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For the spell, see Armor (spell).

Armor is a mechanic in Shadowrun.

The maximum amount of armor without spells or cyberware is 10.
Outfits are the primary means of obtaining better armor. There are Spells that can increase armor or reduce it by a fixed amount (Leylines only increase duration). Cyberware can also increase armor.
It does not affect some spells like Manabolt. If the spell item has the flag isMagic: true, resistance against these spells comes only from Willpower, physical cover and magic cover spells.
In Shadowrun Returns it makes characters harder to hit, but does not reduce damage.
From Shadowrun: Dragonfall to Shadowrun: Hong Kong it reduces damage taken by a character at a rate of 1 per unit of armor.
Armor can be countered by the offensive item's forceRating. However, forceRating does not stack with the core specialization damage bonus in the trilogy. That means the game engine will not consider the specialization bonus for criticals if the item has got a forceRating > 0. In Shadowrun Returns it is recommendable to use a greater than zero attackRatingMod in the ability sheet to counter armor, because it affects to-hit chance and it stacks with specialization bonus. However, items with forceRating > 0 could be a good choice for low-level characters that have specialization < item.forceRating.
In Shadowrun: Dragonfall and Shadowrun: Hong Kong the ability sheet can include rpReduce: x to strip x armor and rpPenetrate: x to bypass armor by x units.

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 * In [[Shadowrun Returns]] it makes characters harder to hit, but does not reduce damage.
 * From [[Shadowrun: Dragonfall]] to [[Shadowrun: Hong Kong]] it reduces damage taken by a character at a rate of 1 per unit of armor.
+*Armor can be countered by the offensive '''item'''<nowiki/>'s '''forceRating'''. However, forceRating does '''not''' stack with the core [[Skills and specializations|specialization]] damage bonus in the trilogy. That means the game engine will not consider the specialization bonus for criticals if the '''item''' has got a forceRating > 0. In [[Shadowrun Returns]] it is recommendable to use a greater than zero '''attackRatingMod''' in the ability sheet to counter armor, because it affects to-hit chance and it stacks with specialization bonus. However, items with '''forceRating''' > 0 could be a good choice for low-level characters that have specialization < item.forceRating.
-*Armor can be countered by the offensive item's '''forceRating'''.
+*In  [[Shadowrun: Dragonfall]] and [[Shadowrun: Hong Kong]] the '''ability''' sheet can include '''rpReduce: x''' to strip x armor and '''rpPenetrate: x''' to bypass armor by x units.