Armor

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Armor can be found all throughout the game. Enemies might be seen wearing armor, and will drop the armor upon death. Armor can also be found inside of treasure chests, Shops, and laying around out in the open. Armor values are measured in AC (Many games use this as an abbreviation for Armor Class, but the game does not explain the abbreviation).

It is important to appraise armors before using them, if the player equips a cursed piece of armor they will be unable to unequip the armor until it breaks, or is somehow uncursed. Blessed pieces of equipment with bonus properties, such as +1 speed, may also increase their bonus effect along with the AC. Furthermore, cursed objects with will work in reverse decreasing their AC and stats by the negative amount.

Mechanics

Armor class in Barony directly prevents damage from physical attacks. Every creature's base armor class is equal to its Constitution score. The base calculation for damage taken after AC is relatively simple:

$\text{DamageTaken} = {{\text{MAX}(0.75~\times~Damage-\text{AC}~, 0)}+0.25\times\text{Damage}}$

Where Damage is the raw attack power of the weapon. In the formula above, the numbers 0.75 and 0.25 represent the complimentary sides of Armor Effectiveness. The default Armor Effectiveness is 0.75, meaning that 75% of your damage will be reduced by the targets AC while 25% of it will not. Here is the same formula with 90% armor effectiveness:

$\text{DamageTaken} = {{\text{MAX}(0.9~\times~Damage-\text{AC}~, 0)}+0.1\times\text{Damage}}$

Below are a few example calculations showing how damage is reduced with various ACs and armor effectiveness values.

Examples of AC damage reduction

Armor Effectiveness	Damage	AC	Damage Taken
75%	5	10	1.25
75%	20	10	12.5
100%	20	10	10
100%	20	20	0

AC and armor effectiveness can be modified in a number of ways as outlined in the table below:

Various Effects on Armor Class and Armor Effectiveness

Factor	Influence
Blocking	Increases AC effectiveness to exactly 100%
Wearing Blessed equipment	Increases AC effectiveness by 2.5% per blessing
Piercing shots / ammo	Reduces AC by 50%
Only charging a thrown weapon to 1/15 power	Reduced damage by 1/2 of target AC
Charging a thrown weapon a lot	Reduces base AC by 0 - 75% based on charge level
Attacking with Gungnir	Up to 50% AC reduction depending on Polearm skill
Armor quality	Excellent Armor provides the greatest AC, Decrepit armor provides the least.

In this way blocking can totally mitigate physical damage if a character's AC is high enough, and if the player is wearing enough blessed armor (+10 total) they can totally mitigate all damage that is lower than their armor class. Note that for races like the Succubus blessing numbers are inverted for the purposes of increasing armor effectiveness on the armor they are wearing.

Shields

Shields equip off hand and provide a bonus to AC just for being equipped and +5-25 (Depending on shield skill) when actively blocking

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
	Wooden Shield	30	18g	+1	none
	Bronze Shield	40	30g	+2	none
	Iron Shield	40	45g	+3	none
	Steel Shield	50	150g	+4	none
	Steel Shield of Magic Resistance	50	750g	+4	+1 magical resistance
	Crystal Shield	50	1000g	+5	none
	Mirror Shield	40	750g	+0	Bounces back magical attacks while blocking. Has a 100% chance to degrade when taking physical hits, even with 100 shield skill

Hand-Gear

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
	Leather Gloves	15	15g	+1	none
	Leather Gloves of Dexterity	15	150g	+1	+1 dex
	Brass Knuckles	30	35g	+1	+1 unarmed damage
	Bracers	20	30g	+2	none
	Bracers of Constitution	20	300g	+2	+1 con
	Iron Knuckles	40	100g	+2	+2 unarmed damage
	Steel Gauntlets	30	100g	+3	none
	Steel Gauntlets of Strength	30	500g	+3	+1 str
	Spiked Gauntlets	60	250g	+3	+3 unarmed damage
	Crystal Gauntlets	40	800g	+4	Fragile: -25% durability

Foot-Gear

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
	Leather Boots	30	15g	+1	none
	Leather Boots of Speed	30	250g	+1	+1 dex
	Iron Boots	40	35g	+2	none
	Iron Boots of Water Walking	40	500g	+2	Allows the wearer to walk over pools of water, and lava.
	Steel Boots	40	120g	+3	none
	Steel Boots of Levitation	40	900g	+3	Grants the wearer levitation.
	Steel Boots of Feather	-40	200g	+3	Reduces the holder's carry-weight, similar to a luckstone.
	Crystal Boots	50	800g	+4	Fragile: -25% durability

Head-Gear

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
	Fez	1	90g	+0	none
	Phrygian Hat	5	10g	+0	none
	Hood	10	10g	+0	none
	Wizard Hat	10	75g	+0	+1 int
	Jester Hat	10	60g	+0	+1 chr
	Executioner Hood	10	50g	+0	Adds chance to bleed enemies on backstab, boosts mp regeneration(4x) when enemies bleed.
	Mining helmet	40	80g	+1	+50% boulder resistance +25% per blessing (100% max)
	Top Hat	15	180g	+0	+100% boulder resistance
	Wolf hood	40	160g	+2	+0 str
	Bunny Hood	40	160g	+2	+0 dex
	Bear hood	40	160g	+2	+0 con
	Stag hood	40	160g	+2	+0 per
	Plumed cap	10	140	null	+1 cha +10 leadership skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max)
	Silken bow	5	140	null	+1 cha Grants chance to pacify and evade melee attacks
	Crown	10	250g	null	+25% xp gain to lower LVL allies +25% per blessing +20% restore max hp on LVL increase +10% per blessing (50% max)
	Laurels	5	250g	null	+25% xp gain to lower LVL allies +25% per blessing Followers: +2 hp regen while regenerating +2 per blessing
	Turban	25	250g	null	+25% xp gain to lower LVL allies +25% per blessing Followers: +50% Trap Resistance +25% per blessing (100% max)
	Crowned helmet	40	350g	+0	Followers: +20% damage resistance +10% per blessing (50% max)
	Apprendice's hood	10	180g	+0	+30% chance: +1 mp while regenerating +10% chance per blessing (50% max)
	Circlet	5	160g	null	+5% spell power +5% per blessing +10 casting skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max)
	Circlet of wisdom	5	450g	null	+5% spell power +5% per blessing +10 casting skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max) Level up: +int
	Magus' headdress	25	250g	+0	+10% spell power +5% per blessing +10% addicional spell power when using damaging spells +5% per blessing
	Priestly miter	25	250g	+0	+10% spell power +5% per blessing +10% addicional spell power when using healing spells +5% per blessing
	Assassin's hood	10	180g	+0	+4 backstab damage +2 per blessing (8 max)
	Hood of whispers	10	180g	+0	+2 ranged backstab damage +10 stealth skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max)
	Bounty hunter's hat	15	160g	+1	+10 ranged skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max) Marks +1 Bounty monster on entering dungeon floor
	Cheff's toque	10	60g	+0	+20% food satiation +10% per blessing +5% chance to receive meat from defeated enemies (only applies to red-blooded creatures) +2.5% per blessing (10% max)
	Bandana	5	40g	+0	+12.5% strafe/backstep movement speed +12.5% per blessing (50% max)
	Bycocket	10	140g	null	+0 dex +1 ranged distance +1 per blessing (3 max) +10% ranged draw speed +10% per blessing (30% max)
	Warm hat	25	100g	+0	+50% cold resistance +25% per blessing (100% max)
	Leather Helm	25	15g	+1	none
	Iron Helm	40	30g	+2	none
	Steel Helm	40	120g	+3	none
	Crystal Helm	50	800g	+4	Fragile: -25% durability

Body Armor

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
	Tunic	15	1g	+0	none
	Wizard Doublet	1	100g	+0	+1 int
	Healer Doublet	1	100g	+0	+1 int
	Leather Apron	1	50g	+1	+2 PER, Immunity to fire
	Vampire Doublet	40	1600g	+1	Boosted MP regen (2x), stops HP regen.
	Leather Breastpiece	100	35g	+2	none
	Iron Breastpiece	250	70g	+3	none
	Steel Breastpiece	300	250g	+4	none
	Crystal Breastpiece	225	1200g	+5	Fragile: -25% durability

Cloaks

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
any Cloak	Cloak	10	15g	+0	none
any Cloak	Cloak of Protection	20	90g	+1	Grants +1 AC.
any Cloak	Cloak of Magic Reflection	10	350g	+0	Bounces back magical attacks.
any Cloak	Cloak of Invisibility	10	800g	+0	Renders the wearer invisible.

Artifact Armor

Below is a list of the rare Artifact Armors of legend! Lost to the ages, each one possesses special magical properties. Artifacts are unbreakable and gain additional AC when in Excellent quality.

Image	Name	Weight	Gold	AC	Bonus Effect
	Djinni's Brace	80	3000g	+4	+1 Magical resistance
	Oracle's Treads	100	3000g	+4	Reveals moving entities on the map within a certain range, similar to a ring of warning.
	Sphinx's Veil	100	3000g	+4	+8 int
	Dragon's Mail	450	5000g	+6	+1 HP Regeneration
	Wraith's Gown	60	3000g	+0	Grants the wearer Levitation, and +1 MP Regeneration.
	Valkyrie's Veil	5	3000g	+2	Grants +10 Melee Weapon skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max)

Mask and Visors

image	name	weight	gold value	effect
	golden mask	25	900g	+0 AC +50% gold weight reduction +50% per blessing (150% max) +10 trading skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max)
	Hazzard goggles	5	60g	+0 per Grants splash immunity to thrown potions and alchemical explosions +10 alchemy skill bonus +10 per blessing (25 max)
	sweetgrass sprig	5	10g	0.80x hunger speed -~0.1 per blessing (0.50 max)
	tech goggles	5	100g	+0 per +50% Tinkering Deploy Speed +50% per blessing (200% max) Immunity to Sentry Friendly Fire
	eye patch	5	30g	+2 Sneak Vision +1 per blessing (4 max)
	shaman mask	5	20g	+1 Mp regen while Shapeshifted
	bandit mask	5	40g	marks you as a enemy to shops, hides your Identity (allows for killing shops and not suffering consequences after taking off the mask)
	phantom mask	5	900g	afflicts Disoriented (wont notice you as quickly, or turn around after the strike) after the first successful Backstab on the enemy
	masquerade mask	5	80g	makes you Neutral to Incubi and Succubae +1 Charisma
	pipe	5	60g	grants a 25% chance while regenerating to grant a mana instead of an Hp +10% per blessing (50% max)
	rose	5	40g	makes you Neutral to Incubi and Succubae +1 Charisma while equipped: can be given to succubus or incubus to recruit
	spooky mask	25	30g	Makes you Neutral to Shadows and Ghouls +0 AC
	crystal visor	5	200g	+2 AC +5 Melee Weapon Skill Bonus +5 per blessing (25 max)
	steel visor	5	80g	+1 AC +5 Melee Weapon Skill Bonus +5 per blessing (25 max)
	plague mask	5	200g	grants immunity to: vomit inducing effects(indigestion, hunting arrows, drunkenness) Makes you vomit once when unequipped +0 AC
	monocle	5	150g	+1 per grants +200% Gem Appraisal speed +200% per blessing (400% max) marks you as an ally to shopkeepers when VISIBLY worn
	glasses	5	70g	+1 per