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GETTING INTO AND OUT OF ARMOR

The time required to don armor depends on its type; see Table: Donning Armor.

Don: This column tells how long it takes a character to put the armor on. (One minute is 10 rounds.) Readying (strapping on) a shield is only a move action.

Don Hastily: This column tells how long it takes to put the armor on in a hurry. The armor check penalty and armor bonus for hastily donned armor are each 1 point worse than normal.

Remove: This column tells how long it takes to get the armor off. Loosing a shield (removing it from the arm and dropping it) is only a move action.

Table: Donning Armor

Armor Type

Don

Don Hastily

Remove

Shield (any)

1 move action

n/a

1 move action

Padded, leather, hide, studded leather, or chain shirt

1 minute

5 rounds

1 minute1

Breastplate, scale mail, chainmail, banded mail, or splint mail

4 minutes1

1 minute

1 minute1

Half-plate or full plate

4 minutes2

4 minutes1

1d4+1 minutes1

1 If the character has some help, cut this time in half. A single character doing nothing else can help one or two adjacent characters. Two characters can’t help each other don armor at the same time.

2 The wearer must have help to don this armor. Without help, it can be donned only hastily.

 

  
 

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