An armory (one which features only armor, not arms) has been placed on Brewery Row near the blacksmith and mine. This armory is temporary for testing purposes (as is most of the town, honestly). All types of armor are available and cost 1 riln.
A different piece of armor must be bought for different body parts (a helm, gloves, leg greaves, etc.). Some armor types don't have a piece for each body part (there are no chainmail boots, for instance). The targetable body areas are:
Head
Eyes
Neck
Chest
Back
Abdomen
Arms
Hands
Legs
Feet
All types of torso armor cover the chest, back and abdomen. Some types of headgear cover the eyes (i.e. a visored helm), some don't (i.e. a leather cap). This will be noted in the shop description when you inquire about the item.
Different armor types reduce damage types by different amounts. Most of the heavy armors will render you immune to slash and rake damage. The heavier the armor, the more difficult it is to overcome the Armor Use check. Currently, this only effects combat. Each combat roll (both offensive and defensive) will have an Armor Use skill check for each piece of worn armor. Each failed armor check roll will cause your AAR or TDR to go down by a percentage. Heavier armors have higher skill checks.
Armor Use skill goes up for each attack you make where you succeed all your armor checks, as long as your target is a decent challenge for you. Thus, you should start out with only one or a few pieces of light armor, giving yourself fewer chances at failing armor checks and thus a greater chance at skilling up. As your Armor Use skill increases you'll have less chance of failing armor checks and can start putting on more (and heavier) pieces of armor with less risk.
Armor takes damage on each hit to the location it is protecting (provided any damage is actually done). The state of your armor will be noted when you use the LOOK (person/self) or INVENTORY verbs (to be expanded). If it is in anything but good shape, you will see a description in parentheses, such as: a pair of leather vambraces (battered). Once the armor is damaged beyond its maximum durability (varying by armor type - plate lasts longer than leather), it will become useless and fall apart. There is no way currently to repair armor, though that is in the works. For now, just buy a new piece of armor when an old one breaks - they only cost 1 riln at the moment.
The templar Aelwyn should be sought out for Armor Use training.
This is all that armor currently does, mechanically. Eventually, heavier armors will receive more penalties, such as swimming, climbing, stealth and so on. The plan is to make the heavier armors be extremely effective and negating damage, but also extremely encumbering so that you'll only be wearing them into battle, and will likely have to remove them for other activities. There will also likely be a penalty to many magical actions for heavier armors. Don't get used to swimming or sneaking around in plate - it will be virtually impossible once more coding is done. You'll be a combat powerhouse in full plate armor, but won't be able to do much more than swing weapons.
All that said, I do plan on high-capacity lockers and other storage systems (homes!) to facilitate players owning multiple articles of armor for differing situations. Break out your plate armor to fend off an invasion, switch to your leather armor for a stealth mission. Stuff like that.
So, go buy some armor and test it out.
Armor
Armor
The lore compels me!
Will there be a development for special types of armor, such as spiked chest-plates which hurt the attacker if they used a unarmed attack at the chest or abdomen?
The elements are slaves to no being. One must learn to ask for their aid, the elements offer power to the humble. This is why no one is truly a master yet everyone is a student..
~The Apprentice of the Elements
~The Apprentice of the Elements
could there be some sort of mechanically enhanced or magically enhanced armor?With particular bonuses like extra cutting or fire resist for the magic armors and decreased fatigue for the mechanic armors?After all Grum is a steampunk nation and Nuum used a lot of magic.They would have found some way to enhance armor.
There will be some enhanced armors, though I intend them to be rare (the same goes for weapons). I don't want to have a system that encourages constantly obsoleting and upgrading gear.
And I'm talking actually rare, not Blizzard Rare where you just have to grind an extra hour for a particularly nice "drop".
And I'm talking actually rare, not Blizzard Rare where you just have to grind an extra hour for a particularly nice "drop".
The lore compels me!
From the original post:
[quote=Rias]The heavier the armor, the more difficult it is to overcome the Armor Use check. Currently, this only effects combat. Each combat roll (both offensive and defensive) will have an Armor Use skill check for each piece of worn armor. Each failed armor check roll will cause your AAR or TDR to go down by a percentage. Heavier armors have higher skill checks.
Armor Use skill goes up for each attack you make where you succeed all your armor checks, as long as your target is a decent challenge for you. Thus, you should start out with only one or a few pieces of light armor, giving yourself fewer chances at failing armor checks and thus a greater chance at skilling up. As your Armor Use skill increases you'll have less chance of failing armor checks and can start putting on more (and heavier) pieces of armor with less risk.
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It'll go up with any armor, so the boots you start off with count. There are caps, however - for instance, soft leather will only get you up to ~100 skill.
The more pieces you wear, the better skillgain you'll get if you succeed all the checks.
[quote=Rias]The heavier the armor, the more difficult it is to overcome the Armor Use check. Currently, this only effects combat. Each combat roll (both offensive and defensive) will have an Armor Use skill check for each piece of worn armor. Each failed armor check roll will cause your AAR or TDR to go down by a percentage. Heavier armors have higher skill checks.
Armor Use skill goes up for each attack you make where you succeed all your armor checks, as long as your target is a decent challenge for you. Thus, you should start out with only one or a few pieces of light armor, giving yourself fewer chances at failing armor checks and thus a greater chance at skilling up. As your Armor Use skill increases you'll have less chance of failing armor checks and can start putting on more (and heavier) pieces of armor with less risk.
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It'll go up with any armor, so the boots you start off with count. There are caps, however - for instance, soft leather will only get you up to ~100 skill.
The more pieces you wear, the better skillgain you'll get if you succeed all the checks.
The lore compels me!
A full set of soft leather armor will only give you armor gains up to around 100 or less. At that point, you would need to move up to another armor class, or add a few pieces of heavier armor types.
With only soft leather boots and gloves, you're not going to see much in armor gains at all.
With only soft leather boots and gloves, you're not going to see much in armor gains at all.
No longer GMing for CLOK.
Does Rigid Leather give further gains? I'm maxed at 100 from soft leather and have been wearing a few rigid pieces I made with no additional skill gain. Or is rigid leather supposed to cap at 100 also?
20:21:01 [CHAT - (a mysterious GM)]: With obvious effort, Zuki pries up a thick scale over a drakolin's chest! Zuki spearhand-strikes the soft, unprotected area under the scale! Heart ruptured, death follows immediately. A drakolin lets out a final bellow of rage and falls lifeless to the ground.
Is there any advantage to using Copper or Bronze armor compared to Steel? Is there any advantage to using Steel compared to Iron?
The elements are slaves to no being. One must learn to ask for their aid, the elements offer power to the humble. This is why no one is truly a master yet everyone is a student..
~The Apprentice of the Elements
~The Apprentice of the Elements