Crystal plate armour

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Name	Crystal plate armour
Size to wear	Small, Medium
Armour Class	14
Encumbrance rating	23
Maximum Enchantment	+14
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

An incredibly heavy but extremely effective suit of crystalline armour.

Crystal plate armour is one of the heaviest body armours available, tied with golden dragon scales. It has the highest base AC in the game, but also severe encumbrance penalties. It is very rare.

Strategy

For a strong melee brute, crystal plate is a strong endgame armour. Many characters will prefer golden dragon scales' resistances, but GDS is similarly rare until you find golden dragons to slay. For other characters, the encumbrance is too high - even extended characters will have trouble casting in it.

But, by the time you usually find crystal plate, you might've found a great artefact armour, or a highly enchanted set of a 'lesser' armour (plate armour, etc.). These tend to outperform a plain +0 crystal plate armour. Ending the game with a regular plate armour is perfectly reasonable.

History

• Prior to 0.14, the crystal plate armour's encumbrance rating was 24.
• Prior to 0.10, crystal plate armour was known as crystal plate mail.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
	Unrandart
Orange crystal plate armour