Cultural Armor and Weapon Preferences
Argaevaligne, Maetah Tribes, and the North
Armor:
- Breast & Back
- Buff Coat
- Cloak
- Furs
- Helmets, various and (among tribes) armored mask
- Hides, Regional
- Lamellar, Lacquered or Metal
- Leather - Light, Cuir Bouilli, or Studded
- Leather scale armour
- Maile, Hauberk and Shirt
- Maile, Plated
- Pitch Jacket
- Shields
Weapons: Battle axe; Bow (long bow, short bow); Cestus (including hook, knuckledusters); Crossbow; Dagger (including Main-gauche, Poignard); Dart; Hand axe; Flail; Lance; Mace; Polearm (Bill, Glaive, Halberd, Mancatcher, Poleaxe); Quarterstaff; Sickle, straight; Spear; Spear, long; Sword (Cutlass, Long sword, Sabre, Short); Two-handed axe; Warhammer
Traditional Chlendi Lands and Ramush
Armor:
- Breast & Back
- Hides, Regional
- Leather - Light or Studded
- Maile, Hauberk and Shirt
- Shields
Weapons: Bow - short; Caltrop; Crossbow; Dagger (including Jambiya); Dart; Hand axe; Hookspear; Flail; Quarterstaff; Polearm (Billhook, Mancatcher, Military Fork); Sling; Spear; Spear, long; Spiked Club; Staff sling; Sword (Cutlass, Long sword, Short, Tulwar)
Minkush Valley, Southern Coast, and Eskla Communities
Armor:
- Breast & Back
- Buff Coat
- Cloak
- Codpiece, mundane
- Helmets, various
- Lamellar, Metal
- Leather - Light, Cuir Bouilli, or Studded
- Leather scale armour
- Maile, Hauberk and Shirt
- Pitch Jacket
- Shields
Weapons: Battle axe; Bow (long bow, short bow); Caltrop; Cestus (including bagnahk, hook, knuckledusters); Crossbow; Dagger (including Jambiya, Poignard, Stilleto); Dart; Hand axe; Lance; Mace; Polearm (Fauchard, Glaive, Halberd, Poleaxe); Quarterstaff; Spear; Sword (Arming, Cutlass, Long sword, Rapier, Short sword; Tulwar); Two-handed axe; Warhammer
Ghikarn and Heteri Communities
Armor:
- Brigandine
- Buff Coat
- Codpiece, mundane
- Furs
- Helmets, various (and armored mask in southern regions)
- Hides, Regional
- Leather - Cuir Bouilli, or Studded
- Leather scale armour
- Maile, Hauberk and Shirt
- Pitch Jacket
- Shields
Weapons: Battle axe; Bow (long bow, short bow); Cestus (including hook, knuckledusters); Crossbow; Dagger (including Khanjar, Stilleto); Flail; Hand axe; Lance; Mace; Mace-Axe; Polearm (Bardiche, Halberd, Poleaxe, Tetsubo); Sling; Spear; Spear, long; Sword (Heteri broadsword, Sabre, Short); Warhammer
Mindat
Armor:
- Breast & Back
- Brigandine
- Cloak
- Helmets - various, or armored mask
- Hide, Zhouna
- Lamellar, Lacquered or Metal
- Leather - Light, Cuir Bouilli, or Studded
- Leather scale armour
- Maile, Hauberk and Shirt
- Padded
- Shields
Weapons: Blowgun; Bow (long bow, short bow); Caltrop; Crossbow; Dagger (including Kris, Push); Dart; Hand axe; Flail, Lance; Mace; Polearm (Fauchard, Tetsubo, Voulge); Quarterstaff; Spear; Spear, long; Staff-sling - stone or pot; Spiked Club; Sword (Cutlass, Khopesh, Short Ninjato, Tulwar); Two-handed axe; Warhammer
Other Areas
Armor:
- Bone and Wood armor
- Hides, Regional
- Leather, Light
- Padded (layered cloth)
Weapons: Blowgun - barbed dart or needle; Bola; Bow, short; Club; Dagger, Bone dagger; Hand axe, Harpoon - Bone or Stone; Knife, Bone knife; Quarterstaff; Sling; Spear, Spiked Club
Armor Reference
| Armor |
Rural |
City |
AC |
Encumbrance |
Max Move |
Availability |
| Clothing Only |
- |
- |
0 |
- |
120’ |
Common |
| Breast & Back |
- |
50 |
4 |
300 |
90’ |
Common |
| Buff Coat |
30 |
15 |
1 |
100 |
120’ |
Common |
| Brigandine |
- |
120 |
3 |
350 |
120’ |
Common |
| Cloak |
1 |
1 |
1 |
20 |
120’ |
Common |
| Codpiece, mundane |
- |
1 |
0 |
0 |
120’ |
Common |
| Helmet, skullcap |
10 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
120’ |
Common |
| Helmet, kettle |
– |
15 |
+1 |
5 |
120’ |
Common |
| Helmet, sallet |
– |
30 |
+1 |
10 |
120’ |
Common |
| Hides / Fur |
10 |
15 |
2 |
200 |
90’ |
Common |
| Lamellar |
- |
110 |
6 |
200 |
90’ |
Common |
| Leather, Cuir Bouilli |
20 |
20 |
2 |
120 |
120’ |
Common |
| Maile, Hauberk |
- |
90 |
5 |
300 |
90’ |
Common |
| Maile, Plated |
- |
800 |
7 |
450 |
60’ |
Common |
| Maile, Shirt |
- |
75 |
4 |
250 |
90’ |
Common |
| Padded Gambeson |
4 |
4 |
1 |
100 |
90’ |
Common |
| Pitch Jacket |
3 |
3 |
2 |
150 |
120’ |
Common |
| Scale Armour |
- |
45 |
4 |
400 |
60’ |
Common |
| Shield, Large |
- |
20 |
+2 |
100 |
N/A |
Common |
| Shield, Medium |
20 |
12 |
+1 |
80 |
N/A |
Common |
| Shield, Small |
15 |
10 |
+1 |
50 |
N/A |
Common |
| Shield, Small wooden |
3 |
5 |
+1 |
30 |
N/A |
Common |
| Shield, buckler |
20 |
8 |
+1 |
25 |
N/A |
Common |
| Studded Leather |
25 |
25 |
3 |
200 |
90’ |
Common |
| Leather Scale |
– |
40 |
3 |
250 |
90’ |
Common |
LotFP Armor Reference
| Type |
Rural |
City |
AC |
| Light |
50 |
25 |
7 |
| Medium |
– |
100 |
5 |
| Heavy |
– |
1000 |
3 |
| Shield |
25 |
10 |
-2 |
| Helmet |
10 |
5 |
* |
Armor Descriptions
- Breast & Back - pair of steel plates worn over the chest, often with a soft leather garment underneath. The back plate is typically excluded by cavalry.
- Brigandine - long coat of leather bands, each studded and embedded with steel plates.
- Buff Coat - heavy coat of quilted cloth, often in multiple layers.
- Codpiece, mundane
- Cloak - heavy cloth garment of wool, cotton or other material, used hung over offhand arm as shield and for weapon entanglment.
- Furs - soft leather or hide coat, tunic, or jacket padded with heavy furs for warmth, treat as padded armour.
- Helmets
- Helmet, Skullcap
- Helmet, Kettle
- Helmet, Sallet
- Armored Mask
- Hides, Regional
- N/A – Hide, Zhouna - stripes of the hide of zhounas, the reptilian riding beasts of the Mindat.
- Leather, Cuir Bouilli
- Leather scale armour - overlapping scales of oil cured leather.
- Maile, Hauberk - long sleeved, ankle length coat and skirt of steel rings, linked in one to four pattern.
- Maile, Plated - also, half plate. Heavy steel plates being riveted to a backing made of chain and leather. Laminated and made into coat with skirt, with greaves, pauldroons, and coverings for other extremities.
- Maile, Shirt - short sleeved, hip length coat of steel rings, linked in one to four pattern.
- Pitch Jacket - a cheap or expeditious form of cuir bouilli, this a coat or jackets of cotton or wool soaked repeated in pitch.
- Shields - a variety of shapes and sizes, made of wood (often covered with leather or hide) or metal. Large, Small, Small wooden
- Studded Leather - soft leather, usually with a cuir bouilli breastplate, closely studded with steel rivets.