Banded Armor

This armor is made of heavy boiled leather cuirass, pauldrons, and guards reinforced with broad bands of interwoven metal and rigid hard points. It is stiff and inflexible, but incredibly durable and not much more difficult to make than a simple breastplate. It yields the same armor class and weighs as much as Half Plate, but does not allow the wearer their Dexterity Modifier to their armor class and requires 13 strength to effectively move in while wearing.

Half plate consists of shaped metal plates that cover most of the wearer's body. It does not include leg protection beyond simple greaves that are attached with leather straps.

Notes: Warding, Stealth Disadvantage