Armor and Weapon Crafting

Armor Crafting

Players and non-player characters can craft armor, if they have the proper skills, the required materials, the correct tools and a workspace to apply their ability. Unlike how it seems in the base rules, armor is not available off the rack like going to a clothing store today -- it must be crafted to the measurements of the person who will wear it, and then time will be needed to create the armor. For these rules we assume that raw materials are immediately available if you are an established Armorer in a town or city, with perhaps some delay (and likely DOUBLE cost) if you are a traveling journeyman or wandering adventurer.

In general, assume that NPC journeymen Armorers have a skill of 25 and master Armorers have a skill of 55. It will be the rare NPC that approaches a skill of 80.

Armor	Materials	Time
Quilted Leather	3CC	8 hours
Leather Armor	4CC	1 day
Ringed Leather	40CC	11 days
Bezainted Leather	50CC	13 days
Jazeraint Armor	65CC	23 days
Brigandine Armor	70CC	32 days
Chainmail	300CC	180 days
Plate Mail	420CC	357 days
Plate Armor	540CC	729 days
Elven Lamellar*	20CC	19 days
Dwarven Chainmai*	350CC	210 days
Dwarven Plate Mail*	490CC	415 days
Dwarven Plate Armor*	630CC	851 days

*non-human manufacture in appropriate locations, included for completeness

Helmets	Materials	Time
Cloth Hat	5b	1 hour
Leather Helm	2CC	3 hours
Metal Helm	15CC	3 days
Full Helm	45CC	9 days
Elven Battlehelm*	6CC	2 days
Dwarven Warhelm*	65CC	12 days

*non-human manufacture in appropriate locations, included for completeness

Shields	Materials	Time
Buckler	3CC	4 hours
Small Shield	6CC	6 hours
Banded Shield	22CC	3 days
Metal Shield	70CC	9 days
Dwarven Tower Shield*	90CC	12 days

*non-human manufacture in appropriate locations, included for completeness

Material cost and time for armor and helmets will be modified by the weight of the person the armor is for:

Weight Range	Modifier	Weight Range	Modifier
85-109#	-30%	186-210#	+10%
110-134#	-20%	211-240#	+20%
135-159#	-10%	241-265#	+30%
160-185#	As priced	266-300#	+40%

EXAMPLE - A 250# character needs a suit of Chainmail made for them. It will cost 390CC for the materials and take 234 days to create it.

When armor or helmets are created, roll 2d10 on the following crafting table to determine quality. To this roll subtract Armorer EL/10 (round up) and add AV*2 for armors and helmets or AV/3 (round down):

0 or less	1 to 4	5 to 11	12 to 16	17 to 20	21 or more
Superior	Fine	Good	Fair	Poor	Junk

Superior armor has 40% more DV, and can sell for 20% more. Fine armor has 20% more DV and can sell for 10% more. Fair armor has 20% less DV and sells for 10% less, poor armor has 40% less DV and sells for 20% less. For shields, substitute AV for DV.

A result of Junk indicates that the Armorer screwed up and loses 1d6x10% of his material (as well as his time).

Armorers may trade time for quality, adding 50% to the crafting time for a -4 to the crafting roll. Likewise, they may risk quality for time, taking 66% of the normal time for a +4 to the crafting roll.

Weapon Crafting

Armorers can also create weapons as well as armor. However, since weapons are more generic there is a chance that they are available for immediate purchase (90% for cultural weapons, 30% for similar weapons, 10% for other weapons if used by neighboring trade partner and 1% otherwise for weapons), roll until failure. If weapons created by other races are available in the region, use ONE-FIFTH the base percentage. Ammunition is always available for cultural ranged weapons and 50% available for trade partner weapons.

EXAMPLE - A group in Caldo has an 90% chance to immediately purchase Short Swords, Pikes and Javelins. They have a 30% chance to purchase some other sword, polearm or spear weapon and a 10% chance for Bows, Daggers and Axes due to trade partners. All weapons have a 1% chance. He may attempt to purchase Short Swords for his party, rolling for each purchase until he rolls a 91 or higher. If he wanted to purchase Dwarven axes, his chance for immediately available weapons is 2%.

All other rules regarding materials and armorer skill as specified for Armor applies toward weapons as well.

For bows the skill is Bowyer (EL20 for journeymen, EL40 for masters). For arrows, quarrels or bolts the skill is Fletcher (EL20 for journeymen, EL40 for masters).

Daggers	Materials	Time
Throwing Dagger	15b	7 hours
Fighting Dagger	6CC	2 days
Secret Knife	2CC	1 day
Elven Throwing Knife*	2CC	2 days
Elven Estoc*	7CC	4 days