Splint mail

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Name	Splint Mail
Size to wear	Small, Medium
Armour Class	8
Encumbrance rating	-5
Maximum Enchantment	+8
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A heavy suit of body armour consisting of narrow strips of metal which are attached lengthwise to a thick leather backing. While offering great protection, splint mail is quite difficult to move in without proper training.

Splint mail is a fairly heavy suit of body armour, providing defense similar to but worse than plate armour. Casters should never use it, and physical fighters should probably upgrade to something better when the opportunity arises. It does provide adequate protection for those who don't quite have the strength to wear plate armour yet.

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Mundane
Magical
Artifact

History

Splint mail will be removed in 0.13, and chain mail will be bumped up to 8 base AC to take its place.