Dungeons and Dragons – Mystara
Magical Item – Armour Overview
Source: Dungeon Masters Guide (dmg) and Xanathar’s Guide to Everything (xge)
Armour Overview Items:
- Random Armour Tables
- Common Armour
- Uncommon Armour
- Rare Armour
- Very Rare Armour
- Legendary Armour
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Unless an armour’s description says otherwise, armour must be worn for its magic to function. Some suits of magic armour specify the type of armour they are, such as chain mail or plate. If a magic armour doesn’t specify its armour type, you may choose the type or determine it randomly.

Random Armour Tables
d4 Random Armour Table
- Light Armour
- Medium Armour
- Heavy Armour
- Shield
d4 Light Armour Table
- Padded
- Leather
- Studded Leather
- Player Choice
d6 Medium Armour Table
- Breastplate
- Chain Shirt
- Half-Plate
- Hide
- Scale Mail
- Player Choice
d6 Heavy Armour Table
- Chain Mail
- Plate
- Ring Mail
- Splint
- or More Player Choice
d6 Shield Table
- Horned
- Knife
- Standard
- Sword
- Tusked
- Normal
Common Armour
Common Item Value
Price: (1d6+1) x10 gp (20 to 70 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 50 gp or 25 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.
Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed
Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human
Common Magical Items – Armours, Shields and Helms
(6 items)
Random Choice (1d3) (1 Armour, 2 Shield, 3 Helms)
Common Armours – (1) Armour of Gleaming (Human), (2) Cast-Off Armour (Human), (3) Smouldering Armour (Genasi), (4) Tailored Suit of Armour (enp-etaa)
Random Choice (1d4)
Common Shields – (1) Shield of Expression (Human),
Random Choice (none)
Common Helms – (1) Dread Helm (Human),
Random Choice (none)
Uncommon Armour
Uncommon Item Value
Price: (1d6) x100 gp (100 to 600 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 400 gp or 200 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.
Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed
Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human
Uncommon Magical Items – Armours, Shields and Helms
(10 items)
Random Choice (1d4) (1 Armour, 2 Shield, 3 Helms, 4 Other)
Uncommon Armours – (1) Adamantine Armour (Dwarven), (2) Mariner’s Armour (Genasi), (3) Mithril Armour (Dwarven & Elven),
Random Choice (d3)
Uncommon Shields – (1) Sentinel Shield (Human), (2) Shield Enhancement +1 (Giant),
Random Choice (d2)
Uncommon Helms – (1) Helm of Comprehending Languages (Human), (2) Helm of Telepathy (Human), (3) Helm of Underwater Action (Genasi),
Random Choice (d3)
Uncommon Other Armour – (1) Bracers of Archery (Elven), (2) Gauntlets of Ogre Power (Dwarven),
Random Choice (d2)
Rare Armour
Rare Item Value
Price: 2d10 x1,000 gp (2,000 to 20,000) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 12,000 gp or 6,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.
Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed
Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human
Rare Magical Items – Armours, Shields and Helms
(13 items)
Random Choice (1d4) (1 Armour, 2 Shield, 3 Helms, 4 Other)
Rare Amours – (1) Armour Enhancement +1 (Giant), (2) Armour of Resistance (Giant), (3) Armour of the Dragon (GM), (4) Armour of Vulnerability (Genasi), (5) Elven Chain (Elven), (6) Glamoured Armour (Human),
Random Choice (d6)
Rare Shields – (1) Arrow-Catching Shield (Human), (2) Shield of Missile Attraction (R GM), (3) Shield Enhancement +2 (R GM), (4) Shield of the Dragon (R GM)
Random Choice (d4)
Rare Helms – (1) Helm of Teleportation (Giant),
Rare Other Armour – (1) Black Gauntlet (R GM), (2) Bracers of Defence (Giant),
Very Rare Armour
Very Rare Item Value
Price: (1d4+1) x10,000 gp (20,000 to 50,000 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 30,000 gp or 15,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.
Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed
Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human
Very Rare Magical Items – Armours, Shields and Helms
(20 items)
Random Choice (1d4) (1 Armour, 2 Shield, 3 Helms, 4 Other)
Very Rare Armour – (1) Armour Enhancement +2 (Giant), (2) Blackflame Armour (R GM), (3) Demon Armour (Genasi), DRAGON SCALE MAIL – ((4) Black (Dragon), (5) Blue (Dagon), (6) Brass (Dragon), (7) Bronze (Dragon), (8) Copper (Dragon), (9) Gold (Dragon), (10) Green (Dragon), (11) Red (Dragon), (12) Silver (Dragon), (13) White (Dragon)), (14) Dwarven Clan Plate (Dwarven),
Very Rare Shield – (1) Animated Shield (Elven), (2) Dwarven Shield (R GM), (3) Shield Enhancement +3 (R GM), (4) Spellguard Shield (R GM),
Very Rare Helms – (1) Dwarven Helm (R GM), (2) Helm of Brilliance (Gnome),
Legendary Armour
Legendary Item Value
Price: (2d6) x25,000 gp (50,000 to 300,000 gp) – 50% for consumable items
Base Price: 100,000 gp or 50,000 gp for expendable
Expendable Items can be attuned on use, at the cost of a random attuned item and slot.
Cursed Items auto attune on use and replace a random attuned item and slot.
Magical Items
C – Common, U – Uncommon, R – Rare, VR – Very Rare, L – Legendary, A – Artefact, Cu – Cursed
Racial Items Link
Dragonkind, Dwarven, Elven, Genasi, Giant, Gnome, Halfling, Human
Legendary Magical Items – Armours, Shields and Helms
(11 items)
Random Choice (1d4) (1 Armour, 2 Shield, 3 Helms, 4 Other)
Legendary Armour – (1) Armour Enhancement +3 (Giant), (2) Armour of Invulnerability (Dwarven), (3) Dragon Scale Mail – Amber (Dragon, (4) Dragon Scale Mail – Crystal (Dragon), (5) Dragon Scale Mail – Emerald (Dragon), (6) Dragon Scale Mail – Onyx (Dragon), (7) Dragon Scale Mail – Ruby (Dragon), (8) Dragon Scale Mail – Sapphire (Dragon), (9) Efreeti Chain (Genasi), (10) Plate Armour of Etherealness (R GM),
Legendary Shields – (1) Shield of the Fathers (br208),
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