Silk Vest
Silk Vest (TL6). A thickly padded silk vest of the type often worn by affluent gentlemen. Most observers who notice it are unlikely to assume that it's armor. A famous example is the tightly woven vest that Catholic priest Casimir Zeglen developed after the 1893 murder of a popular Chicago mayor. The London Daily Mail reported that none other than Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Hapsburg dynasty, was wearing such a vest the day he was assassinated; other accounts suggest that he declined to wear it in Sarajevo’s stifling heat. Regardless, the bullet struck him in the neck and he bled to death in minutes from a severed jugular vein. During the Russo-Japanese War, 50,000 vests with a steel plate sandwiched between silk padding were issued to Russian troops.
| TL | Armor | Location | DR | Cost | Weight | LC | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Silk Vest + Steel Plate |
torso torso |
4/2* +5F |
$800 +$400 |
6 +6 |
4 4 |
[1, 2] — |
Notes:
- [1] Concealable as or under clothing.
- [2] Split DR: use the first, higher DR against piercing and cutting attacks; use the second, lower DR against all other damage types.