Heavy Armour Use

Heavy Armour Use Martial Basic 240 hours This skill enables someone to wear heavy armour properly. It covers how to put on, wear, and fight in heavy armour for best effect without undue penalty. Those trained in this skill suffer no combat penalties for the use of heavy armour—except for movement which is ½ normal and a -2 penalty to initiative, although some penalties may apply for the use of skills requiring freedom of motion such as acrobatics, climbing, running, or sneaking. This skill is needed to gain any armour class bonuses from the armour. Note that heavy armour is not necessarily the same as a heavy load. Adding lots of baggage can drop you into the very heavy or heroic categories, so be careful. This skill may be learned in half the normal time if you also know Medium Armour Use.