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Name	Ring mail
Size to wear	Small, Medium
Armour Class	5
Encumbrance rating	7
Maximum Enchantment	+5
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A light leather suit reinforced with a covering of metal rings. It is protective in combat, but slightly uncomfortable due to the added weight.

Ring mail is a body armour one step heavier than leather armour.

Desirability

Ring mail can be a decent armour for hybrid and/or EV-based characters. It strikes a balance between not interfering with EV/spells too much, and providing some protection. Casters with low strength may prefer a lighter armour to decrease spell failure, while a strong melee brute will definitely prefer a heavier one.

Unless you find a particularly good ring mail, you'll want to upgrade to swamp dragon scales, which offers more AC for the same encumbrance. Or steam dragon scales, which offers the same AC but with 0 encumbrance.

Trivia

Ring mail is an item of armour whose historical existence is somewhat doubtful. It seems more likely that it is a Victorian misinterpretation of contemporary depictions of chain mail or scale mail, or that the rings were merely items of decoration.

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Armour
Body Armour	Leather armour • Ring mail • Scale mail • Chain mail • Plate armour • Crystal plate armour Robe • Animal skin • Troll leather armour • Steam dragon scales • Acid dragon scales • Swamp dragon scales • Quicksilver dragon scales • Fire dragon scales • Ice dragon scales Pearl dragon scales • Shadow dragon scales • Storm dragon scales • Golden dragon scales
Miscellaneous	Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding
Shields	Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb

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+{{version032}}
 {{armour
   |name = Ring mail
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   |weight = 25.0
   |AC = 5
- |SV = n/a
+  |EV = 7
-  |EV = -2
   |maxenc = +5
   |skill = Armour
   |size = Small, Medium
- |acquirement = ?
- |weartime = 6
   |GDR = 24%
 }}
+{{flavour|A light leather suit reinforced with a covering of metal rings. It is protective in combat, but slightly uncomfortable due to the added weight.}}
-{{flavour|A leather suit covered in little rings.}}
+'''Ring mail''' is a body [[armour]] one step heavier than [[leather armour]].
-'''Ring mail''' is a body [[armour]] one step heavier than [[leather armour]]. It is generally not that useful, although its interference with spellcasting is small enough that some light users may prefer it. Even so, there are usually better options unless one finds a ring mail, artefact or otherwise, which grants a needed resistance. Ring mail does have the advantage that it can be made [[corrosion]]-proof through enchantment, although this alone is not usually a reason to choose it over a leather armour and an [[amulet of resist corrosion]].
+==Desirability==
+Ring mail can be a decent armour for hybrid and/or [[EV]]-based characters. It strikes a balance between not interfering with EV/spells too much, and providing some protection. Casters with low strength may prefer a lighter armour to decrease spell failure, while a strong melee brute will definitely prefer a heavier one.
+Unless you find a particularly good ring mail, you'll want to upgrade to [[swamp dragon scales]], which offers more AC for the same encumbrance. Or [[steam dragon scales]], which offers the same AC but with 0 encumbrance.
+==Trivia==
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_mail Ring mail] is an item of armour whose historical existence is somewhat doubtful. It seems more likely that it is a Victorian misinterpretation of contemporary depictions of chain mail or scale mail, or that the rings were merely items of decoration.
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-! || Common || Dwarven || Elven || Orcish
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+| '''Mundane''' || [[Image:Ring mail1.png]]
 |-
-| '''Mundane''' || [[Image:Ring mail 1.png]] || [[File:Dwarven ring mail 1.png]] || [[File:Elven ring mail 1.png]] || [[Image:Orcish ring mail 1.png]]
+| '''Magical''' || [[Image:Ring mail2.png]]
 |-
-| '''Magical/Artifact''' || [[Image:Ring mail 2.png]] || N/A || [[File:Elven ring mail 2.png]] || [[Image:Orcish ring mail 2.png]]
+| '''Artefact''' || [[Image:Ring mail3.png]]
 |}
+{{armours}}
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