Unarmored => Takes full damage from all sources.
Medium Armor => Takes half damage from all sources.
Heavy Armor => Takes half damage and only damage from dice, ignoring modifiers.
Crits and attacking an enemies weakspots (e.g. a damage vulnerability) ignores armor.
It is suggested to pair these rules with additional monster weaknesses to exploit which gives the game a Witcher like feeling of researching monsters and targeting their weak spots.
These rules are intended for tables that liked the old armor rules, but want them to affect the party more evenly.
Most monsters are unarmored, but some tougher foes might have:
- Medium Armor: –5 damage from incoming attacks.
- Heavy Armor: –10 damage from incoming attacks.
Crits ignore monster armor.
Some monsters may also be Vulnerable (+10 damage) or Resistant (–10 damage) to certain kinds of attacks.