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Name	Robe
Size to wear	Any
Armour Class	2
Encumbrance rating	0
Maximum Enchantment	+2
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A large, loose-fitting, wide-sleeved outer garment made of light cloth. It offers little protection against physical harm, but does not hinder evasion or spellcasting.

"CLEOPATRA: Give me my robe; put on my crown; I have
Immortal longings in me"

-William Shakespeare, _Anthony & Cleopatra_, V, ii, ca. 1605.

A robe is the lightest body armour in the game, providing 2 base AC with no encumbrance rating. Many classes start the game with one, including most casters. Moreover, robes, animal skins, and dragon armour are the only types of body armour that spriggans, ogres, and trolls can wear.

Robes can carry many different egos, including rare and valuable ones such as archmagi and resistance. There are also artefact robes, including unrandarts ranging from the sublime to the notorious.

Desirability

A robe is a decent bet for any character whose primary means of defense is going to be their EV. For many characters, a fire dragon armour will be preferable, given that it provides far better AC and GDR at a small evasion penalty. However, there are a number of reasons a robe may be better:

Small and little characters, such as halflings, kobolds, and particularly spriggans, suffer greater EV and spellcasting penalties from armour, and may prefer a robe.
A robe of the Archmagi is an excellent item for characters that rely heavily on spell power.
A robe of resistance is a very convenient way to gain resistances, particularly for slot-restricted races who otherwise have trouble getting them.

	Image
Mundane	or
Magical	or
Artifact	or
	Unrandart Robes
Robe of Augmentation
Robe of Clouds
Robe of Night
Robe of Folly
Robe of Misfortune
Robe of Vines

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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 -William Shakespeare, _Anthony & Cleopatra_, V, ii, ca. 1605.}}
-A '''robe''' is the lightest body armour in the game, providing 2 base AC with no encumbrance rating. Many classes start the game with one, including most casters. Moreover, robes, animal skins, and dragon armours are the only types of body armour that [[spriggan]]s, [[ogre]]s, and [[troll]]s can wear.
+A '''robe''' is the lightest body armour in the game, providing 2 base AC with no encumbrance rating. Many classes start the game with one, including most casters. Moreover, robes, [[animal skin]]s, and [[dragon armour]] are the only types of body armour that [[spriggan]]s, [[ogre]]s, and [[troll]]s can wear.
-Robes can carry many different [[ego]]s, including rare and valuable ones such as [[archmagi]] and resistance. There are also artifact robes, including unrandarts ranging from the sublime to the notorious.
+Robes can carry many different [[ego]]s, including rare and valuable ones such as [[archmagi]] and [[resistance (ego)|resistance]]. There are also artefact robes, including unrandarts ranging from the sublime to the notorious.
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