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Armor
The armor section lists armor by decreasing Armor Class (AC) for humans (padded, leather, studded leather, hide, scale, brigandine, chain, banded, splint, and the different plate types) then for other races (gnomish workman's leather, elven chain, drow chain, dwarven plate). This is followed by a page on shields (buckler, small shield, medium shield, body shield) which grant a plus one to AC and another on helms (cap, coif, open-face helmet, close-face helmet, great helm) which do not grant an AC bonus but can protect against called head shots and, in some games, critical hits.
Equipment for Mounts
This section covers barding: armor for horses and other large animals used as mounts in dangerous situations. The different pieces of armor historically used for horses are covered. Armor is listed by weight. These categories are the same for human armor (padded and leather are light, scale and chain are medium, splint and plate are heavy, etc). The rest of the section covers tack and harness.
Weapons
The weapons section covers weapons from the commonplace to the exotic. Both melee and ranged weapons are covered. In addition to the many variations on the standard weapons (clubs, bows, swords, polearms, axes, maces, flails, slings, staffs), some non-traditional items covered include belaying pins, caltrops, cestus, gaffs, mancatchers and saps. Exotic weapons include the blow gun, bola, javelin, lasso, scourge, trident and whip.
Equipment and Clothing
The equipment section includes information on the following mundane items: backpack, block and tackle, crampons, clawed gloves and shoes, flint and steel, grappling hook, healer's bag, housebreaker harness, lantern, locks, provisions, ropes, thieves' tools, waterskins and weaponblack. The clothing section covers the types of clothing worn by the different economic classes, the types of fabric used in medieval times and articles of clothing that are no longer common.