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The Armour skill improves the effectiveness of your armour and reduces most of the penalties associated with the more cumbersome varieties of body armour.

Each level in Armour skill will:

Give bonus AC, equal to 4.5% Base AC per level. ("Base AC" is the combined AC of all your armour, excluding the AC from enchantment)
Reduce body armour encumbrance by 2.22% per level.

This reduces the penalties to evasion, spellcasting, and Ranged Weapons. Note that body armour also penalizes the Dodging skill; this penalty is not impacted by Armour skill. Does not reduce stealth penalty, either.

Aptitudes

At	Ba	Co	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	GC	Gr	Gn	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	MD	Mu	Na	Op	On	Po	Re	Sp	Te	Tr	VS
3	2	-1	-2	-1	-1	0	N/A	N/A	1	0	1	8	0	-2	-3	2	1	-2	-1	N/A	-1	N/A	-1	-3	1	-2	-2

Felids, Draconians and Octopodes cannot train Armour due to their body restrictions.

Skills
Weapons	Short Blades • Long Blades • Ranged Weapons Axes • Maces & Flails • Polearms • Staves • Unarmed Combat • Throwing
Physical	Fighting • Armour • Dodging • Stealth • Shields
Magical	Spellcasting • Invocations • Evocations • Shapeshifting
Spell Schools	Air • Alchemy • Conjurations • Earth • Fire • Forgecraft • Hexes • Ice • Necromancy • Summoning • Translocations

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 The '''Armour''' skill improves the effectiveness of your armour and reduces most of the penalties associated with the more cumbersome varieties of body [[armour]].
-If you're interested in the actual math the game uses, see the [[AC calculations]] page. Otherwise, the short version is that each level in the Armour skill increases the base AC of a piece of armour by a little over 4%. The Armour skill also partially defrays your armour's [[encumbrance rating]], making it easier to [[ev]]ade attacks or [[spell success|cast spells]]. However, no amount of Armour skill will reduce the [[stealth]] penalties of armour.
+Each level in Armour skill will:
+* Give bonus [[AC]], equal to 4.5% Base AC per level. ("Base AC" is the combined AC of all your armour, excluding the AC from [[enchant]]ment)
+* Reduce body armour [[encumbrance]] by 2.22% per level.
+: This reduces the penalties to [[evasion]], [[spellcasting]], and [[Ranged Weapons]]. Note that body armour also penalizes the [[Dodging]] skill; this penalty is ''not'' impacted by Armour skill. Does not reduce [[stealth]] penalty, either.
 {{skill aptitudes|Armour}}