Player reference / Equipment
Description and lore
Interlinked rings form a compact shirt of metal cloth.
The chain shirt has a distinctive drape, gathering where ordinary fabric would fold more lightly.
Its pattern makes the contrast between a clean ring and a dark recess easy to see.
At a glance
Interlinked rings form a compact shirt of metal cloth.
Equipment · Alpha v44 reference
Tier / Capacity / Price: Common (0) · 100 G
Requires: Might d8
Use: Mundane, Armor, Protective · Withstand Support: d8 · Skills: Withstand
A shirt of interlinked metal rings protecting the torso while preserving more mobility than full mail.
Interlocked Rings - Conditional
Against ordinary Wound (slashing) damage, increase this armor's Withstand Support by 1 die size for that attack. This does not apply when the fiction clearly bypasses the mail rather than testing it.
The rings whisper together as the shirt is lifted.