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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.

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.

Useful Info

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 AC from their 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. It won't reduce the stealth penalty, either.

Strategy

Armour skill provides a percent boost to AC and a percent reduction to encumbrance. Therefore, you don't need a specific amount of Armour skill to wear a given body armour. If you're playing a Fighter, for instance, you'll want something heavy like plate armour - whether you have 3 Armour skill or 15 Armour skill.

In the early game, the impact of the Armour skill is relatively small, so you may want to train offensive skills first.

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]].
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 * 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. It won't reduce the [[stealth]] penalty, either.
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+Armour skill provides a percent boost to AC and a percent reduction to encumbrance. Therefore, you don't need a specific amount of Armour skill to wear a given body armour. If you're playing a [[Fighter]], for instance, you'll want something heavy like [[plate armour]] - whether you have 3 Armour skill or 15 Armour skill.
+In the [[Early Game Character Building|early game]], the impact of the Armour skill is relatively small, so you may want to train offensive skills first.
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