Editing Spirit of Eberron (section)

=== Armor ===

Armor represents a character's skill at moving with and properly utilizing heavy defensive gear such as chainmail or a shield. A character who chooses to wear armor may use their Armor skill to defend against physical attacks and forced movement and may take an additional severe physical Consequence before being Taken Out. This Consequence should be something appropriate to their chosen gear, such as "buckled shield." However, an armored character also treats Armor as a '''restricting''' skill for most Athletics, Endurance, and Stealth rolls (conferring a -1 penalty on them if the character's Armor skill is lower than the primary skill). An armored character may set their gear aside to ignore both the benefits and penalties of the skill; any Consequence granted by Armor remains but probably can no longer be Tagged, Invoked, or Compelled until the equipment is again in use.

Of course, Consequences granted by the Armor skill cannot have their duration reduced via medical attention, requiring instead an equivalent process backed by Artifice rather than Wizardry.

Armor may also come into play in other, less direct ways, such as modifying an Academics roll to identify the origins of a piece of armor or a heraldic symbol or an Engineering roll to alter a ship hull to better deflect enemy fire.