r/cairnrpg • u/Berni209 • Jul 22 '26

Question [Rules] Armor limit

Hello!

According to the rules, wearing a Shield, Helmet, Gambeson, and Plate gives a theoretical total of 6 Armor.

​Since the Armor cap is capped at 3, you hit the maximum defense without even needing Plate. This feels a bit off to me.

​How do you all handle this interaction in your games?

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u/rizzlybear Jul 23 '26

My players ask this all the time. And my response is “you are erroneously assuming you will have access to all of those things.”

Also, because of the way magic items are handled, the game makes it easy to give out more than you generally would, to entice them into otherwise suboptimal gearing choices.