Scale Mail
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Medium armor | ||||||||
Armor | Cost | Armor/Shield Bonus | Maximum Dexterity Bonus | Armor Check | Penalty Arcane Spell Failure Chance | Speed (30 ft.) | Speed (20 ft.) | Weight. 1 |
Scale mail | 50 gp | +5 | +3 | -4 | 25% | 20 ft. | 15 ft. | 30 lbs. |
Scale mail is made up of dozens of small, overlapping metal plates. Similar to both splint mail and banded mail, scale mail has a flexible arrangement of scales in an attempt to avoid hindering the wearer’s mobility, but at the expense of omitting additional protective layers of armor. A suit of scale mail includes gauntlets.es gauntlets.
![Scale Mail, Carolingian foot soldier (7th - 9th century) with armour and shield.](https://spiralworlds.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/430px-Karolingischer_Fusskämpfer.jpg)
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