Ironbrand Hardsuit
"A steam-assisted suit of articulated plate armor worn by Ironbrand heavy troopers."
- AR
- 3
- Price
- §1500
The hardsuit is the pinnacle of personal protection. It’s a full suit of interlocking metal plates with hydraulic assistance to offset the weight. Only the Ironbrand mercenary company produces them, and they don’t sell to outsiders. If you’re wearing one, you either earned it through service or took it from a corpse.
Properties
Effects this armor carries while worn.
Bulky
Effect: −1 Defense; −1 QUICK for Tempo calculations.
Bulky armor sacrifices mobility for protection. The wearer is harder to move quickly, slower to react, and visibly burdened. The Defense penalty reflects encumbrance; the QUICK reduction affects Tempo on actions where QUICK matters.
Hardened
Effect: Negates the first Grievous Wound of the scene (damage still applies).
Hardened armor is built to absorb a single catastrophic impact before buckling: overlapping plates, reinforced cores, sacrificial layers. The damage from the Grievous Wound still happens; the wound itself does not. Once the protection is spent, the armor reverts to its normal AR for the remainder of the scene.