place, or sold by one type of vendor.
kilograms.
does.
Cost
Cost describes the usual value of the weapon in Re-
danian crowns.
79
Head Armor
Restricted Vision
Name
SP Avail. AE
Effect
EV Weight Price
Light Armor
The Restricted Vision effect
means that when the visor
Verden Archer’s Hood
3
C
1
0
.5
100
of this helmet is down, your
Double Woven Hood
5
P
1
0
1
175
vision is limited to a cone di-
Spectacled Helm
8
C
0
0
1
200
rectly in front of you instead
Medium Armor
of from one shoulder to the
Chain Coif
12
E
0
0
1.5
250
other. This effect also takes
Armored Hood
14
C
0
0
2
350
away a witcher’s bonus to
Awareness and their Scent
Temerian Armet
16
P
1
Restricted Vision
0
1.5
475
Tracking ability.
Heavy Armor
Great Helm
20
R
1
Restricted Vision
0
3.5
575
Skellige Helm
25
P
1
Restricted Vision
0
3.5
700
Nilfgaardian Helm
30
R
2
Restricted Vision
0
3
800
Torso Armor
Name
SP Avail. AE
Effect
EV Weight Price
Light Armor
Gambeson
3
E
0
0
1
100
Aedirnian Gambeson
5
P
1
0
1.5
175
Double Woven Gambeson
8
P
1
0
2.5
250
Medium Armor
Brigandine
12
C
0
1
7
300
Redanian Halberdier’s
Armor
14
P
1
1
8.5
400
Lyrian Leather Jacket
16
R
1
1
6.5
525
Heavy Armor
Plate Armor
20
R
1
2
14
625
Hindarsfjall Heavy Armor
25
R
3
2
15
750
Nilfgaardian Plate Armor
30
R
2
2
12
850
Folk cal ed me crazy back in the army. Heh, never wore a helmet, just a heavy hood.
Wore a proper helmet back at the first battle of Sodden Hill. Lemme tell ya friend,
never doin’ that again. Protects your head, sure, but Lordy, the restrictions. Heh, trappin’ your head in a metal box with nothing but your own breath to keep ya company
and a slit in the front to see the world. Plus it gets damn hot in there! Nah, give me an open breezy hood any day. My head’ll take the knockin’.
–Rodolf Kazmer
80
Leg Armor
Full Cover
Name
SP Avail. AE
Effect
EV Weight Price
The pavise is a large enough
shield that it can provide ful
Light Armor
cover as if the wielder was
Cavalry Trousers
3
C
0
0
.5
75
crouching behind a wal. If
Padded Trousers
5
C
1
0
1
125
you crouch down behind a
Double Woven Trousers
8
P
0
0
1.5
225
pavise it acts as cover and an-
Medium Armor
ything striking you through
Armored Trousers
12
E
0
0
3.5
250
the pavise must do enough
Redanian Greaves
14
P
1
0
4
400
damage to exceed the pavise’s
Lyrian Leather Trousers
16
R
1
0
3.5
525
SP before damaging you.
Each time a pavise takes
Heavy Armor
damage it loses 1 SP.
Plate Greaves
20
R
1
1
7.5
625
Hindarsfjall Heavy
Chausses
25
R
3
1
5
650
Nilfgaardian Greaves
30
R
2
1
6
850
Nilfgaardian Pavise
A Nilfgaardian pavise is built
in such a way that it can be
Shields
propped up without the use
Name
SP Avail. AE
Effect
EV Weight Price
of your hand or any oth-
Light Shields
er items. As an action, you
Leather Shield
4
E
0
0
.5
50
can prop up a Nilfgaardian
Steel Buckler
6
C
0
0
1
150
pavise facing one direction.
If it takes more than half its
Temerian Shield
8
C
1
0
1.5
225
SP in damage it will fall over.
Medium Shields
Since it is not in your hand,
Skellige Raider Shield
10
P
1
0
2
325
a propped pavise cannot be
Kaedweni Shield
14
P
1
0
2.5
400
used to block, it can only be
Steel Kite Shield
16
C
0
0
3
400
used for cover.
Heavy Shields
Pavise
20
P
0
Full Cover
1
4
500
Nilfgaardian Pavise
25
R
1
Full Cover
See Side Bar
1
5
600
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Armor Descriptions
Gambesons
Heh, a few years ago I marched
Head Armor
Temerian Armet
Aedirnian Gambeson
from Nastrog to Bremervoord
Temerian knights normal y wear The Aedirnians probably had it the
in a chainmail hauberk. Didn’t
Verden Archer’s Hood
armets—they’re your basic knight
worst when Nilfgaard attacked.
know when we’d see combat
Verden archers are a pretty tough helmet. Ful enclosing metal helm Lost their king—not even sure so everybody kept their armor
lot. They don’t tend to wear much with pointy “nose” lookin’ face plate, whether they had a new king be-armor. Guess they don’t bother since and a thin slit in the front to see out fore a wave of black and gold hit on the whole while. Lucky I
the dryads just put a shaft into the of. Only problem is, the slit isn’t too ‘em. The Aedirnian gambeson’s ev-wasn’t one of the knights on that
cracks. Their armored hoods are easy to see out of.
idence of that. Just a gambeson with
march. Poor bastards had one
good, though, woven tightly with a
scraps of leather and hardened hide
hell of a time livin’ in that plate
blue and black arrow pattern.
Great Helm
stitched on here and there.
armor. But chain wasn’t so easy
Great helms are for the highest of
Double Woven Hood
knights. Heh, large, cylindrical hel- Double Woven Gambeson
either. It’s heavy, noisy and if ya
Hoods can be armored pretty easily. mets with larger slots for the eyes Like the hood of the same construc-don’t keep it clean it gets rusty
Addin’ leather, chain, and such like and enough ventilation holes to tion the double woven gambeson’s and stiff. These days I wear a
that. These hoods are woven tighter breathe clear. They’re tough as all decent work on a budget. It’ll stop gambeson. Sure, it ain’t as much
than any other to make it harder for hell and they’re usual y decorated a cheap sword or a hand crossbow protection. But it don’t rust. Ya
weapons to penetrate ‘em. Heh, sim- with braided tassles, horns, and bolt and it won’t weigh ya down too ple and effective.
spread-winged eagles. Heh, gaudy much. I usual y wear one of these
stop to look around a city, you’l
as hell but useful.
when I’m travelin’, and around
see plenty ‘a people wearin’ gam-
Spectacled Helm
town. Good way to stay safe with-
beson. Guess ya could chalk that
Spectacled helms’re more common Skellige Helm
out people thinkin’ much of it.
up to the cost of armor these
in Nilfgaard and Skel ige. North Skel igers are big on ornamentation
days too, but a suit of armor’s
tends to like ful y enclosed helmets if it makes ‘em look tough. Heh, Brigandine
or just caps. The spectacle pieces on their helms are a testament to that. Mercenaries usual y wear brigan-free if ya stab the man wearin’ it
the front of the helm can help pro- The Skel ige helm is a thick one, dine ‘til they can get a hold of some in his sleep.
tect your face and eyes from attack, chain dropping down around the better armor. It’s a basic leather
–Rodolf Kazmer
and in some cases there’s a layer of neck, cheek plates and a spectacle to vest with plates of thicker hardened chain attached to the bottom for protect the face...and horns, often- leather woven or pinned onto the your neck.
times. Guess the toughest Skel igers inside. Wore a brigandine on the
gore enemies with the horns on fields of Brenna and
Chain Coif
their helmets.
Sodden. They can be stiff and a bit
Need some simple, sturdy armor?
hard to work with.
Heh, my friend, you need a chain Nilfgaardian Helm
coif. Just a fancy term for a hood The black ones’ helms are of an in- Redanian Halberdier’s Armor
made of chain mail. It’ll stop sword terestin’ two-part design. First part’s Heh, strange enough, Redanian blows and cushion against hammer a domed sal et helmet with a sec- halberdiers don’t wear too much blows and such. Some people use it tion cut out of the front, or a visor armor. Simple leather and cloth as full armor, some wear one under to see out of. Second part’s a bevor gambesons that reach down to a helmet. Either way it’s good stuff.
that protects the neck and juts up the knees, a chain shirt, a gorget,
in front of the mouth and nose. To- and pauldrons. Guess when you’re
Armored Hood
gether it makes a pretty protective at the end of a halberd you don’t
In the wilds, where ya need a bit design.
need heavy armor. This’ll still take
more vision, people wear hoods.
a blade and be maneuverable as a
‘special y the elves. Made of heavy
gambeson.
leather, thick twine, and layers of Torso Armor
linen. They’re treated to be hard Gambeson
Lyrian Leather Jacket
enough to stop a slash or a bolt from Now, technical y a gambeson’s un- Been lucky enough to wear a Lyrian a small hand crossbow.
derwear for other, heavier armors. leather jacket once. Holy hell, felt
Heh, but with so many poor sods like I was wearin’ damn plate ar-
havin’ to fight on short notice, mor. The Lyrians treat their leath-
they’re passin’ for armor. Not like er in some special way that makes
they can’t stop weapons. They do it tough as a basilisk’s hide. Let the
well against daggers and such.
merchant shoot me with a long bow
82
and it didn’t even scratch me! May Armored Trousers
Steel Buckler
have been a bit sloshed at the time.
Tell ya, they take a few weeks to Heh, buckler’s like a baby shield.
break in. But that ain’t exactly yer Only a foot or so wide but can be
Redanian Elite
Plate Armor
main concern. Important part’s used pretty well to parry blades and
The Redanian halberdiers do
Plate armor’s the fare of knights and the hardened leather and the steel such.
not have as much armor as the
kings. It’s tough steel plating, fitted plates. Keep ya nice and safe with-
other units. They rely primarily
to the body of the wearer. Heh, it’s out weighin’ ya down too much.
Temerian Shield
a bit heavy and sometimes stiff but
Ha! Good ol’ Temerian design!
on a long red gambeson, gorget
it’ll stop a ton of damage. It can be Redanian Greaves
What we call a kite shield, and
and spaulders. Armored thus-
simple and basic but it can also be Heh, just like their torso armor the probably the most common shield ly the halberdiers a
re a very
gaudy as all hell.
Redanian halberdier’s leg armor design you’ll see around the realm.
fast-moving group and of the
ain’t anything too special. Simple A Temerian shield’ll hold off arrows
infantry units the most capable
Hindarsfjall Heavy Armor
leather pants and greaves and a and swords for quite some time.
Been to Skel ige once or twice in codpiece. Maneuverablilty over
of countering enemy cavalry.
my life. Went to Hindarsfjall a strength.
Skellige Raider Shield
Their halberds are lighter than a
long time ago to visit the temple of
Unlike the rest of the world, Skel-
long sword or great axe and give
Freya. Outside they had swords- Lyrian Leather Trousers
ligers use large, round shields with
halberdiers pronounced reach.
men wearin’ this beastly armor. It’s Lyrian leather, fashioned into trou- metal domes in the center and a The hook side of the halberd can
heavy chain down to the knees with sers. Heh, rough stuff and it doesn’t grip in the back. Guess it makes the hardened leather under it and stud- breathe much, but yeah, it’ll keep shields more maneuverable, seein’
drag an armored man off his
ded leather over the top, an’ a thick your legs nice and safe. Can’t say ya as they aren’t strapped to the arm.
horse and the axe side can slice
kidney belt. Think this stuff could won’t draw attention.
through ful plate armor. After
deflect a damn halberd.
Kaedweni Shield
the initial charge by the Redani-
Plate Greaves
Kaedweni shield’s not much differ-
an cavalry the halberdiers can
Nilfgaardian Plate Armor
Greaves, sabatons, cuisse, tasses. It ent from a Temerian shield. Only
Nilfgaardian plate armor is tough all protects your legs. Big plates of difference is the dark iron they use move to surround any splinter
black and gold plate armor with tall worked steel encasin’ your legs and on the faces. They’re heavier, but cavalry groups and bring down
pauldrons and a lot of detail work. turnin’ everything from swords to they’re also tougher.
the riders. Only the Mettinese
Have to admit it’s a piece of work. maces to long bows.
have effectively trained their
It’ll stop a crossbow bolt and barely
Steel Kite Shield
warhorses to trample anyone
show a scratch.
Hindarsfjall Heavy Chausses
A full steel shield’s an interesting
Hindarsfjall heavy armor has thing. Loud as all hell when ya block
who approaches their rider once
he is on the ground.
Leg Armor
chausses. They’re basical y trousers with it, but tougher than you’ll find
made of chain mail. Tough stuff in other shields and pretty good for
–Brandon of Oxenfurt
Cavalry Trousers
too. Most people don’t bother with bashin’.
‘Less they’re a dragoon your average heavy leg armor but chain’s a good
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