Armor (5e Fallout Campaign Setting)

Armor Overview

Unlike traditional Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition, armor class is handled in a piecemeal system similar to Partial Armor (5e Variant Rule). Your base AC is 10 + your Dexterity modifier. This can be increased by wearing the armor listed below. You can either wear one of each piece of armor or an undersuit and an oversuit. There are 4 damage types: Ballistic damage is that sourced from bullets and is dealt by weapons listed under ballistics. Energy damage is sourced from beams of super-heated plasma and lasers. Explosive damage is dealt by fragmentation devices and fire. Melee damage comes from Fists, knives, and other weapons that lack range. Armors typically only effect one or two damage type, causing attacks that deal other damage types to ignore its AC benefit.

Additional Properties

• Headlamp (x feet): When activated as a bonus action, sheds bright light for x feet and dim light for another x feet.

Armors

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Undersuits
Brahmin-Skin Outfit	10 caps	+1	Energy	1 lb.
Combat Jumpsuit	40 caps	+1	All	1 lb.
Mechanic’s Jumpsuit	25 caps	+1	Melee	1 lb.
Military Fatigues	30 caps	+1	Ballistic	1 lb.
Raider Fatigues	15 caps	+1	Explosive	1 lb.
Vault Jumpsuit	25 caps	+1	Energy	1 lb.

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Chestpieces
Vault Security Armor	50 caps	+2	Energy, Ballistic	10 lb.
Leather Jacket	35 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	1 lb.
Metal Armor	40 caps	+1	Ballistic, Explosive	3 lb.	Heavy
Raider Armor	40 caps	+1	Explosive, Ballistic	5 lb.
Combat Armor	75 caps	+2	Ballistic, Energy	15 lb.	Heavy
NCR Armor	25 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	15 lb.
Veteran NCR Ranger Armor	200 caps	+3	All	10 lb.
Legion Armor	50 caps	+1	Explosive, Melee	10 lb.
Legion Centurion Armor	150 caps	+2	All	20 lb.	Heavy

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Arm Protection
Combat Armor	50 caps	+1	Melee, Explosive	2 lb.
Leather Armor	25 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	3 lb.
Metal Armor	40 caps	+1	Energy, Explosive	3 lb.	Heavy
NCR Ranger Armor	75 caps	+1	All	2 lb.
Legion Centurion Armor	75 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	Heavy

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Leg Protection
Combat Armor	30 caps	+1	Explosive, Energy	2 lb.	Heavy
Metal Armor	40 caps	+1	Ballistic, Energy	3 lb.	Heavy
NCR Ranger Armor	75 caps	+2	All	1 lb.
Legion Centurion Armor	50 caps	+1	All	2 lb.

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Helmets
Combat Armor	82 caps	+2	Ballistic, Melee	2 lb.
Gas Mask	25 caps	+1	Ballistic	1 lb.	-1d4 rads from all sources.
Vault Security Armor	30 caps	+1	Melee, Energy	1 lb.
Metal Helmet	40 caps	+1	Energy, Explosive	1 lb.	Heavy
Raider Helmet	20 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	1 lb.	Heavy
NCR Armor	15 caps	+1	Ballistic, Explosive	2 lb.
Veteran NCR Ranger Armor	85 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	Darkvision (60 feet)
Power Armor Helmet	300 caps	+3	All	5 lb.	Headlamp (30 feet), Heavy

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Oversuits
Suit	15 caps	+0	None	1 lb.	+2 to Persuasion checks
Hazmat Suit	100 caps	+2	Energy	5 lb.	All rads taken are halved.
US General’s Overcoat	150 caps	+1	Ballistic	2 lb.	US Army constructs will not attack you unless you attack them.
Chinese Stealth Armor	500 caps	+2	All	20 lb.	Advantage to Stealth checks.
Faction Leader Armor	150 caps	+1	All	3 lb.	Members of the same faction will not attack you unless you are infamous enough.

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