# Introduction *The Armourer, Armour for the Fantasy, Ranged, and Modern Armories. Source: https://exodusnds.com/sourcebooks/the-armourer/introduction* The three armories before this one print a damage type on every weapon. A sword is Cutting and Thrusting. A mace is Crushing. A bullet is Ballistic. Each of those books then tells the reader to ignore the field until the armour rules arrive. > **Armour is a decision about which blow you would rather take.** This book is those rules. It uses two qualities and no table. ## What You Should Expect **Armour with a strength and a gap.** **Deflecting** names a damage type the armour turns aside. **Vulnerable** names one that gets through. Most armours carry one of each. **A ceiling.** No armour here adds more than +3 to Resistance, and every armour that reaches +3 needs Might 3 or more. **Weapons that finally differ by what they are.** An axe and a mace with the same damage are no longer the same choice against a man in mail. **Helms and shields as separate purchases.** A helm reduces Critical Injuries. A shield adds Defense. Both are used with body armour. **Two periods.** Chapters 4 and 5 cover armour made by a smith. Chapters 6 and 7 cover armour made in a factory, from 1939 to today. ## Using This Book in Your Universe **With the armories.** Every weapon in *The Fantasy Armory*, *The Ranged Armory*, and *The Modern Armory* already has its type. Nothing in those books needs changing. **Without them.** Chapter 8 gives a default type for any weapon or creature attack that does not print one. **Encumbrance must be enforced.** The system produces decisions because a second weapon is heavy. At a table that ignores Encumbrance, everyone carries a sword and a mace, and the type rules add bookkeeping and nothing else. Do not use them there. **Prices** are in the same units as the armories. Chapter 3 has the era multipliers for modern armour. ## What You Need The **Exodus NDS core rules**.