O-yoroi (great armor):
The o-yoroi is a complete suit of laced armor.
It includes
kote,
do-maru,
sode,
haidate,
kabuto, and
sune-ate.
In addition, it has a number of smaller pieces including the mempo
(face mask), nodawa (neck
guard), wakibiki (armpit guards), sendan-no-ita and hato-wo-no-ita
(guards for the front of the armpit). The
o-yoroi is made as a matched set, the colors and patterns complimenting
each other. This also improves the fit
of the armor, giving the o-yoroi a better AC than a collection of unmatched
pieces.
Since o-yoroi are expensive and highly decorative, they are often worn
for ceremonial occasions or
major battles, but are seldom used in everyday situations.
ARMOR CLASS: 3
BULK: bulky
BASE WEIGHT: 40#
MOVEMENT: 6"
COST: 20 ch'ien (100 gp)