Difference between revisions of "Shardplate"

=== Protection ===

Shardplate provides protection from impact caused by a weapon or from a fall.{{book ref|sa1|12}} The individual wearing the Plate is able to feel impacts from within the armor, but their force is greatly reduced. The sensation of touch, however, is transferred through the fingers of the gauntlets, allowing the wearer to feel fine detail.{{book ref|sa1|69}} Shardplate is durable enough to withstand gunshots.{{wob ref|3561}} Shardplate is also highly conductive and transmits electricity like a Faraday cage -- allowing electricity to flow through the plate and not the body -- protecting the wearer from attacks by [[Regal#Stormform|stormform Regals]].{{wob ref|10969}} Shardplates are very heavy and thus it is hard to trip or stumble the Shardbearer.

 

Shardplate differs from ordinary armor in that it can stop blows from [[Shardblade]]s or other highly Invested attacks.{{wob ref|6927}}{{book ref|tsm|47}} This capacity is not unlimited, as damage can still crack and even break the Plate with repeated blows.{{book ref|sa1|58}}{{book ref|tsm|48}} But Shardplate is one of the few materials that can block or resist a Shardblade strike to any degree, apart from another Shardblade or a [[half-shard]].{{book ref|sa1|prologue}}{{book ref|sa1|22}} Sharplate is also designed to maintain temperature and life support, and is strong enough to protect a user from heat that could burn a person alive in seconds.{{book ref|tsm|47}}