Ratmas 2014 Day 12 - New Armor

On this 12th day of Ratmas, we are proud to introduce a new armor piece that will be incorporated into the Hunger Games to spice up combat and present new IC roleplaying opportunities.

This armor piece is called a vambrace, and it looks like this.

Some important things to know:

• The vambrace will be +5 FOREARMS ONLY, not biceps or hands. So if you receive a deep gash on left forearm for 8 damage, it will absorb 5 of that damage and you will only take 3.
• This is only a SINGLE vambrace; in inventories it will be listed as "left vambrace" or "right vambrace". The vambrace will only protect attacks on the side of the body it corresponds to.
• It is possible for tributes to equip both a left and a right vambrace, but not two lefts or two rights, and they would have to have both in their inventory. 
• IC-wise, vambraces can be written in as a reason for a blocked attack—if an attack on a tribute results in a block, that tribute can write that they raised their arm to catch the blow on the vambrace to protect their face. However, this is NOT a function of the armor itself, just a roleplaying option to make fight choreography more interesting. You cannot actually deflect an attack like "shallow cut on cheek" with a vambrace; it would just be written in as a reason for a blocked attack.

Expect to see these in the 69th Games. Enjoy, and Merry Ratmas!