Scale armour

Scale Armour is actually an oddball. It isn't really a complete set of armour. Instead, it is more a upgrade for the chest and head part of the Chain Armour. In these places however, the Scale Armour does good work, and protects even better. Almost all weaker weapons a simply deflected by the scales, making it a very good protection. On the negative side, it is more expensive and heavier than the chain variant, only useable for the more wealthy and stronger warrior.

By Ultima VII, a complete set Scale Armour contains these parts:
 * Scale Armour
 * Closed Helmet

For the other body parts, pieces from other armour classes have to be used, because they don't exist in a scale variant.

History
First appearing in Ultima V, not much new came to this armour, as it seems to be only a gap-filler. Only the helmet in Ultima VII was new. Otherwise, nothing much changed.