Armour

For the non-armour equipment that occuppies the same slot, see clothing.

Armour is a type of equipment that provides bonuses to the wearer's Armour Class (AC), decreasing their chance of being hit by attacks.

Categories of armour

Each armour has a type that, generally speaking, determines its Armour Class and appearance. Each armour type also belongs to one of three categories: light, medium or heavy.

Light armour

Provides some protection without sacrificing mobility. Creatures wearing light armour add their full Dexterity modifier to their AC.

Medium armour

Provides moderate protection, but hinders mobility. Creatures wearing medium armour add their Dexterity modifier to their AC, up to a maximum of +2. Some medium armour types also give disadvantage on Stealth checks.

Heavy armour

Provides maximum protection, but severely hinders mobility. Creatures wearing medium armour do not add their Dexterity modifier to their AC and have disadvantage on Stealth checks.

In addition to these three categories, shields are a type of armour equipped in the character's off-hand.

Armour proficiency

In order to to wear an armour efficiently, the wearer needs proficiency with that armour's category. A creature that wears armour it lacks proficiency with cannot cast spells, and have disadvantage on all of its ability checks, saving throws, and attack rolls.

Similarly to other armour, shields require the wearer to have proficiency with shields.

Additionally, some helmets, gloves, and boots also require proficiency with a certain category of armour.

Sources of armour proficiency

Armour proficiency is generally gained from starting class, race or feats.

Armour proficiency with lighter categories is always inherited, meaning that a creature proficient with heavy armour is always proficient with light and medium armour.

Sources of light armour proficiency

Classes: Bard, Rogue, Warlock.

Races: Human, Half-elf.

Feat: Lightly Armoured.

Sources of medium armour proficiency

Classes: Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Ranger.

Class features: College of Valour, College of Swords.

Races: Shield dwarf, Githyanki.

Feat: Moderately Armoured.

Sources of heavy armour proficiency

Classes: Fighter, Paladin.

Class features: Favoured Enemy (Ranger Knight), Life Domain, Nature Domain, Tempest Domain, War Domain.

Feat: Heavily Armoured

Sources of shield proficiency

Classes: Barbarian, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Paladin, Ranger.

Class features: College of Valour.

Races: Human, Half-elf

Feat: Moderately Armoured

List of light armour

Armour	Armour Class	Stealth Disadvantage	Weight	Price	Special
Bandit's Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Broken Padded Armour	11	No	3.6 kg 7.2 lb	70
Druid Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Druid Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Faded Drow Leather Armour	12	No	5.85 kg 12.89 lb	130
Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Leather Armour	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Padded Armour	11	No	3.6 kg 7.2 lb	30
Padded Armour	11	No	3.6 kg 7.2 lb	30
Padded Armour	11	No	3.6 kg 7.2 lb	30
Selûnite Robe	11	No	4.5 kg 10 lb	40
Simple Jerkin	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	40
Studded Leather Armour	12	No	5.9 kg 12.9 lb	100
Blazer of Benevolence	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	160
Leather Armour +1	12	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	130
Padded Armour +1	12	No	3.6 kg 8 lb	105
Scarlet Leather Armour	12	No	4.5 kg 10 lb	160
Studded Leather Armour +1	13	No	5.85 kg 12.9 lb	260
Drow Studded Leather Armour	12	No	5.85 kg 12.7 lb	1000	Stealth +1
Leather Armour +2	13	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	380
Padded Armour +2	13	No	3.6 kg 8 lb	310
Penumbral Armour	12	No	5.85 kg 13 lb	1000
Shadeclinger Armour	12	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	130	Stealth +1
Spidersilk Armour	12	No	5.8 kg 12.8 lb	1150	Advantage on Constitution Saving throws
Studded Leather Armour +2	14	No	5.85 kg 12.9 lb	770
Armour of Landfall	13	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	1700	Advantage on Constitution Saving throws. Plant Growth () Cast as a level 3 spell ( Recharge: Short rest.)
Armour of Moonbasking	11	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	1400
Armour of the Sporekeeper	13	No	4.5 kg 9 lb	1050
Bhaalist Armour	14	No	5.85 kg 12.8 lb	2000
Elegant Studded Leather	14	No	5.85 kg 12.8 lb	2000	Advantage on Stealth checks. Shield () Cast as a level 1 spell ( Recharge: Short rest.)

List of medium armour

Armour	Armour Class	Stealth Disadvantage	Weight	Price	Special
+1 Breastplate	14	No	9 kg 20 lb	100
Breastplate	14	No	9 kg 18 lb	100
Chain Shirt	13	No	9 kg 18 lb	50
Chain Shirt	13	No	9 kg 18 lb	50
Damaged Dark Justiciar Armour	13	No	9 kg 18 lb	50
Damaged Scale Mail	12	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	25
Dreamwalker Plate	15	Yes	12 kg 26 lb	180
Githyanki Half Plate	15	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	180
Half Plate Armour	15	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	180
Half Plate Armour	15	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	180
Half Plate Armour	15	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	180
Hide Armour	12	No	5.4 kg 12 lb	60
Scale Mail	14	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	65
Scale Mail of Devotion	14	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	65
Scale Mail of the Ancients	14	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	65
Scale Mail of Vengeance	14	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	65
Breastplate +1	15	No	9 kg 18 lb	200
Chain Shirt +1	14	No	9 kg 18 lb	130
Dark Justiciar Mail	13	No	9 kg 18 lb	280
Half Plate Armour +1	16	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	360
Half Plate Armour +1	16	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	360
Hedge Wanderer Armour	13	No	5.4 kg 10.8 lb	130	Nature +1.
Hide Armour +1	13	No	5.4 kg 12 lb	105
Luminous Armour	15	No	9 kg 18 lb	250
Scale Mail +1	15	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	160
Slippery Chain Shirt	13	No	9 kg 18 lb	130
The Oak Father's Embrace	13	No	5.4 kg 10.8 lb	130
Barkskin Armour	12	No	5.4 kg 12 lb	420	Advantage on Constitution Saving throws.
Breastplate +2	16	No	9 kg 18 lb	600
Chain Shirt +2	15	No	9 kg 20 lb	210
Dark Justiciar Half-Plate	16	No	12 kg 24 lb	1450	Advantage on Constitution Saving throws. Shar's Aegis () Cast as a level 1 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)
Elven Chain	14	No	9 kg 18 lb	510
Half Plate Armour +2	17	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	1100
Hide Armour +2	14	No	5.4 kg 12 lb	310
Psionic Ward Armour	15	Yes	12 kg 25 lb	1450
Scale Mail +2	16	Yes	12 kg 24 lb	480
The Jolty Vest	14	No	9 kg 18 lb	510
Unwanted Masterwork Scalemail	16	No	12 kg 24 lb	640	Resistance to Fire damage.
Yuan-Ti Scale Mail	15	No	12 kg 24 lb	640
Adamantine Scale Mail	16	Yes	12 kg 26 lb	1300	Attackers can't land Critical Hits on the wearer.
Armour of Agility	17	No	12 kg 24 lb	2900	Saving throws +2.
Dark Justiciar Half-Plate	17	No	12 kg 24 lb	2900	Advantage on Constitution Saving throws. Shar's Aegis () Cast as a level 1 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)
Flame Enamelled Armour	16	Yes	12 kg 26 lb	2900	Fire Shield: Warm () Cast as a level 4 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)
Sharpened Snare Cuirass	14	No	5.4 kg 10.8 lb	830

List of heavy armour

Armour	Armour Class	Stealth Disadvantage	Weight	Price	Special
Chain Mail	16	Yes	18 kg 36 lb	130
Plate Armour	18	Yes	20 kg 44 lb	400
Ring Mail Armour	14	Yes	17 kg 34 lb	100
Splint Armour	17	Yes	19 kg 42 lb	240
Chain Mail +1	17	Yes	18 kg 36 lb	260
Plate Armour +1	19	Yes	20 kg 44 lb	800
Protective Plate	18	No	20 kg 40 lb	1000	Grants Resistance to Necrotic damage Does not give disadvantage on stealth checks.
Ring Mail Armour +1	15	Yes	17 kg 37 lb	200
Splint Armour +1	18	Yes	19 kg 42 lb	480
Armour of Devotion	18	Yes	20 kg 40 lb	3200	Eternal Devotion () Recite your Oath to regain 1 Channel Oath Charge. ( Recharge: Long rest.)
Cerebral Citadel Armour	18	Yes	20 kg 40 lb	3200
Chain Mail +2	18	Yes	18 kg 36 lb	770
Dwarven Splintmail	19	Yes	19 kg 42 lb	1900	Constitution +2 (Max 20)
Flawed Helldusk Armour	18	Yes	20 kg 40 lb	3200
Plate Armour +2	20	Yes	20 kg 44 lb	2400
Ring Mail Armour +2	16	Yes	17 kg 37 lb	600
Rippling Force Mail	17	Yes	18 kg 36 lb	1000
Splint Armour +2	19	Yes	19 kg 42 lb	1450
Adamantine Splint Armour	18	Yes	19 kg 41.8 lb	3800	Attackers can't land Critical Hits on the wearer.
Armour of Persistence	20	Yes	20 kg 40 lb	6400
Blackguard's Plate	19	Yes	20 kg 44 lb	6400	Advantage on Wisdom Saving throws.
Emblazoned Plate of the Marshal	19	Yes	20 kg 44 lb	6400	Fire Shield () Cast as a level 4 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)
Reaper's Embrace	19	Yes	20 kg 40 lb	6400	Howl of the Dead () Let out a bone-chilling howl that  Numbs all nearby creatures. ( Recharge: Short rest.)
Helldusk Armour	21	No	20 kg 40 lb	8000	Fly () Cast as a level 3 spell ( Recharge: Long rest.)

Legacy content

• Chain of Liberation - inaccessible
• Padded Armour +2 - inaccessible
• Githyanki Breastplate - inaccessible
• Druidic Armour - inaccessible
• Druidic Armour - inaccessible
• Druidic Armour - inaccessible
• Druidic Armour - inaccessible
• Ironwood Breastplate - inaccessible
• Nightsinger's Half-Plate - inaccessible
• Torment Drinker Armour - inaccessible
• Githyanki Half Plate - inaccessible
• Githyanki Half Plate - inaccessible
• Githyanki Half Plate - inaccessible
• Sarevok's Wretched Armour - inaccessible
• Drow Studded Leather Armour - inaccessible
• Robust Chain Shirt - inaccessible
• Nightsong's Armour - inaccessible
• Scale Mail - inaccessible
• Scale Mail Armour +1 - unobtainable