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	*Upper Legs – Thighs 5-8.		*Upper Legs – Thighs 5-8.
	*Lower Legs - Knees through feet 1-4		*Lower Legs - Knees through feet 1-4
	*There are considerd to be ~~ten~~ locations for encumberance purposes – the head, the chest, the arms [2], the abdomen, the hips, the thighs [2], and lower legs [2].		*There are considerd to be seven locations for encumberance purposes – the head, the chest, the arms [2], the abdomen, the hips, the thighs [2], and lower legs [2].

	Base encumberance is per location. Complexity of armour for smaller areas accounts for increased enc in those locations.		Base encumberance is per location. Complexity of armour for smaller areas accounts for increased enc in those locations.

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	==MRQII Armour.[Revised]==		=MRQII Armour.[Revised]=
			*[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/A_Darker_Age wiki]

	=Body coverage=		=Body coverage=

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==MRQII Armour.[Revised]==

=Body coverage=
Head – Skull, face and neck. 19-20
Arms – Shoulders through hands 15-18
Chest - 13-14
Abd – Abdomen, hips and groin 9-12
Legs – Thighs through feet 1-8.

There are considerd to be six locations for encumberance purposes – the head, the chest, the arms, the abdomen and each leg.
Base encumberance is per location. Complexity of armour for smaller areas accounts for increased enc in those locations.

=Armour ‘type’=
Half Armour. Reduce ap to half or nearest above (60% for Mail, for instance)
Part Armour Reduce armour protection and Enc by ¾ or nearest (80% for mail, for instance. Round by AP and enc %’s as in the tables below.
Full armour. As is.

=Materials: =
All materials may be altered in weight to produce lighter or heavier armour, with corresponding changes in AP and Enc. They have been set to predetermined changes to make it work for the system optimum armour types – assume this is the equivalent of knowing the tradeoffs in the armoury business and how to build for them.

Flexible armours can be worn under [or sometimes over] other armour types.

Hard or semi-rigid armours can be worn under rigid armour only if carefully fitted. This adds to cost, generally doubling it.

Rigid armours can only be worn on more or less inflexible parts of the body.
Articulation is still fairly crude and adds 50% to weight and cost for full armour on the legs arms or abdomen.

All AP are optimised for piercing attacks [arrows, swordpoints, etc].
All changes to slashing (edged) and crushing damage are cumulative and can cancel each other out.
All costs and enc are per location.

=Flexible AP=
Cloth 1 [enc 5lbs] Only full coverage is useful. [enc 0.5] cost 20s
Leather, soft. 2 [-1 dam slash+1 crush] [enc 1] cost 50s
Quilt 3 [-2 dam crush] [enc 1.5] Can be made lighter by 30% cost 75s
Mail 5 [+2 dam crush] [enc 2] Can be made heavier or lighter by 20/40% cost 400s

=Hard AP=
Leather, hard. 3 [-1 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 30% cost 75s
Light Mail [‘ring’] 4* [-1 dam slash] [enc 2]can be made heavier or lighter by 25% cost 200s
Scale 6* [-2 dam slash] [enc 3] Can be made heavier or lighter by 20%. Cost 850
Scaled kurbul, horn. 4 [enc 2] [ -2 dam slash]. Can be made lighter by 25/50% [-1 dam slash.] Cost 210s
Banded Kurbul 5* [-2 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 20%. Cost 150s
Banded plate 6* [-2 dam slash] [enc 3]Can be made lighter or heavier by 15/30%
Plated mail 6 [+1 damage crush, -3 dam slash] [enc 3] can be made heavier or lighter by 15/30%. This is also assumed to cover Brigandine made with steel and leather. Cost 1050s

*Assumes a soft leather underlay. Can be replaced with Quilting. Remove -1 from slash damage reduction and add -2 crush.

=RigidAP=
Kurbul 4 [-2 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 25/50%[-1slash]
Kurbul is also used to cover horn and bone armour. Cost 250
Metal, Rigid. [Plate: Bronze, Worked iron or steel]
Plate 6 [-3 dam slash] [enc 3] as a base. Cost 1200s
May be made lighter or heavier by 15% or 30% [adding or subtracting +1/+2
from encumbrance.
Bronze plate is -1AP and 20% lighter. Cost is 1000sp
Worked steel is +1AP and 15% lighter. Cost is doubled.

*Encumbrance is done by location [sorry about the % stuff, but assume that all % changes are added and subtracted before armour enc is determined.]
Add the final enc and divide by six to get your Strike rank reducton and other effects.
A maximum of three layers of armour is arbitrarily declared, as it allows for pretty much all the historical examples I can think of.

*You could get as complex as you want with this armour system – you could make armours to fit exact replicas of historical styles by fiddling with the layered coverages of different areas.
I suggest buying armour by the area and pulling it together as a basic armour ‘type’ appropriate to the era.

*I also declare a specialist skill for soldiers, warriors, etc called Wear Armour [con x 2] which is never rolled but reduces SR reduction by 1 for every 10% in the skill, to a maximum of half the armours reduction (rounding down but always at least 1).

*Warrior types get +10% in it, courtly types get it at base and add 10% to their courtesy, The reeve would have it at base and cop Streetwise at base. The herbalist wouldn’t actually have it and can open a lore skill [something obscure] at 10% to compensate.

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	=Body coverage=		=Body coverage=
	Head – Skull, face and neck. 19-20		*Head – Skull, face and neck. 19-20
	Arms – Shoulders through hands 15-18		*Arms – Shoulders through hands 15-18
	Chest - 13-14		*Chest - 13-14
	Abd – Abdomen, hips and groin 9-12		*Abd – Abdomen, hips and groin 9-12
	Legs – Thighs through feet 1-8.		*Legs – Thighs through feet 1-8.

	There are considerd to be six locations for encumberance purposes – the head, the chest, the arms, the abdomen and each leg.		*There are considerd to be six locations for encumberance purposes – the head, the chest, the arms, the abdomen and each leg.
	Base encumberance is per location. Complexity of armour for smaller areas accounts for increased enc in those locations.		Base encumberance is per location. Complexity of armour for smaller areas accounts for increased enc in those locations.

	=Armour ‘type’=		=Armour ‘type’=
	Half Armour. Reduce ap to half or nearest above (60% for Mail, for instance)		*Half Armour. Reduce ap to half or nearest above (60% for Mail, for instance)
	Part Armour Reduce armour protection and Enc by ¾ or nearest (80% for mail, for instance. Round by AP and enc %’s as in the tables below.		*Part Armour Reduce armour protection and Enc by ¾ or nearest (80% for mail, for instance. Round by AP and enc %’s as in the tables below.
	Full armour. As is.		*Full armour. As is.

	=Materials: =		=Materials: =
	All materials may be altered in weight to produce lighter or heavier armour, with corresponding changes in AP and Enc. They have been set to predetermined changes to make it work for the system optimum armour types – assume this is the equivalent of knowing the tradeoffs in the armoury business and how to build for them.		*All materials may be altered in weight to produce lighter or heavier armour, with corresponding changes in AP and Enc. They have been set to predetermined changes to make it work for the system optimum armour types – assume this is the equivalent of knowing the tradeoffs in the armoury business and how to build for them.

	Flexible armours can be worn under [or sometimes over] other armour types.		*Flexible armours can be worn under [or sometimes over] other armour types.

	Hard or semi-rigid armours can be worn under rigid armour only if carefully fitted. This adds to cost, generally doubling it.		*Hard or semi-rigid armours can be worn under rigid armour only if carefully fitted. This adds to cost, generally doubling it.

	Rigid armours can only be worn on more or less inflexible parts of the body.		*Rigid armours can only be worn on more or less inflexible parts of the body.
	Articulation is still fairly crude and adds 50% to weight and cost for full armour on the legs arms or abdomen.		*Articulation is still fairly crude and adds 50% to weight and cost for full armour on the legs arms or abdomen.

	All AP are optimised for piercing attacks [arrows, swordpoints, etc].		*All AP are optimised for piercing attacks [arrows, swordpoints, etc].
	All changes to slashing (edged) and crushing damage are cumulative and can cancel each other out.		*All changes to slashing (edged) and crushing damage are cumulative and can cancel each other out.
	All costs and enc are per location.		*All costs and enc are per location.

	=Flexible AP=		=Flexible AP=
	Cloth 1 [enc 5lbs] Only full coverage is useful. [enc 0.5] cost 20s		*Cloth 1 [enc 5lbs] Only full coverage is useful. [enc 0.5] cost 20s
	Leather, soft. 2 [-1 dam slash+1 crush] [enc 1] cost 50s		*Leather, soft. 2 [-1 dam slash+1 crush] [enc 1] cost 50s
	Quilt 3 [-2 dam crush] [enc 1.5] Can be made lighter by 30% cost 75s		*Quilt 3 [-2 dam crush] [enc 1.5] Can be made lighter by 30% cost 75s
	Mail 5 [+2 dam crush] [enc 2] Can be made heavier or lighter by 20/40% cost 400s		*Mail 5 [+2 dam crush] [enc 2] Can be made heavier or lighter by 20/40% cost 400s

	=Hard AP=		=Hard AP=
	Leather, hard. 3 [-1 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 30% cost 75s		*Leather, hard. 3 [-1 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 30% cost 75s
	Light Mail [‘ring’] 4* [-1 dam slash] [enc 2]can be made heavier or lighter by 25% cost 200s		Light Mail [‘ring’] 4 [-1 dam slash] [enc 2]can be made heavier or lighter by 25% cost 200s
	Scale 6* [-2 dam slash] [enc 3] Can be made heavier or lighter by 20%. Cost 850		Scale 6 [-2 dam slash] [enc 3] Can be made heavier or lighter by 20%. Cost 850
	Scaled kurbul, horn. 4 [enc 2] [ -2 dam slash]. Can be made lighter by 25/50% [-1 dam slash.] Cost 210s		*Scaled kurbul, horn. 4 [enc 2] [ -2 dam slash]. Can be made lighter by 25/50% [-1 dam slash.] Cost 210s
	Banded Kurbul 5* [-2 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 20%. Cost 150s		Banded Kurbul 5 [-2 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 20%. Cost 150s
	Banded plate 6* [-2 dam slash] [enc 3]Can be made lighter or heavier by 15/30%		Banded plate 6 [-2 dam slash] [enc 3]Can be made lighter or heavier by 15/30%
	Plated mail 6 [+1 damage crush, -3 dam slash] [enc 3] can be made heavier or lighter by 15/30%. This is also assumed to cover Brigandine made with steel and leather. Cost 1050s		Plated mail 6 [+1 damage crush, -3 dam slash] [enc 3] can be made heavier or lighter by 15/30%. This is also assumed to cover Brigandine made with steel and leather. Cost 1050s

	*Assumes a soft leather underlay. Can be replaced with Quilting. Remove -1 from slash damage reduction and add -2 crush.		*Assumes a soft leather underlay. Can be replaced with Quilting. Remove -1 from slash damage reduction and add -2 crush.

	=RigidAP=		=RigidAP=
	Kurbul 4 [-2 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 25/50%[-1slash]		*Kurbul 4 [-2 dam slash] [enc 2] Can be made lighter by 25/50%[-1slash]
	Kurbul is also used to cover horn and bone armour. Cost 250		*Kurbul is also used to cover horn and bone armour. Cost 250
	Metal, Rigid. [Plate: Bronze, Worked iron or steel]		*Metal, Rigid. [Plate: Bronze, Worked iron or steel]
	Plate 6 [-3 dam slash] [enc 3] as a base. Cost 1200s		*Plate 6 [-3 dam slash] [enc 3] as a base. Cost 1200s
	May be made lighter or heavier by 15% or 30% [adding or subtracting +1/+2		*May be made lighter or heavier by 15% or 30% [adding or subtracting +1/+2 from encumbrance.
	from encumbrance.		*Bronze plate is -1AP and 20% lighter. Cost is 1000sp
	Bronze plate is -1AP and 20% lighter. Cost is 1000sp		*Worked steel is +1AP and 15% lighter. Cost is doubled.
	Worked steel is +1AP and 15% lighter. Cost is doubled.

	*Encumbrance is done by location [sorry about the % stuff, but assume that all % changes are added and subtracted before armour enc is determined.]		*Encumbrance is done by location [sorry about the % stuff, but assume that all % changes are added and subtracted before armour enc is determined.]
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	*You could get as complex as you want with this armour system – you could make armours to fit exact replicas of historical styles by fiddling with the layered coverages of different areas.		*You could get as complex as you want with this armour system – you could make armours to fit exact replicas of historical styles by fiddling with the layered coverages of different areas.
	I suggest buying armour by the area and pulling it together as a basic armour ‘type’ appropriate to the era.		*I suggest buying armour by the area and pulling it together as a basic armour ‘type’ appropriate to the era.

	*I also declare a specialist skill for soldiers, warriors, etc called Wear Armour [con x 2] which is never rolled but reduces SR reduction by 1 for every 10% in the skill, to a maximum of half the armours reduction (rounding down but always at least 1).		*I also declare a specialist skill for soldiers, warriors, etc called Wear Armour [con x 2] which is never rolled but reduces SR reduction by 1 for every 10% in the skill, to a maximum of half the armours reduction (rounding down but always at least 1).

	*Warrior types get +10% in it, courtly types get it at base and add 10% to their courtesy, The reeve would have it at base and cop Streetwise at base. The herbalist wouldn’t actually have it and can open a lore skill [something obscure] at 10% to compensate.		Warrior types get +10% in it, courtly types get it at base and add 10% to their courtesy, The reeve would have it at base and cop Streetwise at base. The herbalist wouldn’t actually have it and can open a lore skill [something obscure] at 10% to compensate.