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Name	Scale Mail
Size to wear	Small, Medium
Armour Class	6
Encumbrance rating	-11
Maximum Enchantment	+6
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A leather suit covered with metal plates attached to each other in overlapping rows to provide full protection, but at the cost of reduced freedom of movement.

Scale mail is a mediocre form of body armour, providing so-so physical defense coupled with a significant Encumbrance rating. Most physical fighters will prefer armour with better GDR or less Dodging penalty, while casters usually can't afford the spellcasting penalty. Unless you find a very nice randart scale mail, you can probably do better.

	Common	Elven
Mundane
Magical
Artefact		N/A

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 '''Scale mail''' is a mediocre form of body [[armour]], providing so-so physical defense coupled with a significant [[Encumbrance rating]]. Most physical fighters will prefer armour with better [[GDR]] or less [[Dodging]] penalty, while casters usually can't afford the spellcasting penalty. Unless you find a very nice [[randart]] scale mail, you can probably do better.