Scale armor

Scale armor was a type of armor used on Toril.

Description[]

Scale mail consisted of a leather coat, leggings and sometimes skirt which was covered in small plates of overlapping scales. The finished armor would often resemble the scales of a fish.^[6] Although steel was commonly used to make scale mail, actual animal scales (like dragon scales) could be used. Although heavy, the flexibility and adjust-ability of scale mail armor made it surprisingly easy to wear.^[7]

Variations[]

Coin armor: A rare form of scale armor made with over a thousand coins. They were typically seen in use by high-ranking generals and dignitaries.^[8]

Sea elven scale mail: An expensive form of scale armor that was unique to the sea elves.^[8]^[9]

Notable Wearers of Scale armor[]

Religions[]

Painteachers, a variety of specialty priest of the Church of Loviatar, generally wore scale mail in emulation of their goddess.^[10]
Scalemail was the only type of armor that worshipers of Sseth were known to wear. These were fashioned to resemble the scales of snakes and tinted in a pattern common to one of Faerun's many serpent species.^[11]

Appendix[]

Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Adventures

Treasure Hunt • Swords of the Iron Legion • Ruins of Adventure • Waterdeep • Dungeon #20, "The Ship of Night" • Dungeon #38, "A Blight on the Land" • Polyhedron #93, "Underdeveloped Real Estate - Tower Aqueduct" • Dungeon #53, "Steelheart" • Vale of the Dragon Oracle • Four from Cormyr • Dungeon #66, "Operation Manta Ray" • Dungeon #67, "Witches' Brew" • Search for the Diamond Staff • Storm King's Thunder • Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden • Peril in Pinebrook

Novels & Short Stories

Finder's Bane • Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad • War in Tethyr • The Black Bouquet • Realms of the Dragons II: "The Hunting Game" • The Winter King

Video Games

Pool of Radiance series (Pool of Radiance • Curse of the Azure Bonds • Secret of the Silver Blades • Pools of Darkness) • Eye of the Beholder (Eye of the Beholder • II: The Legend of Darkmoon • III: Assault on Myth Drannor) • Gateway to the Savage Frontier • Treasures of the Savage Frontier • Neverwinter Nights (AOL game) • Menzoberranzan • Ravenloft: Stone Prophet • Icewind Dale • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance • Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II • Baldur's Gate (mobile game) • Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale • Sword Coast Legends • Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation • Baldur's Gate III

Board Games

Dungeons & Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye

Card Games

Dragonfire

Organized Play & Licensed Adventures

Eye of the Leviathan • Plane Speaking • Descent into the Deep • The Fisherman's Tale • In Memory of Evermeet • Beautification Day • The Stars Don't Lie • Closing a Deal • The Iron Baron • Stardock Under Siege

Referenced only
Dark Harvest • Something Weird Is Going On in Late Uncle Rupert's Root Cellar • Dark Lord, Morning Glory • Spider Tower • Into the Depths

External Links[]

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Scale Mail article at the Baldur's Gate 3 Community Wiki, a community wiki for Baldur's Gate 3.
Scale armor article at Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.

References[]

↑ Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 35. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.
↑ David "Zeb" Cook (August 1989). Player's Handbook (2nd edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 69. ISBN 0-88038-716-5.
↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 123. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
↑ Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, James Wyatt (June 2008). Player's Handbook 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 214. ISBN 0-7869-4867-1.
↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.
↑ Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, James Wyatt (June 2008). Player's Handbook 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 213. ISBN 0-7869-4867-1.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen, Jon Pickens, John Terra and Scott Davis (1991). Arms and Equipment Guide. (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 1-56076-109-1.
↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 106. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.
↑ John Terra (February 1996). Warriors and Priests of the Realms. Edited by Steven E. Schend. (TSR, Inc), p. 90. ISBN 0-7869-0368-6.
↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 87. ISBN 978-0786906574.

Connections[]

Armors

Light Armor
Padded • Leather • Studded leather • Chain shirt • Brigandine
Mud armor • Chitine web • Shark skin armor • Shark skin and coral armor • Chameleon leather • Spidersilk • Nightscale
Medium Armor
Hide • Scale mail • Chainmail • Breastplate • Half plate
Thunderhide armor • Chitin armor
Heavy Armor
Banded mail • Lamellar • Plate armor (Plate mail • Field plate • Full plate • Heavy plate) • Ring mail • Splint mail

[PH1e-p35-1] Gary Gygax (1978). Players Handbook 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 35. ISBN 0-9356-9601-6.

[PH2e-p69-2] David "Zeb" Cook (August 1989). Player's Handbook (2nd edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 69. ISBN 0-88038-716-5.

[PH35e-p123-3] Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 123. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.

[PH4e-p214-4] Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, James Wyatt (June 2008). Player's Handbook 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 214. ISBN 0-7869-4867-1.

[PH5e-p145-5] Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.

[PH5e-p144-6] Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (2014). Player's Handbook 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7869-6560-1.

[PH4e-p213-7] Rob Heinsoo, Andy Collins, James Wyatt (June 2008). Player's Handbook 4th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 213. ISBN 0-7869-4867-1.

[AaEG2e-p12-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Grant Boucher, Troy Christensen, Jon Pickens, John Terra and Scott Davis (1991). Arms and Equipment Guide. (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 1-56076-109-1.

[DD-p106-9] Eric L. Boyd (November 1998). Demihuman Deities. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 106. ISBN 0-7869-1239-1.

[10] John Terra (February 1996). Warriors and Priests of the Realms. Edited by Steven E. Schend. (TSR, Inc), p. 90. ISBN 0-7869-0368-6.

[P&P-p87-11] Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 87. ISBN 978-0786906574.

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