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A helmet, or helm, was a piece of armor used for defending the head and face of the wearer. They were used all around Toril and could also be used as martial weapons.

Description[]

Helmets came in all shapes and sizes, and could be magically enchanted. There were several distinct types of helmets and they were an essential part of most heavy armor.[1] Many could be separated into two categories, closed-faced and open-faced, which referred to how much visibility they offered the wearer in place of protection.[2]

As a Weapon[]

As well as the standard usage of a helmet, to protect the head, they were often used for attacking, mainly by dwarves. Bruenor Battlehammer wore a one-horned helmet[3], and Ivan Bouldershoulder used a helmet with stag horns attached.[4] Both of them used it to headbutt their foes to push them away, or for raw damage.

  • Horned helmet: A standard helmet with bull's horns attached. It dealt high damage when charging a foe with it.[1]
  • Spiked helmet: A helmet with a single large spike protruding out of the front. It also dealt high damage when charging a foe. It was less costly than a horned helmet.[1]

Types of Helmets[]

Helmet types

A group of humanoids show off a variety of helmet types.
In clockwise order they wearing: an open-faced helm, a skullcap, a great helm, a close-faced helm, and a mail coif.

  • Barbute, a type of visorless handsome and functionally effective helmets from the Blade Kingdoms. Usually made of white steel and sometimes covered with decorative wine-colored dark cloth. Most commonly worn by hippogriff riders[5] and city guards of Sumbria.[6]
  • Great helm, a type of helmet that covered the entirety of its wearer's head.[7]
  • Skullcap, a type of helmet that was worn much like a beret or bonnet and only protected the top of the wearer's head.[7]

Notable Helmets[]

Appendix[]

Appearances[]

Novels
The Fanged Crown
Video Games
Icewind Dale seriesBaldur's Gate series

Gallery[]

External Links[]

Smallwikipedialogo Helmet article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 155–156. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
  2. Richard Baker, Skip Williams (1995). Player's Option: Combat & Tactics. (TSR, Inc), pp. 147, 149. ISBN 0-7869-0096-2.
  3. R.A. Salvatore (July 2005). Streams of Silver. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-1606-0.
  4. R.A. Salvatore (October 1991). Canticle. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 1-5607-6119-9.
  5. Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 6, p. 95. ISBN 978-0786905317.
  6. Pauli Kidd (November 1996). The Council of Blades. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 1, p. 2. ISBN 978-0786905317.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen, Jon Pickens, John Terra and Scott Davis (1991). Arms and Equipment Guide. (TSR, Inc.), p. 38. ISBN 1-56076-109-1.
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