DEFLECTION AND EVASION AC

The main AC rules is split into two main categories; Deflection and Evasion. All other categories are ignored. Both categories works to accommodate the two physical methods of avoiding attacks; Dodging an attack, and stopping an attack with armor.

Most characters will start off with 0 Deflection but 10 Evasion as dictated by the bonus value of the Acrobatics skill. If the Acrobatics skill is a +4 skill, the Evasion AC is 14 (10 base, + 4 Acrobatics). Dexterity already modifies the acrobatics skill so it does not directly modify the Evasion AC.

When determining whether a character has dodged or deflected, both numbers are added together to determine the final AC value. But Evasion is used first as the lower value, before deflection. So if a character has 10 Evasion and 5 Deflection, the values would show like this.

EVASION DEFLECTION TOTAL AC 10 5 15

What this actually means on a aim roll is this:

EVASION DEFLECTION TOTAL AC 1-10 11-15 15

When rolling a d20 to determine the hit, anything in the range of 1 to 10 is completely dodged. Anything between the ranges 11 to 15 could not be dodged but is instead deflected off the armor. Anything above 15 lands a hit on the character.

This is very important to characters with Armor that reduces damage. If a character had a Plate Mail armor that reduced 6 damage per strike, any attacking character that hits the aim roll of 11-15 would roll for normal damage but subtracted the damage that was reduced by the armor's damage reduction value. Armor Weight Evasion AC Deflection Total AC Spell Speed Cost Skill Penalty AC Bonus Failure (30ft) Light Armor Padded Armor 10 lbs 0 +1 +1 1-1 30 50s Leather Armor 15 lbs 0 +2 +2 1-2 30 150s Studded Leather 20 lbs -1 +3 +2 1-3 30 250s Harden Leather 20 lbs -1 +4 +3 1-3 25 300s Hide Armor 25 lbs -2 +5 +3 1-4 25 350s

Medium Armor Ring Mail 20 lbs -2 +6 +4 1-4 25 500s Scale Mail 25 lbs -2 +7 +5 1-4 25 1000s 30 lbs -3 +8 +5 1-5 20 1'500s Splint Mail 35 lbs -3 +9 +6 1-6 20 2'000s 40 lbs -4 +10 +6 1-6 20 2'500s

Heavy Armor Breast Plate 25 lbs -3 +8 +5 1-5 20 2'500s Half Plate 30 lbs -4 +10 +6 1-6 20 3'500s Plate Mail 40 lbs -5 +12 +7 1-7 15 5'000s Field Plate 50 lbs -6 +14 +8 1-8 15 10'000s Full Plate 50 lbs -7 +16 +9 1-9 15 20'000s

Shields Buckler 3 lbs 0 +1 +1 1 -- 150s Small Shield 7 lbs -1 +3 +2 +2 -- 250s Medium Shield 10 lbs -2 +5 +3 +3 -- 350s Large Shield 15 lbs -3 +7 +4 +4 -- 500s Armor Deflection Base Damage Reduction AC DR Slash Pierce Blunt Shock Freeze Light Armor Padded Armor +1 0 0 0 1 0 2 Leather Armor +2 1 1 0 2 1 3 Studded Leather +3 1 1 0 2 1 3 Harden Leather +4 2 2 1 3 2 4 Hide Armor +5 2 2 1 3 2 4

Medium Armor Ring Mail +6 3 5 1 3 1 3 Scale Mail +7 3 3 1 5 1 3 Chain Mail +8 4 6 2 4 2 4 Splint Mail +9 4 4 2 6 2 4 Banded Mail +10 5 5 3 7 3 5

Heavy Armor Breast Plate +8 4 6 4 2 2 4 Half Plate +10 4 6 4 2 2 4 Plate Mail +12 5 7 5 3 3 5 Field Plate +14 5 7 5 3 3 5 Full Plate +16 6 8 6 4 4 6

Shields Buckler +1 2 2 2 2 2 2 Small Shield +3 4 4 4 4 4 4 Medium Shield +5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Large Shield +7 8 8 8 8 8 8 Armor Weight Evasion Deflection Attribute Cost Rating Rating Burn Light Armor Padded Armor 10 0 +10 50s Padded 5 -1 6 30ss Padded Gloves 2 -- 2 10s Padded Boots 3 -- 2 10s

Leather Armor 15 -5 +20 150s Leather 8 -3 12 80s Leather Bracers 3 -1 4 35s Leather Shinguards 4 -1 4 35s ADDON: Leather Tasset 2 -1 4 35s ADDON: Leather 3 -1 4 50s ADDON: Leather 4 -1 4 35s

Studded Leather 20 -10 +30 200s Studded Leather Chestplate 12 -6 18 100s Studded Leather Bracers 3 -2 6 50s Studded Leather Shinguards 5 -2 6 50s ADDON: Studded L. Epaulets 3 -2 6 75s ADDON: Studded L. Tasset 4 -2 6 50s ADDON: Studded L. Greaves 6 -2 6 50s

Harden Leather 20 -15 +40 1 250s Hardened Leather Breastplate 12 -9 24 1 130s Hardened Leather Bracers 3 -3 8 60s Hardened Leather Shinguards 5 -3 8 60s ADDON: Hardened L. Tasset 3 -3 8 60s ADDON: Hardened L. Spaulders 4 -3 8 100s ADDON: Hardened L. Greaves 6 -3 8 60s

Hide Armor 25 -20 +50 1 300s Hide Hauberk 15 -12 30 1 150s Hide Gloves 4 -4 10 75s Hide Boots 6 -4 10 75s Armor Weight Evasion Deflection Stat. Burn Cost Rating Rating Medium Armor Ring Mail 25 -20 +60 1 500s Ring Mail 5 -2 10 85s Ring Mail Hauberk 10 -12 30 1 245s Ring Mail Gloves 4 -3 10 85s Ring Mail Boots 6 -3 10 85s ADDON: Iron Banded Epaulets 5 -3 10 170s ADDON: Iron Banded Bracers 3 -3 10 85s ADDON: Iron Banded Shinguards 5 -3 10 85s

Scale Mail 25 -25 +70 2 1'000s Scale Mail Hauberk 14 -15 30 2 500s Scale Mail Gloves 5 -5 15 250s Scale Mail Boots 6 -5 15 250s ADDON: Leather Underrimming 5 -5 15 250s ADDON: Iron Banded Reinforcers 5 -5 15 250s

Chain Mail 30 -30 +80 2 1'500s Chain 5 -5 10 250s Chain Mail Hauberk 15 -15 40 2 750s Chain Mail Gloves 4 -5 15 250s Chain Mail Boots 6 -5 15 250s ADDON: Iron Banded Epaulets 6 -3 10 500s ADDON: Iron Banded Bracers 4 -3 10 250s ADDON: Iron Banded Shinguards 5 -3 10 250s

Splint Mail 35 -35 +90 3 2'000s Splint Mail Hauberk 18 -21 50 2 1'000s Splint Mail 7 -7 20 500s Splint Mail 10 -7 20 1 500s ADDON: Splinted Buckler-Shoulders 8 -7 20 750s ADDON: Splinted Battle 7 -7 20 500s

Banded Mail 40 -40 +100 3 2'500s Iron Banded Breast Plate 20 -25 55 2 1'000s Iron Banded Vambraces 5 -5 15 500s Iron Banded Tasset + Cuisse 7 -5 15 1 500s Iron Banded Sabatons 8 -5 15 500s ADDON: Iron Banded 7 -5 15 750s ADDON: Iron Banded Greaves 8 -5 15 500s Armor Weight Evasion Deflection Attribute Cost Rating Rating Burn Heavy Armor Plate Mail 40 -50 120 3 5'000s Plate Mail Spaulders 7 -7 20 1 1'500s Plate Mail + Tasset 20 -29 60 2 2'000s Plate Mail Gauntlets + Vambraces 5 -7 20 750s Plate Mail Sabatons 8 -7 20 750s ADDON: /w 7 -8 20 1'000s

Field Plate 50 -60 140 4 10'000s Field Plated Spaulders + 10 -8 20 1 2'500s Field Plated Cuirass + Tasset 20 -29 60 2 4'000s Field Plated Gauntlets + Vambraces 5 -8 20 1'000s Field Plated Greaves + Cuisse 8 -7 20 1 1'500s Field Plated Sabatons 7 -8 20 1'000s ADDON: Field Plated Great Helmet 8 -8 20 2'000s

Full Plate 50 -70 160 4 20'000s Full Plated Spaulders + Gorget 10 -9 25 1 5'000s Full Plated Cuirass + Tasset 20 -34 60 2 8'000s Full Plated Gauntlets + Vambraces 5 -9 25 2'000s Full Plated Greaves + Cuisse 8 -9 25 1 3'000s Full Plated Sabatons 7 -9 25 2'000s ADDON: Full Plated Great Helmet 8 -9 25 4'000s

HELMETS Skullcap 2 -2 4 50s Gallic Helm 3 -3 6 100s Kettle 4 -3 8 150s Comb Helm 4 -3 8 200s Spangelhelm /w Nasal Rim 4 -4 10 300s Conical Helm /w Mesh 5 -4 10 350s 5 -5 12 400s Sallet /w Visor 6 -6 16 600s Basinet 6 -5 14 500s Basinet /w Visor 7 -7 18 750s Barbute 6 -6 16 650s Barbute /w Visor 7 -8 20 1'000s Field Plated Great Helmet 8 -8 20 2'000s Full Plated Great Helmet 8 -9 25 4'000s