About armor descriptions (plate) names
Ornament does the heavy lifting in these results, from greaves with "a large sharkfin-like spike attached to each outer side" to shoulders bearing "a metal bull head on each side, both with a ring through its nose". Details at this level suit a named knight, a tournament rival, or a suit displayed in a lord's hall, where the reader should recognize the wearer by silhouette alone.
How armor descriptions (plate) names are built
This builds a plate armor set in words, not a name. Five sentence templates move down the body: the helmet, the shoulders, the arms (rerebraces and vambraces), the breastplate, then the legs (cuisses and greaves). They draw from 14 trait banks, including a 112-entry helmet-attachment pool, an 84-entry shoulder-decoration pool and a 40-entry vambrace-detail pool. Roll each region and the suit composes into one worn set.
Crowning the set is a visored armet, the face shielded by a forked snout-bar dividing the breath ports, and swinging visor latches rotate clear on a single pivot.
region: helmet + traits: helm type + face defense + attachment
the helmet line fixes the helm style, face defense and fittings
The spaulders rise rounded and high-set, reaching out to the edge of the deltoid, finished with a fan of raised heraldic bosses.
region: shoulders + traits: shape + reach + decoration
the shoulder line sets silhouette and a forged heraldic decoration
Across the chest runs a cuirass of hammered cuirass plate left raw, which covers the chest while the flanks ride bare.
region: breastplate + traits: material + coverage
the breastplate line sets construction and which areas it actually protects
Naming notes
The decoration banks lean toward worked steel detail, fans of raised heraldic bosses, crests of fluted ridge lines, stepped temple flanges and forked snout-bars, so the output reads as a knight's or champion's harness. Each region is independent, so you can keep a visored armet while re-rolling the high-set spaulders. The breastplate line notes coverage and where the flanks ride bare, which is useful art direction; greaves and cuisses close out the legs. Use it as a flavour line for a stat block or as a brief for armor art.
Questions about armor descriptions (plate) names
- Does this name a plate harness or describe one?
- It describes one. Each pull returns prose about one region of a plate set, helmet, shoulders, arms, breastplate or legs, so you build a full harness by rolling the regions rather than getting a name.
- How do I describe a complete suit?
- Roll once per region and read in order: helmet, shoulders, arms, breastplate, then legs. The five independent lines combine into one worn plate set.
- How does this differ from the leather armor builder?
- Same five-region structure, different materials. Plate uses cuisses and greaves on the legs and forged-metal heraldry for decoration, where leather favours layered hide, fur skirts and bone trims.