V9: Supplemental Armor

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Supplemental Armor Bonus

When calculating a player's Armor Point Total, armor worn on the head (above the neck), hands (above the wrist), or feet (below the ankle) do not contribute a normal rating towards calculations. Instead, pieces that meets the construction criteria below grant an additional +1 bonus to their respective location (torso, right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg) after all Armor Point Totals have been calculated.

1. Supplemental armor pieces must cover at least 50% of the surface area of the head, hand, or foot, not including space between fingers and toes.
   
   
2. They meet the Universal Equipment Requirements, as well as be constructed in a way that would place them in Tier 3 or greater.
   • To ensure safety in the cases of accidental hand contact, hand armor cannot include rigid, abrasive, or metal materials on the back of the hand above the knuckles. To offset this, Hand Armor can also be constructed as a Tier 2 armor so long as the final piece still looks like armor.
     
     
3. This bonus can cause the armor point total to exceed tier maximums, however it will still be affected by armor point limits imposed by class or game modes.
   
   
4. If hand or foot armor is the only armor piece worn on that location, then it should be compared to the normal armor tiers and assigned a normal rating as best as possible.
   
   

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