• Armor applies its Armor Bonus as AC and additionally as Damage Reduction
• A strength bonus on an attack equal to the Armor bonus is required to penetrate past the damage reduction

• Certain attack types can ignore the damage reduction depending on the armor

  • Heavy Crossbows and muskets ignore all DR

• Attacks that get passed the armor will roll a die to determine where on the body they hit

  • Attacks that hit an area with armor and do more than the armor’s AC bonus in damage create a weak spot in the armor

    • Weak spots can be repaired with a craft armor check

• Attackers can aim for weak spots in the armor, or for unarmored areas by using an equation of

  • AC = the size modifier for appropriate for the spot + Armor AC for the spot + Dex + Shield + Deflection + Natural Armor
• Critical hits can create weak spots

• Full Function Threshold

  • 1/4 of HP dealt to any one limb leads to impairment

    • Leg

      • -10 ft to Movement Speed
      • -1 Dex bonus

    • Arm

      • 1/2 Strength bonus with that arm (round up; minimum loss of -1)
      • -2 on attack rolls with weapons requiring two hands to use

• Use threshold

  • 1/2 of HP dealt to any one limb leads to no function of that limb

    • Leg: Able to stand but movement speed drops to 5 ft
    • Arm: Arm can be used to hold relatively light things but nothing else

• Maintaining secrecy of DC’s and mystery of success or failure whilst maintaining the ability for players to roll their own checks

  • Players roll their own attack rolls and skill checks as they have always done under house rules
  • DM rolls another d12 die in secret
  • Upon a max roll of the secret die, the player gets a +5 to whatever result they achieve
  • Upon a min roll of the secret die, the player gets a -5 to whatever result they

• 10 per session, each point can be used to boost the natural roll of a die by 1. For example, a 15 can be turned to a 20 by spending 5 such destiny points.

You may also select a character flaw which will haunts your character and limit their effectiveness in some aspect of life, and in exchange you will get to choose a benefit. The flaw must actually limit the character in a meaningful way (an aversion to using a particular kind of weapon or a debilitating fear of earthquakes for example are not limiting enough to qualif+. You must incorporate the flaw into their character's backstory to some degree. Some flaws will require more explanation than others and are encouraged, but not required to incorporate their chosen benefit into this story as well. If you select a character flaw then you may select at 1st level any of the following:

• An additional feat
• An additional 1st level spell known/per day
• To have all items which the character could afford at 1st level gain the masterwork quality without paying the additional costs
• 1 additional use of a special ability per day/week
• +1 Base Attack Bonus (BAB may not exceed ECL, however)