ARMOR AND CLOTHING


Armor in the nomad community is like anything else, functional and usually made from whatever is lying around or cheap.  Leather, old tires, sporting goods, scrap metal, chain mail, etc.  Most nomads don't even wear armor unless absolutely necessary, comfort being a much more important issue.  Some however, like the Raffen Shiv wear it constantly, both for protection, and as a sign of their clan allegiance.  Nomad armor almost never looks the same, unless it is part of a standardized clan uniform, and even then there will be slight variations.  The armor that is worn is more often than not as much for protection from the road as from attackers.  Examples of the armor ratings of various nomad armor are as follows:

HEAVY ARMOR

Football style shoulder pads: (SP:8)  (Protect shoulders and upper torso, but leave belly exposed 30eb)

Motocross Armor: (SP:6)  (separate pieces available for torso 50eb, belly 25eb, upper and lower arms 30eb, upper and lower legs 40eb)

Heavy Rubber Armor (SP:12) (Made from the tread of old tires, this actually protects a little better than steel pads, though it weighs much more and is only slightly more flexible.  Available as either shoulder pads, or add on pads to an existing garment 50eb)

Steel Plates: (SP:10)  (Often added to garments, like shoulder and elbow plates for a jacket, or knee pads for pants.  Only protect a specific part of the body, if hit in that general location (torso for a shoulder plate as an example) Roll a ten sided again, 1-3 indicates the armored section took the hit.  Additional armor cannot be worn over any garment with steel plates added 10eb.)

Motorcycle Helmet: (SP:10) (45eb)

Steel Helmet: (SP:14)  (These almost never protect the face, but come in a wide variety of styles 25eb)

LIGHT ARMOR

Chainmail: (SP:10)  usually only shirts or skirtings are made, as the weight is considered too detrimental.  (cost for chainmail is 50 eb for shirt, 75 for shirt with sleeves, 75 for pants, 50 for skirt, and 25 for head dress).  DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST BLUNT TRAUMA, and armor piercing effects are doubled.

Heavy Leather: (SP:4)  (Jackets 60eb, pants or chaps 50eb, shirts 35eb, Duster 125eb, etc.  Very very durable, but gets hot quickly.  It is recommended that if leather is the only armor you plan on wearing, you at least supplement it with steel plates.)

Banded Armor: (SP:8) (Smaller thinner plates of steal sown onto leather or cloth 75eb.)

Hand Gauntlets: SP:4) (Steel or tire rubber plates worn with a glove or by themselves, often spiked for an extra weapon d6/2 damage 20eb.)


Clothing in the nomad community is much like armor, usually leather or cotton, and heavily patched or resewn.  Static society fashion means next to nothing to nomads, whose only idea of fashion is expressing themselves.  Even among the cleanest nomads, clothes are usually well worn and frayed.  It's a hard life being a nomad, their clothes reflect this.  Rather than list individual prices of nomad clothing, we will instead be merely taking a look at typical outfits among the community, to give you an idea of what to look for when shopping yourself.  Hundreds of vendors in the market sell both clothing and fabrics to make your own.  Nomad crafted clothes however are in a class of their own, and the prices usually follow the same lines, 130eb for  pants or chaps, 20eb for a shirt, 30eb for a thin jacket, 50eb for a thick jacket, 50eb for a duster or overcoat.

    
        

          
    
      
         
         
       
         

       
 




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