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Chain shirt — Items Compendium — FTTHelper

Chain shirt

Armor

Item Details

Type:: Armor
Attunement:: Not required
Cost:: 50 gp
Weight:: 20 lb

Description

Made of interlocking metal rings, a chain shirt is worn between layers of clothing or leather. This armor offers modest protection to the wearer's upper body and allows the sound of the rings rubbing against one another to be muffled by outer layers.

Source: System Reference Document 5.1· CC-BY-4.0