Editing Armor (section)

= Armor Types =
Armor and Shields make up the three [[Defensive Schools]] of [[Skills#Adventuring_Skills|Adventuring Skills]] in the [[Combat Sigil]]. 

The equipped chest armor determines what armor skills can be used.

==[[Light Armor]]==
Light Armor has lower [[Damage Resistance]] and [[Damage Avoidance]] and little to no [[Magic Fizzle Chance]] penalties on these items. These are perfect for spell-casting characters.

Wearing a chest piece from any of these types or Armor allows the use of the [[Light Armor Skill]] tree.

==[[Heavy Armor]]==
Heavy Armor has higher [[Damage Resistance]] and [[Damage Avoidance]] and high [[Magic Fizzle Chance]] penalties on these items.

Wearing a chest piece from any of these types or Armor allows the use of the [[Heavy Armor Skill]] tree.

== [[Shield]] ==
Considered an additional and special type of defensive armor and part of the defensive school. 

Shields offer the best protection from ranged attacks and stuns.

==[[Armor Set Bonus]]==
For each piece of unbroken (i.e. greater than 0 durability) armor worn that matches the “light” or “heavy” quality of the torso armor, (excluding the torso armor), the benefit gained is a 2.5% bonus to the skill tree associated with the torso armor. This bonus applies to the effectiveness of many of the skills in each tree.