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 legend:	-5 - -6	-3 - -4	-1 - -2	no DV effect	+1 - +2	+3 or more
Body	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4	AV+DV = 5	AV+DV = 6
0		cloth robe	slate frock
1		leather apron	woven tunic	elastyne
2		furs/Bark	leather			flexivest
3	plastifer	studded	chain mail	puma chitin
4	steel	flake					nanoweave
5	carbide					Plastic armor(favilink error!)*
6	fullerite			crysteel
7					flawless
8							zetachrome
Head	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0			headlamp	wide-brimmed
1			teleprojector	leather	elastyne
2		steel		chain coif
3		fullerite			crysteel
4						flawless	zetachrome
Hands	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0					elastyne†	elastyne†
1				leather	plastifer
2		chain/steel		quartzfur
3	carbide		fullerite	crysteel
4					flawless		zetachrome
Feet	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0			sandals	yeshyrskin	elastyne
1			step sowers	leather	plastifer
2		chain/steel
3	carbide	fullerite		crysteel
4					flawless		zetachrome
Back	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0	powered	quilted	bodypack	leather	chrome
1			quartzfur	ironweave	kaleidocera
Arm	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0			bracelet	???	snakeskin
1				bracer
Face	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0			goggles	sun veil	???	???
1				gentling
Floating	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
0			glowsphere	lens
1					mote	rings‡
Roots	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
3						clay pot
Shield	AV+DV = -2	AV+DV = -1	AV+DV = 0	AV+DV = 1	AV+DV = 2	AV+DV = 3	AV+DV = 4
1			wooden§
2		iron§		steel§
3				steel		Stopsvalinn§
4				carbide
5				fullerite
6							???

* Not obtainable by normal means.
† 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.