heavy armor ^^^^^^^^^
| Splint mail | 200 sp | 6 | 0 | -7 | 40% | 20 ft.[(:table:>When running in heavy armor, you move only triple your speed, not quadruple.)] | 15 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 45 lb. |
| Banded mail | 250 sp | 6 | 1 | -6 | 35% | 20 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 15 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 35 lb. |
| Half-plate | 600 sp | 7 | 0 | -7 | 40% | 20 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 15 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 50 lb. |
| Full plate | 1,500 sp | 8 | 1 | -6 | 35% | 20 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 15 ft.[(:table:#2)] | 50 lb. |
^ Shields ^^^^^^^^^
| Buckler | 15 sp | 1 | — | -1 | 5% | — | — | 5 lb. |
| Shield, light wooden | 3 sp | 1 | — | -1 | 5% | — | — | 5 lb. |
| Shield, light steel | 9 sp | 1 | — | -1 | 5% | — | — | 6 lb. |
| Shield, heavy wooden | 7 sp | 2 | — | -2 | 15% | — | — | 10 lb. |
| Shield, heavy steel | 20 sp | 2 | — | -2 | 15% | — | — | 15 lb. |
| Shield, tower | 30 sp | 4[(:table:>A tower shield can instead grant you cover.)] | 2 | -10 | 50% | — | — | 45 lb. |
^ Extras ^^^^^^^^^
| Armor spikes | +50 sp | — | — | — | — | — | — | +10 lb. |
| Gauntlet, locked | 8 sp | — | — | Special | —[(:table:>Hand not free to cast spells.)] | — | — | +5 lb. |
| Shield spikes | +10 sp | — | — | — | — | — | — | +5 lb. |