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5.3: Armor

Table of Contents [Hide/Show] Armor (Full Suit) Shield (Physical) Energy Shield

Since combat is such an integral part of a role-playing game, it follows that death and injury are also a part of an RPG. In order to make sure that this occurs to the bad guys and not the character themselves, the character will need extra protection. They will need armor.

Most societies in the Starflight Universe generally don't allow the use of armor except in combat situations or as a part of police duties, and thus it is unusual to see anyone wearing armor in normal everyday life, unless that person either is expecting trouble or plans to cause trouble.

Specific armor types have their own statistics. The statistics included with each type of armor are as follows:

• Name: What the type of armor is called.
• Type: The general kind of armor being described, either armor or shield.
• Availability: At what level of technological development the armor becomes available.
• Deployment: This lists how long it takes to put on and remove the armor, assuming the character has no help from other characters (if they do have help, it takes half the amount of time listed, rounded down). For electronic forms of armor, this lists how long it takes to activate or deactivate the armor. A character can put on their armor hastily, which requires fewer rounds, but take a -1 HD, -1 Perception, and -1 Finesse penalty for each round skipped. These penalties apply whether or not the armored piece has penalties for its use.
• Regeneration: This lists how fast the armor repairs itself, if it has that capability.
• Damage Reduction (DR): This lists the amount of damage that is removed from a weapon's hit before the armor attempts to absorb the damage. It's entirely possible for a character to be hit by a weapon that does no damage, if its DR is high enough.
• EC: This lists the encumbrance class of the armor (for details on encumbrance, see Chapter 5.4).
• Penalties: This lists any penalties that are inflicted on the character for utilizing the armor. Typically these are penalties to HD, Finesse or Perception.
• Effects: If the Armor has any special qualities, they are listed here. Armor that indicates it prevents damage from a weapon will take no damage whatsoever from that weapon. Armor that indicates it is ineffective against a weapon will allow all damage from that weapon through to the user, without taking damage in the process.
• Cost: This is how much typical armor of the type and Class costs.
• Hit Points: This lists the amount of hit points the armor imparts to the character. After the armor accumulates that much Lethal damage, it is worthless. Hit points also serves as a measure of how much Non-Lethal damage the armor absorbs before any such damage is imparted to its wearer.
• Options: This is a list of features that may be added to armor, which change one or more basic characteristics of the armor. Armor may only have one of the options listed below the given type of armor, if any are selected at all.
  

Note that these statistics are for a typical medium-sized armor with default features. It is possible for suits of armor to be slightly modified or enhanced, or for them to come in different sizes (in order for them to be handled by different sized creatures more often). The same general list of modifiers that applied to weaponry (age, rarity, quality and size) can also be applied to various forms of armor.

The stats listed for armor in this chapter assume that the wearer is being subjected to weapons from the same technological era. If this is not the case, the effectiveness of the armor may be reduced or increased, depending upon whether the weapon or the armor is of the later technogical era. If the armor is one technological era ahead of the weapon, damage from the weapon is halved. If the armor is more than one technological era ahead of the weapon, the weapon does no damage. If the weapon is one technological era ahead of the armor, the armor's effectiveness is reduced by half. Finally, if the weapon is more than one technological era ahead of the armor, the armor is completely ineffective.

Finally, as with weapons, this is by no means a comprehensive or exhaustive list of available types of armor (simply put it'd be too time consuming to come up with one, considering you'd have to have various forms of armors for various technological ages and various species). GMs are welcome to create their own armor to add to a campaign, using the item creation rules in Chapter 10.2.4. Should a character want to use a a type of armor that is not listed here, it’ll be up to the GM whether or not to allow the weapon type in question. If it is allowed, one of the forms of armor may be modified into the new weapon, or the GM may just create the armor themselves. If adapting armor, the GM will need to adjust the stats as they deem necessary. The player in question may offer suggestions, but under no means should they be allowed to make the armor entirely by themselves.

Armor (Full Suit)¶

• Type: Full-Plate Armor (Physical)
• Availability: Metal Age
• Deployment: 4 minutes
• Regeneration: None
• Beam DR: None
• Projectile DR: None
• EC: 3 per class
• Penalties: -2 HD/THD/FHD per Class, -4 to all Finesse Rolls, -2 to all Perception checks per class
• Effects: Transforms all Lethal Damage from melee weaponry (except Laser Sword) into Non-Lethal Damage. Prevents Spray acid damage, and does not catch fire from Flamethrower (unless hit by Napalm). Players may, if they so choose, buy "components" of armor instead of a whole suit at once. Each one protects a specific bodily area. These components may be mixed and matched with any other type of armor option. Each component contributes a specific penalty to the suit, if the type of armor being bought has penalties.
  

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Full-Plate Armor

	Basic Cost	Hit Points
Class One	1.5	50
Class Two	3.1	75
Class Three	6.2	100
Class Four	12.5	125
Class Five	25	150
Class Six	50	175
Class Seven	100	200
Class Eight	200	225
Class Nine	400	250
Class Ten	8
275

*Components:

Shield (Physical)¶

• Type: Shield (Physical)
• Availability: Metal Age
• Deployment: 2 rounds
• Regeneration: None
• Beam DR: None
• Projectile DR: None
• EC: 2 per Class
• Penalties: -2 HD/THD/FHD per Class.
• Effects: Class One through Class Five requires at one motor appendage to employ. Class Six-Ten requires two motor appendages to employ. Requires a successful DC 100 Dexterous Maneuvers check to protect one body area, can be rolled at the time of opponent's attack. Cannot be pocketed; can be directly sheathed on the back (covers Non-Vital Body area while sheathed).
  

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Shield (Physical)

	Basic Cost	Hit Points
Class One	0.75	25
Class Two	1.5	50
Class Three	3.1	75
Class Four	6.25	100
Class Five	12.5	125
Class Six	25	150
Class Seven	50	175
Class Eight	100	200
Class Nine	200	225
Class Ten	4
250

Energy Shield¶

• Type: Shield (Energy)
• Availability: Starfaring Age
• Deployment: 1 round
• Regeneration: Requires Medium Battery. Uses one charge per shield class per hour while active; requires one charge to activate. SHP loss recharges at a rate of 10% of the maximum SHP every two minutes. User may use one charge per HP to rapidly regenerate up to 50 SHP (requires manual operation) per round.
• Beam DR: None.
• Projectile DR: None.
• EC: 1 (All Classes).
• Penalties: None.
• Effects: Ineffective against melee weapons. Shield generator requires a belt or holster to deploy; can be pocketed (requires two slots, all Classes).
  

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Energy Shield

	Basic Cost	Shield Hit Points (Design Minimum)
Class Zero (Design Only)	.5	1
Class One	4	50
Class Two	12	100
Class Three	32	150
Class Four	70	200
Class Five	125	250
Class Six	250	300
Class Seven	500	350
Class Eight	1,000	400
Class Nine	2,000	450
Class Ten	4
500

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