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. If you are wearing at least 1 Heavy piece of armor, you may not add your Dexterity modifier to your AC. 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 types, 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.	+1 bonus to Persuasion checks
Baseball Uniform	25 caps	+1	Melee	1 lb.	+1 to Melee attacks
Combat Jumpsuit	40 caps	+1	All	1 lb.
Mechanic’s Jumpsuit	25 caps	+1	Melee	1 lb.	+1 bonus to Arcana checks
Military Fatigues	30 caps	+1	Ballistic	1 lb.	+1 bonus to initiative
Raider Fatigues	15 caps	+1	Explosive	1 lb.	+1 bonus to Intimidation checks
Vault Jumpsuit	50 caps	+1	Energy	1 lb.	+1 bonus to Survival, Arcana, and Perception checks
Scientist Scrubs	35 caps	+1	Energy	1 lb.	+1 bonus to Arcana and Medicine checks
Colonial Fatigues	45 caps	+1	Melee	1 lb.	+2 bonus to History checks
Road Leathers	20 caps	+1	Melee, Energy	1 lb.
Athletic outfit	40 caps	+1	Melee	1 lb.	+1 to Athletics checks
Black vest and slacks	30 caps	+1	Melee	1 lb.	+1 to Intimidation and Performance checks

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Chestpieces
Vault Security Armor	50 caps	+2	Energy, Ballistic	10 lb.
Leather Armor	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.
Minuteman Uniform	45 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	1 lb.	+2 bonus to History checks
Combat Armor	75 caps	+2	Ballistic, Energy	15 lb.	Heavy
NCR Armor	25 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	15 lb.
Veteran NCR Ranger Armor	250 caps	+3	All	10 lb.
NCR Ranger Armor	150 caps	+2	All	10 lb.
Legion Armor	50 caps	+1	Explosive, Melee	10 lb.
Legion Centurion Armor	150 caps	+2	All	20 lb.	Heavy
Marine Armor	175 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	When paired with full set of marine armor, you gain the ability to breathe underwater.
Elite Riot gear	500 caps	+4	All	10 lb.

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Arm Protection
Combat Armor	50 caps	+1	Ballistic, Energy	2 lb.
Leather Armor	15 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	3 lb.
Metal Armor	40 caps	+1	Ballistic, Explosive	3 lb.	Heavy
Minuteman Uniform	25 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	1 lb.	+1 bonus to History checks
NCR Armor	25 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	2 lb.
NCR Ranger Armor	75 caps	+1	All	2 lb.
NCR Veteran Ranger Armor	125 caps	+2	All	2 lb.
Legion Armor	50 caps	+1	Explosive, Melee	3 lb.
Legion Centurion Armor	75 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	Heavy
Marine Armor	100 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	When paired with full set of marine armor, you gain the ability to breathe underwater.
Elite Riot gear	300 caps	+3	All	1 lb.

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Leg Protection
Leather Armor	15 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	3 lb.
Combat Armor	30 caps	+1	Ballistic, Energy	2 lb.	Heavy
Metal Armor	40 caps	+1	Ballistic, Explosive	3 lb.	Heavy
Minuteman Uniform	25 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	1 lb.	+1 bonus to History checks
NCR Armor	25 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	1 lb.
NCR Ranger Armor	75 caps	+1	All	1 lb.
NCR Veteran Ranger Armor	125 caps	+2	All	1 lb.
Legion Armor	20 caps	+1	Explosive, Melee	1 lb.
Legion Centurion Armor	50 caps	+1	All	2 lb.
Marine Armor	100 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	When paired with full set of marine armor, you gain the ability to breathe underwater.
Elite Riot gear	300 caps	+3	All	5 lb.

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Helmets
Combat Helmet	82 caps	+2	Ballistic, Energy	2 lb.
Gas Mask	25 caps	+1	Ballistic	1 lb.	-1d4 rads from all sources, immunity to airborne diseases and damage.
Vault Security Helmet	30 caps	+1	Melee, Energy	1 lb.
Metal Helmet	40 caps	+1	Ballistic, Explosive	1 lb.	Heavy
Tricorn Hat	10 caps	+1	Energy, Melee	1 lb.	+1 bonus to History checks
Raider Helmet	20 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	1 lb.	Heavy
NCR Armor Helmet	15 caps	+1	Ballistic, Explosive	2 lb.
NCR Ranger Helmet	125 caps	+1	All	3 lb.
Veteran Ranger Helmet	150 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	Darkvision (60 feet)
Marine Armor Helmet	175 caps	+2	All	3 lb.	When paired with full set of marine armor, you gain the ability to breathe underwater, Darkvision (30 feet)
Power Armor Helmet	300 caps	+3	All	5 lb.	Headlamp (30 feet), Heavy
Elite Riot Helmet	450 caps	+3	All	10 lb.	Darkvision (90 feet), -2d4 rads from all sources.

Name	Cost (Caps)	AC bonus	Damage Type	Weight	Additional Properties
Oversuits
Suit	15 caps	+0	None	1 lb.	+2 bonus to Persuasion checks
Doctors Coat	60 caps	+0	None	1 lb.	+2 bonus to Medicine checks
Hazmat Suit	100 caps	+2	Energy	5 lb.	All rads taken are halved. You are immune to all diseases when coming into contact with a source, and you can breathe underwater.
US General’s Overcoat	150 caps	+1	Ballistic	2 lb.	US Army robots 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.
X-23 Advanced Stealth Suit	1250 caps	+4	All	23 lb.	+5 bonus to Stealth and Perception, has the Auto Injector modification
B.O.S. Recon Armor	50 caps	+1	Ballistic, Melee	10 lb.	+1 bonus to Stealth and Survival
Power Armor Fatigues	55 caps	+1	Energy, Ballistic	1 lb.	+1 bonus to AC while wearing any power armor, not including its helmet
Cage Armor	75 caps	+2	All	10 lb.	Heavy
Chinese Stealth Suit	650 caps	+2	All	13 lb.	+3 bonus to Stealth and Perception, Gains the ability to use the invisibility spell once per day(only somatic components required)

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