Armor

Every armor has a name, base damage thresholds, and a base Armor Score. Some armor also has a feature.

An armor’s base armor score indicates how many Armor Slots it provides its wearer before additional bonuses are added to calculate their total Armor Score. A PC’s Armor Score can’t exceed 12.
An armor’s base thresholds determine its wearer’s Major and Severe damage thresholds before adding bonuses to calculate their final damage thresholds. When recording your character’s damage thresholds in the “Damage & Health” section of your character sheet, you always add your character’s level to those values.
An armor’s feature is a special rule that stays in effect while the armor is equipped.

While unarmored, your character’s base Armor Score is 0, their Major threshold is equal to their level, and their Severe threshold is equal to twice their level.

Reducing Incoming Damage

When you take damage, you can mark one Armor Slot to reduce the severity of the damage by one threshold (Severe to Major, Major to Minor, Minor to Nothing). If your character has an Armor Score of 0, you can’t mark Armor Slots. If an effect temporarily increases your Armor Score, it increases your available Armor Slots by the same amount; when the effect ends, so does the availability of these Armor Slots.

Armor Tables

Tier 1 (Level 1)

Name	Base Thresholds	Base Score	Feature
Chainmail Armor	7 / 15	4	*Heavy:* -1 to Evasion
Full Plate Armor	8 / 17	4	*Very Heavy:* -2 to Evasion; -1 to Agility
Gambeson Armor	5 / 11	3	*Flexible:* +1 to Evasion
Leather Armor	6 / 13	3	—

Tier 2 (Levels 2–4)

Name	Base Thresholds	Base Score	Feature
Elundrian Chain Armor	9 / 21	4	*Warded:* You reduce incoming magic damage by your Armor Score before applying it to your damage thresholds.
Harrowbone Armor	9 / 21	4	*Resilient:* Before you mark your last Armor Slot, roll a d6. On a result of 6, reduce the severity by one threshold without marking an Armor Slot.
Improved Chainmail Armor	11 / 24	5	*Heavy:* -1 to Evasion
Improved Full Plate Armor	13 / 28	5	*Very Heavy:* -2 to Evasion; -1 to Agility
Improved Gambeson Armor	7 / 16	4	*Flexible:* +1 to Evasion
Improved Leather Armor	9 / 20	4	—
Irontree Breastplate Armor	9 / 20	4	*Reinforced:* When you mark your last Armor Slot, increase your damage thresholds by +2 until you clear at least 1 Armor Slot.
Rosewild Armor	11 / 23	5	*Hopeful:* When you would spend a Hope, you can mark an Armor Slot instead.
Runetan Floating Armor	9 / 20	4	*Shifting:* When you are targeted for an attack, you can mark an Armor Slot to give the attack roll against you disadvantage.
Tyris Soft Armor	8 / 18	5	*Quiet:* You gain a +2 bonus to rolls you make to move silently.

Tier 3 (Levels 5–7)

Name	Base Thresholds	Base Score	Feature
Advanced Chainmail Armor	13 / 31	6	*Heavy:* -1 to Evasion
Advanced Full Plate Armor	15 / 35	6	*Very Heavy:* -2 to Evasion; -1 to Agility
Advanced Gambeson Armor	9 / 23	5	*Flexible:* +1 to Evasion
Advanced Leather Armor	11 / 27	5	—
Bellamoi Fine Armor	11 / 27	5	*Gilded:* +1 to Presence
Bladefare Armor	16 / 39	6	*Physical:* You can’t mark an Armor Slot to reduce magic damage.
Dragonscale Armor	11 / 27	5	*Impenetrable:* Once per short rest, when you would mark your last Hit Point, you can instead mark a Stress.
Monett’s Cloak	16 / 39	6	*Magic:* You can’t mark an Armor Slot to reduce physical damage.
Runes of Fortification	17 / 43	6	*Painful:* Each time you mark an Armor Slot, you must mark a Stress.
Spiked Plate Armor	10 / 25	5	*Sharp:* On a successful attack against a target within Melee range, add a d4 to the damage roll.

Tier 4 (Levels 8–10)

Name	Base Thresholds	Base Score	Feature
Channeling Armor	13 / 36	5	*Channeling:* +1 to Spellcast Rolls
Dunamis Silkchain	13 / 36	7	*Timeslowing:* Mark an Armor Slot to roll a d4 and add its result as a bonus to your Evasion against an incoming attack.
Emberwoven Armor	13 / 36	6	*Burning:* When an adversary attacks you within Melee range, they mark a Stress.
Full Fortified Armor	15 / 40	4	*Fortified:* When you mark an Armor Slot, you reduce the severity of an attack by two thresholds instead of one.
Legendary Chainmail Armor	15 / 40	7	*Heavy:* -1 to Evasion
Legendary Full Plate Armor	17 / 44	7	*Very Heavy:* -2 to Evasion; -1 to Agility
Legendary Gambeson Armor	11 / 32	6	*Flexible:* +1 to Evasion
Legendary Leather Armor	13 / 36	6	—
Savior Chainmail	18 / 48	8	*Difficult:* -1 to all character traits and Evasion
Veritas Opal Armor	13 / 36	6	*Truthseeking:* This armor glows when another creature within Close range tells a lie.