Scale armour

Scale armour is a armour which is made by interlinking a series of small metal scales together in an overlapping fashion over a leather gamebson, such as that they resemble the scales of a reptile. Such armour appears in, , and.

Description
Scale armour was never amongst the most popular forms of equipment in Britannia, and generally only scale haubereons were available, commercially with additional bodily protection having to be afforded by other types of raiment. On average, scale armour protected the body about as effectively as chain, despite being somewhat heavier.

Protective Value

 * In Ultima V chain armour has a defensive rating of 4.
 * In Ultima VI chain armour has a defensive rating of 4.

and
In Ultima VII and Serpent Isle (SI), a complete set of scale armour contains the following pieces. The numbers listed after indicate the relative effectiveness of the armour in both games and the warmth rating: