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Armour
Armour is a type of equipment that provides bonuses to the wearer's Armour Class (AC), decreasing their chance of being hit by attacks.
Categories of armour[edit | edit source]
Each armour has a type that, generally speaking, determines its Armour Class and appearance. Each armour type also belongs to one of three categories: light, medium or heavy.
- Light armour
- Provides some protection without sacrificing mobility. Creatures wearing light armour add their full Dexterity modifier to their AC.
- Medium armour
- Provides moderate protection, but hinders mobility. Creatures wearing medium armour add their Dexterity modifier to their AC, up to a maximum of +2. Some medium armour types also give disadvantage on Stealth checks.
- Heavy armour
- Provides maximum protection, but severely hinders mobility. Creatures wearing heavy armour do not add their Dexterity modifier to their AC and have disadvantage on Stealth checks.
In addition to these three categories, shields are a type of armour equipped in the character's off-hand.
Armour proficiency[edit | edit source]
In order to wear an armour efficiently, the wearer needs proficiency with that armour's category. A creature that wears armour it lacks proficiency with cannot cast spells, and has disadvantage on all of its ability checks, saving throws, and attack rolls.
Similarly to other armour, shields require the wearer to have proficiency with shields.
Additionally, some helmets, gloves, and boots also require proficiency with a certain category of armour.
Sources of armour proficiency[edit | edit source]
Armour proficiency is generally gained from starting class, race or feats. It can also be obtained by multiclassing, which largely follow the class proficiencies below with two exceptions:
- Multiclassing into a Barbarian only grants shield proficiency
- Multiclassing never grants heavy armour proficiency.
- Light armour
- Classes: Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Warlock.
- Class features: Bladesinging.
- Races: Human, Half-elf.
- Feat: Lightly Armoured.
- Medium armour
- Classes: Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger.
- Class features: College of Valour, College of Swords, Hex Warrior.
- Races: Shield dwarf, Githyanki.
- Feat: Moderately Armoured.
- Heavy armour
- Classes: Fighter, Paladin.
- Class features: Favoured Enemy (Ranger Knight), Life Domain, Nature Domain, Tempest Domain, War Domain.
- Feat: Heavily Armoured.
- Shields
- Classes: Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger.
- Class features: College of Valour, Hex Warrior.
- Races: Human, Half-elf.
- Feat: Moderately Armoured.
Armour proficiency with lighter categories is always inherited, meaning that a creature proficient with heavy armour is always proficient with light and medium armour.
List of light armour[edit | edit source]
Item | Armour Class | Stealth disadvantage | Weight | Price | Special |
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Bandit's Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Broken Padded Armour | 11 | No | 3.6 kg 7.2 lb | 30 | |
Druid Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Druid Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Faded Drow Leather Armour | 12 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 130 | |
Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Leather Armour | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Padded Armour | 11 | No | 3.6 kg 7.2 lb | 30 | |
Padded Armour | 11 | No | 3.6 kg 7.2 lb | 30 | |
Padded Armour | 11 | No | 3.6 kg 7.2 lb | 30 | |
Selûnite Robe | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Simple Jerkin | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 40 | |
Studded Leather Armour | 12 | No | 5.9 kg 11.8 lb | 100 | |
Blazer of Benevolence | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 160 |
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Leather Armour +1 | 12 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 130 |
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Padded Armour +1 | 12 | No | 3.6 kg 7.2 lb | 105 |
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Scarlet Leather Armour | 12 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 160 |
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Studded Leather Armour +1 | 13 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 260 |
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Drow Studded Leather Armour | 12 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 1000 |
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Leather Armour +2 | 13 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 380 |
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Padded Armour +2 | 13 | No | 3.6 kg 7.2 lb | 310 |
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Penumbral Armour | 12 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 1000 |
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Shadeclinger Armour | 12 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 130 |
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Spidersilk Armour | 12 | No | 5.8 kg 11.6 lb | 1150 |
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Studded Leather Armour +2 | 14 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 770 |
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Armour of Landfall | 13 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 1700 |
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Armour of Moonbasking | 11 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 1400 |
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Armour of the Sporekeeper | 13 | No | 4.5 kg 9 lb | 1050 |
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Bhaalist Armour | 14 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 2000 |
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Elegant Studded Leather | 14 | No | 5.85 kg 11.7 lb | 2000 |
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List of medium armour[edit | edit source]
Item | Armour Class | Stealth disadvantage | Weight | Price | Special |
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+1 Breastplate | 14 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 100 | |
Breastplate | 14 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 100 | |
Chain Shirt | 13 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 50 | |
Chain Shirt | 13 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 50 | |
Damaged Dark Justiciar Armour | 13 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 50 | |
Damaged Scale Mail | 12 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 25 | |
Dreamwalker Plate | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 180 | |
Githyanki Half Plate | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 180 | |
Half Plate Armour | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 180 | |
Half Plate Armour | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 180 | |
Half Plate Armour | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 180 | |
Hide Armour | 12 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 60 | |
Scale Mail | 14 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 65 | |
Scale Mail of Devotion | 14 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 65 | |
Scale Mail of the Ancients | 14 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 65 | |
Scale Mail of the Crown | 14 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 65 | |
Scale Mail of Vengeance | 14 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 65 | |
Breastplate +1 | 15 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 200 |
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Chain Shirt +1 | 14 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 130 |
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Dark Justiciar Mail | 13 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 280 |
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Half Plate Armour +1 | 16 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 360 |
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Half Plate Armour +1 | 16 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 360 |
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Hedge Wanderer Armour | 13 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 130 |
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Hide Armour +1 | 13 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 105 |
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Luminous Armour | 15 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 250 |
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Scale Mail +1 | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 160 |
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Slippery Chain Shirt | 13 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 130 |
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The Oak Father's Embrace | 13 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 130 |
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Barkskin Armour | 12 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 420 |
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Breastplate +2 | 16 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 600 |
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Chain Shirt +2 | 15 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 210 |
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Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Rare) | 16 | No | 12 kg 24 lb | 1450 |
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Elven Chain | 14 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 510 |
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Half Plate Armour +2 | 17 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 1100 |
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Hide Armour +2 | 14 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 310 |
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Psionic Ward Armour | 15 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 1450 |
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Scale Mail +2 | 16 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 480 |
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The Jolty Vest | 14 | No | 9 kg 18 lb | 510 |
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Unwanted Masterwork Scalemail | 16 | No | 12 kg 24 lb | 640 |
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Yuan-Ti Scale Mail | 15 | No | 12 kg 24 lb | 640 |
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Adamantine Scale Mail | 16 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 1300 |
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Armour of Agility | 17 | No | 12 kg 24 lb | 2900 |
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Dark Justiciar Half-Plate (Very Rare) | 17 | No | 12 kg 24 lb | 2900 |
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Flame Enamelled Armour | 16 | Yes | 12 kg 24 lb | 2900 |
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Sharpened Snare Cuirass | 14 | No | 5.4 kg 10.8 lb | 830 |
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List of heavy armour[edit | edit source]
Item | Armour Class | Stealth disadvantage | Weight | Price | Special |
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Chain Mail | 16 | Yes | 18 kg 36 lb | 130 | |
Plate Armour | 18 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 400 | |
Ring Mail Armour | 14 | Yes | 17 kg 34 lb | 100 | |
Splint Armour | 17 | Yes | 19 kg 38 lb | 240 | |
Chain Mail +1 | 17 | Yes | 18 kg 36 lb | 260 |
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Plate Armour +1 | 19 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 800 |
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Protective Plate | 18 | No | 20 kg 40 lb | 1000 |
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Ring Mail Armour +1 | 15 | Yes | 17 kg 34 lb | 200 |
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Splint Armour +1 | 18 | Yes | 19 kg 38 lb | 480 |
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Armour of Devotion | 18 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 3200 |
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Cerebral Citadel Armour | 18 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 3200 |
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Chain Mail +2 | 18 | Yes | 18 kg 36 lb | 770 |
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Dwarven Splintmail | 19 | Yes | 19 kg 38 lb | 1900 |
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Flawed Helldusk Armour | 18 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 3200 |
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Plate Armour +2 | 20 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 2400 |
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Ring Mail Armour +2 | 16 | Yes | 17 kg 34 lb | 600 |
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Rippling Force Mail | 17 | Yes | 18 kg 36 lb | 1000 |
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Splint Armour +2 | 19 | Yes | 19 kg 38 lb | 1450 |
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Adamantine Splint Armour | 18 | Yes | 19 kg 38 lb | 3800 |
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Armour of Persistence | 20 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 6400 |
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Blackguard's Plate | 19 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 6400 |
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Emblazoned Plate of the Marshal | 19 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 6400 |
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Reaper's Embrace | 19 | Yes | 20 kg 40 lb | 6400 |
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Helldusk Armour | 21 | No | 20 kg 40 lb | 8000 |
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Legacy content[edit | edit source]
- Chain of Liberation - inaccessible
- Githyanki Half Plate - inaccessible
- Githyanki Half Plate - inaccessible
- Githyanki Half Plate - inaccessible
- Scale Mail - inaccessible
- Robust Chain Shirt - inaccessible
- Drow Studded Leather Armour - inaccessible
- Padded Armour +2 - inaccessible
- Ironwood Breastplate - inaccessible
- Nightsinger's Half-Plate - inaccessible
- Githyanki Breastplate - inaccessible
- Druidic Armour - inaccessible
- Druidic Armour - inaccessible
- Druidic Armour - inaccessible
- Druidic Armour - inaccessible
- Sarevok's Wretched Armour - inaccessible
- Torment Drinker Armour - inaccessible
- Nightsong's Armour - inaccessible
- Oathbreaker Knight Armour - inaccessible
- Scale Mail Armour +1 - unobtainable