Plasteel armor
Four pieces of plasteel armor—helm, body armor, gloves, and boots—are added in the Jedi patch for SLASH'EM (incorporated into the variants Slash'EM Extended and SLASHTHEM and available as an independent patch). These make up the iconic armor of the stormtrooper and, along with a heavy machine gun or submachine gun and ammunition, are part of their automatic starting inventory in the patch.
All articles of plasteel armor are made of plastic. As such, none of them except the body armor impede spellcasting, and the body armor interferes significantly less than comparable metallic armor.
Origin
Plasteel is a fictional material from the Star Wars series. It is, as its name suggests, a compound of plastic and steel. More precisely, it is a plastic reinforced with the fictional alloy durasteel. The Imperial Stormtroopers' armor is made of thin plates of plasteel, lightweight but providing adequate protection against physical damage.
Plasteel is also the name of a durable steel compound in the Dune universe, as well as a real-life composite of steel and fiberglass used to make automobile chassis.
Plasteel helm
| [ plasteel helm | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | plasteel helm |
| Slot | helm |
| AC | 3 |
| Special | (none) |
| Base price | 20 zm |
| Weight | 6 |
| Material | plastic |
The plasteel helm has a natural armor class of 3, one point more than the best regular helm, the dwarvish iron helm. However, the plasteel helm covers the entire head and lacks a visor, which imposes some restrictions on its wearer.
While wearing a plasteel helm, you cannot:
- Eat comestibles or quaff potions
- Put on or remove a face covering (pair of lenses, blindfold, towel)
To do any of these things you must take off the helmet. A cursed plasteel helm can therefore be a nuisance or even a threat if the wearer has to eat or drink but has no way to uncurse his/her helm.
Also, a player polymorphed into a (master) mind flayer will find that (s)he will not be able to wear a plasteel helm because it will not fit over his/her tentacles.
Plasteel armor
| [ plasteel armor | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | plasteel armor |
| Slot | body armor |
| AC | 6 |
| Special | (none) |
| Base price | 80 zm |
| Weight | 150 |
| Material | plastic |
Plasteel body armor has a natural armor class of 6, equivalent to splint mail, banded mail, bronze plate mail, or the dwarvish mithril coat, but weighs significantly less than any of them—with the exception of the dwarvish mail, which weighs the same. Being made of plastic, it interferes less with spellcasting than any of these armors, but it does not provide any magic cancellation.
Plasteel gloves
| [ plasteel gloves | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | white gloves |
| Slot | gloves |
| AC | 2 |
| Special | (none) |
| Base price | 25 zm |
| Weight | 9 |
| Material | plastic |
A user has suggested improving this page or section as follows:
"Confirm: Is the appearance of plasteel gloves randomized, or are they always "white gloves"?"
Plasteel gloves have a natural armor class of 2, one point more than leather gloves, and weigh even less than leather gloves. They will not rot, but they can burn.
Plasteel boots
| [ plasteel boots | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | plasteel boots |
| Slot | boots |
| AC | 2 |
| Special | (none) |
| Base price | 25 zm |
| Weight | 8 |
| Material | plastic |
Plasteel boots are equivalent to iron shoes and high boots, with a natural armor class of 2, but weigh significantly less than either (8 units, compared to 25 and 20, respectively).
References
Reference: Benjamin Schieder's Jedi Patch
