Leather Armor

Leather armor is light protection worn in Elaria by scouts, road guards, and adventurers. Its appearance may be simple or adapted to a particular community. Wear, markings, and repaired straps can show how many expeditions it has survived. The item thus provides visual character without needing invented extra bonuses.

It offers a higher listed physical defense bonus than padded armor while requiring more strength. Its light classification does not mean every hero can use it without checking the minimum requirement. It grants no automatic stealth bonus or resistance to the weather. The party may acquire a damaged set needing an ordinary repair according to the circumstances of the story.

The catalog lists the type as "light" and the base physical defense bonus (PDEF) as +2. Required Strength is STR4. The price is 3 gp. Final defense also depends on the hero's attributes and the rules for the equipment in use. This armor's protective value alone grants no additional bonus to magical defense.