Scale mail
Medium Armor
Cost: 50 gp
Armor Bonus: +5
Max Dex Bonus: +3
Armor Check Penalty: –4
Arcane Spell Failure Chance: 25%
Speed (30 ft.): 20 ft. Speed (20 ft.): 15 ft.
Weight: 30 lbs.
Source: Ultimate Equipment, p. 14
Description
Scale mail is made up of dozens of small, overlapping metal plates. Similar to both splint mail and banded mail, scalemail has a flexible arrangement of scales in an attempt to avoid hindering the wearer’s mobility, but at the expense of omitting additional protective layers of armor. A suit of scale mail includes gauntlets.