Plate armour
| Name | Plate armour |
|---|---|
| Size to wear | Small, Medium |
| Armour Class | 10 |
| Encumbrance rating | -19 |
| Maximum Enchantment | +10 |
| Grants | nothing |
| Time to Wear | 5 |
| A full suit of solid metal plate: cuirass, pauldrons, vambraces, waist plate and greaves. Chainmail covers gaps, allowing movement.
It provides excellent protection, yet donning it takes forever. |
Plate armour is the heaviest common body armour; you are virtually guaranteed to find at least one by the time you've cleared out the Orcish Mines.
It takes 11 turns to wear or remove plate armour.
Desirability
Although not suitable for all characters, plate armour is generally considered to be a good equipment choice. Ego and randart plate is fairly common, and if found with useful properties (such as fire resistance), a well-enchanted suit of such armour can serve for the entire game. At the very least, heavy fighters will want this armour for their early- and mid-games, and those who intend to take up some support spellcasting may in fact prefer it to gold dragon armour or crystal plate armour, whose encumbrance ratings make spellcasting far more difficult.
Plate armour is unique for being the only non-artefact armour type capable of generating with the ponderousness ego.
History
Prior to 0.10, plate armour was known as plate mail.
| Common | Orcish | |
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N/A |
