Skill Name: Puncture Protection
Mnemonic: puncture
Other Requirements: Specialized armor fittings (available at your local Warrior Guild 
workshop) are required.  There are five quality tiers of fittings: common (useable 
at Rank 1), sturdy (Rank 2), fine (Rank 3), superb (Rank 4), and masterwork (Rank 5).  
If the armor is flared or provides a bonus to AS or TD, it requires sturdy fittings 
or better.  If the armor being adjusted is padded, the quality of the fittings 
required is:

Common: May not be used with padded armor.
Sturdy: May be used with up to fairly padded armor.
Fine: May be used with up to decently padded armor.
Superb: May be used with up to very heavily padded armor.
Masterwork: No limit on level of padding.

Available to: Warriors.
Prerequisites:
  None
Armor Point Cost:
  Rank 1: 20
  Rank 2: 30
  Rank 3: 40
  Rank 4: 50
  Rank 5: 60
Description: Adjusts a person's armor so that it is more resistant to puncture attacks.

The base strength of the damage resistance is equal to (Fitting Tier * 10), with 
common fittings having a value of 1 and masterwork fittings having a value of 5.  
If the armor is flared or provides a bonus to AS/TD, there is a -10 penalty to the 
resistance strength.  If the armor is padded, there is a penalty of -5 per ASSESS 
level to a maximum penalty of -40.

The number of puncture hits that can be taken before the resistance wears off 
is equal to ((Fitting Tier * 10) + (Armor Use Skill / 10)).

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COMMAND: arm punc adjust my armor

IF NOT STANDING - 

You might want to stand up first.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FITTINGS IN YOUR HAND - 

You don't seem to have the necessary armor fittings in hand.  You may purchase 
them at the local warrior guild workshop.

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PUNCTURE RESISTING YOUR ARMOR - BASED ON TERAS GUILD WORKSHOP

[Warrior Guild, Garden Shed]
The wooden shed is cramped, stuffy, and cluttered with leatherworking equipment.  
The pervasive scent of tanned hide and hot metal assaults your nostrils.  The 
floor is dirt, packed hard by the tramplings of many workers and spotted with 
dark oil stains.  You also see the Bremerial disk, a wooden worktable with an 
assortment of tools on it and Shop Master Elginor.
Obvious exits: north

>order

Elginor says, "You need to tell me what quality and what type of armor fittings 
you would like.  I carry common, sturdy, fine, superb, and masterwork quality 
fittings for the leather, scale, chain, and plate armor types.  I also have 
fittings for accessory armor like helms, greaves, and such."

Example: BUY COMMON PLATE FITTINGS

SELECT THE PLATE FITTING AND THE TYPE OF ARMOR IT IS TO BE USED WITH

You remove a Borthuum Mining Company scrip from in your sage green bodice.
Elginor asks, "You'd like to purchase some masterwork plate armor fittings?  
That will be 18750 silvers.  Is that acceptable, Bremerial?

BUY CONFIRM
Elginor accepts your scrip and gives you a new one.
Elginor rummages around for a moment and then hands you some masterwork plate armor 
fittings.

remove arm
You work your way out of some time-worn black armor.

armo pun adjust my armor
You adjust your black armor with your plate armor fittings, rearranging and reinforcing 
the armor to better protect against puncturing damage.

Roundtime: 20 sec.

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BENEFIT

Relatively minor damage from puncture weapon attacks:

Some time-worn black armor partially deflects the onslaught of the puncture attack.
A triton combatant thrusts with an oak-shafted silvery blue trident at you!
  AS: +403 vs DS: +159 with AvD: +11 + d100 roll: +73 = +328
   ... and hits for 12 points of damage!
   Minor puncture to the right leg.


NEGATIVE

Miss the benefits of armor reinforcement which alas I have to reduce to get 
Puncture resistance. Was getting 12 per bleeders. Not worth it.


Bleeding:
Area              Health per Round           Tended
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Chest                    12                    No
Right leg                6                     No