Reinforced Leather Armor

About the Reinforced Leather Armor

Honest, unglamorous protection for people who work dangerous jobs, reinforced leather armor layers cured hide or synthetic equivalents over a hardened plating and stitches in strategic panels of durable composite at the chest, shoulders, and flanks. It is the armor of the frontier: cheap enough for a homesteader to afford, tough enough to turn a blade or a beast's claws, and quiet enough not to mark its wearer as a soldier. What it gives in coverage it takes in mobility, its stiffer construction slowing the quick and the acrobatic. But for guards, hunters, caravan hands, and settlers who cannot dream of powered plate, it strikes a practical balance. Every scuff and repair on a well-worn suit tells the story of a hard life survived. It will not stop a determined blaster bolt, but it has saved more frontier lives than any factory could count.