Morrowind:Medium Armor

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Skill: Medium Armor
Governing Attribute: Endurance
Specialization: Combat
Increase: Hit By Opponent: +1.0

Medium Armor skill lets one move and defend while wearing durable but flexible armors like chain, scale, bonemold, and Orcish armor. To use any style of armor effectively, the wearer must be trained, conditioned, and skilled in its use.

Contents 1 Character Creation 2 Trainers 3 Books 4 Notes 5 Armor

[edit] Character Creation

The following races receive bonuses to their Medium Armor skill:

• +10 bonus: Nord, Orc, +5 bonus: Argonian, Redguard

The following classes have Medium Armor as a Major skill:

• Barbarian, Pilgrim, Scout, Warrior

The following classes have Medium Armor as a Minor skill:

• Archer, Bard, Crusader, Knight, Rogue, Sorceror, Spellsword

[edit] Trainers There is no Master Trainer for Medium Armor. It was supposed to be Cinia Urtius, who would appear at the docks at Tel Fyr. Unfortunately, due to a glitch, she never does appear, so she is unavailable for training. Other notable trainers are: Khargol gro-Boguk in the Vacant Tower in Dagon Fel (up to 82) Alfhedil Elf-Hewer in the Upper Level of Falensarano (up to 78) See Medium Armor Trainers for the complete list.

[edit] Books The following books will increase your Medium Armor skill: Cherim's Heart of Anequina Bone, Part One Bone, Part Two 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 22 36 Lessons of Vivec, Sermon 33

[edit] Notes

• Of the three armor skills, Medium Armor arguably has the most drawbacks. First of all, the variety of medium armor is much smaller than that of light or heavy armor. Secondly, the highest-rated medium armor in the unexpanded game is still inferior to the highest rated light and heavy armors in terms of defense rating. Your highest possible armor rating when wearing the best medium armor available at maxed skill is 145, vs. 168 for light armor or 266 for heavy. Also, the best-rated medium armor available (Indoril armor) is lacking greaves, so if you want the best you can get, you'll have to use Orcish Greaves, which don't match. And it's also worth noting that talking to an Ordinator while wearing the Indoril Helmet or Cuirass will cause them to put you on their death-list for the rest of your life. And on top of all that, the skill lacks a Master Trainer. Most of these issues are mitigated by the medium armor found in the Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansions, however.
• On the positive side, it does provide a balance of protection and speed which will suit some character types and play styles, particularly during early and mid levels when a character wouldn't have easy access to the best light or heavy armor.
• The best sets of medium armor (including those found in the Tribunal expansion) are much lighter than the best set of heavy armor while still giving stronger protection than the best light armor types.
• The best unique cuirass in the game, the Ebony Mail, is medium class and has a 333 maximum AR (though this only counts for the cuirass portion of your total AR). This means that a character with the best equipment in the game would need to maximize their medium armor skill as well as their heavy armor skill to reach the highest legitimate armor value possible.

[edit] Armor

Medium Armor is defined by the following weight values: Armor Type Weight Boots >12.0, ≤18.0 Cuirass >18.0, ≤27.0 Greaves, Shield >9.0, ≤13.5 Bracer, Gauntlet, Helmet >3.0, ≤4.5 Pauldron >6.0, ≤9.0

There are three classes of Medium Armor. They are as follows: Armor Class Rating Bonemold 94.4 15 Orcish 99.55 30 Indoril 94.0 45

See Base Armor for more details.

Skills in Morrowind
Combat:	Armorer | Athletics | Axe | Block | Blunt Weapon | Heavy Armor | Long Blade | Medium Armor | Spear
Magic:	Alchemy | Alteration | Conjuration | Destruction | Enchant | Illusion | Mysticism | Restoration | Unarmored
Stealth:	Acrobatics | Hand-to-hand | Light Armor | Marksman | Mercantile | Security | Short Blade | Sneak | Speechcraft