Armor table

This table summarizes the AV and DV bonuses of various body armor items. The lower left of this table represents Qud's heaviest armors while the upper right represents the lightest, most evasion-oriented armors.

This is not currently an exhaustive listing; for each AV/DV combination, only the most common example is listed.

Positive and negative values of DV are represented by cell coloring. This table's X-axis represents the sum of AV and DV.

	DV bonus color key:	-5 -6	-3 -4	-1 -2	0	1 2	3 4
Body	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4	+= 5	+= 6
0	0	toga robes	frock smock leafy vest
1		apron robe	ash-stained patchwork	tunic overalls	elastyne
2		furs Bark	leather	rubber		flexivest
3	plastifer chem vest	studded ring mail	chain mail	chitin recycling suit
4	steel thermo cask	flake			0		nanoweave
5	carbide					0
6	fullerite			crysteel			0
7					flawless
8							zetachrome
Head	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0			headlamp witchwood	hat crimson
1			teleprojector	leather fork-horned	elastyne plastifer
2		steel enigma		chain coif snail shell	0
3		fullerite	ogre fur		crysteel	0
4						flawless	zetachrome
Hands	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0			0		elastyne†
1				leather ape fur	plastifer nanon fingers
2		chain steel		quartzfur	0
3	carbide		fullerite ogre fur	crysteel		0
4					flawless		zetachrome
Feet	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0			sandals moccasins	yeshyrskin rocket skates	elastyne
1			step sowers ninefold boots	leather	plastifer anti-gravity
2		chain steel			0
3	carbide	fullerite		crysteel		0
4					flawless		zetachrome
Back	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0	powered	quilted	bodypack scarlet	leather ape fur	chrome beehive‡
1			quartzfur	ironweave ogre fur	kaleidocera
2			scrap cape
Arm	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0			beaded compass	??? ???	snakeskin
1				bracer
Face	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0			goggles vinewood mask	sun veil sun/moon	???	??? ???
1				gentling rondure
Floating	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
0			glowsphere firefly ???	lens
1				0	mote	chiral rings‡
Roots	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4
3						clay pot
Shield	+= -2	+= -1	+= 0	+= 1	+= 2	+= 3	+= 4	+= 5
1			wooden§	0
2		iron§		steel§	0
3				steel		Stopsvalinn§
4				carbide crab shell			0
5				fullerite burnished				0
6							??? crysteel
7								flawless

† This item boosts agility by 1, giving an effective +½ DV.
‡ This item takes up additional slots as noted in its article.
§ This item is a buckler and can be worn on an arm or a hand.