### Armor and Damage Reduction Overhaul Due to the nature of the setting, additional defenses are needed, and additional durability is needed for melee characters. as they might struggle in a world and environment that promotes the idea of fighting at range and flight. The base Armor and Shields table has been updated to also include DR/- (Damage Reduction). ### Armor and Shields Table #table | | | | | | | | | ---------------- | ------------------------- | --------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ------ | -------- | | **Light Armor** | | | | | | | | Armor | Armor Class (AC) | Damage Reduction (DR) | Strength | Stealth | Weight | Cost | | Padded | 11 + Dex Modifier | 3/- | - | - | 8 lb. | 5 gp | | Leather | 11 + Dex Modifier | 4/- | - | - | 10 lb. | 10 gp | | Studded Leather | 12 + Dex Modifier | 5/- | - | - | 13 lb. | 45 gp | | | | | | | | | | **Medium Armor** | | | | | | | | Armor | Armor Class (AC) | Damage Reduction (DR) | Strength | Stealth | Weight | Cost | | Hide | 12 + Dex Modifier | 6/- | - | - | 12 lb. | 10 gp | | Chain Shirt | 13 + Dex Modifier (Max 5) | 7/- | - | - | 20 lb. | 50 gp | | Scale Mail | 14 + Dex Modifier (Max 4) | 9/- | - | Disadvantage | 45 lb. | 50 gp | | Breastplate | 14 + Dex Modifier (Max 3) | 8/- | - | - | 20 lb. | 400 gp | | Half Plate | 15 + Dex Modifier (Max 2) | 10/- | - | Disadvantage | 40 lb. | 750 gp | | | | | | | | | | **Heavy Armor** | | | | | | | | Armor | Armor Class (AC) | Damage Reduction (DR) | Strength | Stealth | Weight | Cost | | Ring Mail | 14 | 12/- | - | Disadvantage | 40 lb. | 30 gp | | Chain Mail | 16 | 13/- | Str 13 | Disadvantage | 55 lb. | 75 gp | | Split Mail | 17 | 14/- | Str 15 | Disadvantage | 60 lb. | 200 gp | | Plate Mail | 18 | 15/- | Str 15 | Disadvantage | 65 lb. | 1,500 gp | | | | | | | | | | Armor | Armor Class (AC) | Damage Reduction (DR) | Strength | Stealth | Weight | Cost | | Shield | +2 | - | - | - | 6 lb. | 10 gp | DR/- blocks an amount of slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage equal to the value indicated before the /. Example: Henry the Merchant is hit by a goblin arrow with a damage of 6 piercing. Because Henry woke up this morning and decided he'd put on some leather armor due to his paranoia, Henry the Merchant has DR 4/-. This value reduces the damage from the arrow to 2 piercing, and Henry takes only 2 damage to his hit point total. ![[Defense Overhaul - Action Economy Balancing]]