Rules Questions Archive/Armor and Clothing


 * 1) Armor Stacking: You may only benefit from one instance of each armor modification or bonus. This includes Gel Packs, Concealability, Limit Increases, and Specialized Protections. The Custom Fit (Stack) trait allows you to add the armor accessory rating of an armor with both a base and accessory rating to your armor total instead of replacing the base piece’s rating, but does not allow for the stacking of other effects. When choosing which instance of a bonus/effect to apply, use your outermost armor’s, except for Specialized Protections, which can use the highest rating when called for.
 * 2) Civilian clothing: you are assumed to have available streetwear based on your lifestyle level for general use. If you intend to dress better than someone in your lifestyle usually can, you’ll need to buy the desired level of clothing manually.
 * 3) Gel Packs are treated as a binary yes or no bonus, and can only be applied to primary armors. The flavor text about tracking isotopes is not used on this server.
 * 4) Gel Packs go on the exterior of an armor, making any stealth coating on that armor less effective. (Ruthenium Polymer Coating or Voidblack Coating) We interpret this as a 2 point reduction in whatever bonus or penalty the armor applies for its sneaking purposes. This reduction also applies if you are wearing separate gear or armor pieces not integrated into the armor (making full-body RPC function like base RPC).
 * 5) You may wear up to three layers of armor, if the bottom layer is a skintight armor and the exterior armor is a coat or cloak type. You still can only use one armor rating and any applicable Amor +Ratings are restricted by the encumbrance rules. All helmets, including the FBA helmet, apply to encumbrance. You can wear Forearm Guards on top of full body armors, but not PPP.
 * 6) The Ares Victory: Industrious has its corporation selected on purchase.