Armor Rating and Safety

Armor Rating and Safety

1. The Monarch, Champion, Guildmaster of Reeves, and Game Reeves rate armor.
2. Armor that is of mixed values across the same area will be averaged based on the percentage of each type of coverage of the area, rounding fractions to the nearest whole number.
   Example: An arm with a Plate bracer (6 Armor Points) covering 50% of the arm and a Cloth/Padded sleeve (1 Armor Point) covering 50% of the arm will result in an armor value of (6 x 0.5) + (1 x 0.5) = 3.5, which rounds up to 4 Armor Points across the entire location.
3. Straps and other such material that hold your armor on do not count as part of the armor, for either coverage or averaging purposes, unless they are specifically built as such.
   Example: The leather strap across your back holding on your steel breastplate does not protect you from hits.
4. Armor that is initially rated as zero points does not count as armor. Armor that has been depleted continues to be considered armor, but does not continue to stop wounds until restored.
5. Obviously modern materials and obviously modern protective gear such as sports shin pads and hockey chest pads may never be considered as armor; such materials and items may be used as a base for armor, but the final product must have the appearance of actual armor rather than modern protective gear. Wholly inappropriate materials such as cardboard, tinfoil, and foam may never be considered as armor.
6. All armor must be safe, with no protruding edges that could injure someone. All corners on any armor that will not deform under contact must come to a point no sharper than the radius of a penny (3/8").
   Rulebook 8.6.3