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+New items -- armor of lead
+This is intented to be craftable with smithery for moderate acid resistance.
+Presumably, one could craft a full set of leaden armor for good acid protection,
+but it would be heavy and give poor protection for everything else.
+armour/shield/lead_shield.arc
+armour/shield/lead_shield.base.111.png
+armour/shield/lead_shield.face
+armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.arc
+armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.base.111.png
+armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.face
+armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.arc
+armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.base.111.png
+armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.face
+formulae
+Daniel Hawkins 2020-09-07
+
 Prevent xp shenanigans with dip command by making empty containers be identified.
 Did all of them, rather than just empty water bottles, for consistency and future-proofing.
 potion/emptybottles.arc
-Daniel Hawkins
+Daniel Hawkins 2020-09-07
 
 New spell -- Searing Weapon
 Appears in spellbooks only at this point.
diff --git a/armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.arc b/armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.arc
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+Object lead_full_helmet
+nrof 1
+name full helmet
+name_pl full helmets
+title of lead
+client_type 271
+type 34
+face lead_fullhelmet.111
+Dex -1
+resist_physical 1
+resist_acid 20
+# Calculated using the density ratio of lead to iron
+weight 17313
+value 32000
+material 1024
+body_head -1
+gen_sp_armour 13
+end
diff --git a/armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.base.111.png b/armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.base.111.png
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diff --git a/armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.face b/armour/helmet/lead_fullhelmet.face
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+face lead_fullhelmet.111
+magicmap grey
+end
diff --git a/armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.arc b/armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.arc
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+Object lead_scale_mail
+nrof 1
+name scale mail
+name_pl scale mails
+title of lead
+client_type 253
+type 16
+face lead_scale_mail.111
+last_sp 8
+material 1032
+ac 1
+Dex -2
+resist_physical 5
+resist_acid 40
+# Calculated based on the density ratio of lead to iron
+weight 28855
+value 5000
+body_torso -1
+gen_sp_armour 15
+end
diff --git a/armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.base.111.png b/armour/mail/lead_scale_mail.base.111.png
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+face scale_mail.111
+magicmap black
+end
diff --git a/armour/shield/lead_shield.arc b/armour/shield/lead_shield.arc
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+# Lead reacts slowly with with hydrochloric and nitric acid, and does not react with sulphuric acid.
+# Presumably this means that lead could be used as a crafting material to create acid-resistant armor.
+# Though lead is soft, so it doesn't give an armor boost and is heavy, making it difficult to maneuver in.
+Object lead_shield
+nrof 1
+name shield
+name_pl shields
+title of lead
+client_type 261
+type 33
+face lead_shield.111
+Dex -1
+resist_acid 15
+item_power 1
+# This was calculated using the ratio of densities between lead and iron.
+weight 21641
+value 3000
+material 1032
+materialname lead
+body_arm -1
+end
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+face lead_shield.111
+magicmap orange
+end