Ring mail

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Name	Ring mail
Size to wear	Small, Medium
Armour Class	5
Encumbrance rating	-7
Maximum Enchantment	+5
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A light leather suit reinforced with a covering of metal rings. It is protective in combat, but slightly uncomfortable due to the added weight.

Ring mail is a body armour one step heavier than leather armour.

Desirability

It is generally not that useful, although its interference with spellcasting is small enough that some light users may prefer it. Even so, there are usually better options unless one finds a ring mail, artefact or otherwise, which grants a needed resistance.

Trivia

Ring mail is an item of armour whose historical existence is somewhat doubtful. It seems more likely that it is a Victorian misinterpretation of contemporary depictions of chain mail or scale mail, or that the rings were merely items of decoration.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artefact