Knight

Requirements: None

You can make use of armor to defend yourself.

Level 1. You can wear non-heavy armor without incurring the nonmagical negative modifiers to hit given by your armor.

Level 2. While wearing non-heavy armor, you ignore up to -4 of nonmagical negative modifiers to dodge given by your armor.

Level 3. You have +1 to DR while wearing armor.

Ascendant Knight

Ascendancy Requirements: Knight 3, one of Juggernaut 3 or Defender 3

You have mastered armoring yourself far beyond that of any ordinary warrior.

Level 4. You have +1 to DR while wearing armor.

Level 5. While wearing non-heavy armor, you ignore all nonmagical negative modifiers to dodge given by your armor. You gain +2 to dodge while wearing heavy armor, this bonus cannot increase your dodge, past its normal bonus, it only reduces a negative modifier.

Level 6. You can make Custom Mail,  a specialized set of armor that will pass for ordinary clothing. Another creature can make a [U] roll (your [A] or higher to succeed) to determine whether you are wearing armor while you are wearing Custom Mail, if the roll fails, they think you are wearing just clothing. You can make custom mail for other creatures, but it functions as a Chain Shirt for them, only retaining its appearance. The crafting recipe and statistics for this armor are listed below:

Custom Mail: (Blacksmith's Forge) Crafting (Armor). 12 hours. Cost: metal chains x3, leather strap x2, animal hide x1, pure metal x2.

Custom Mail: Non-Heavy. +4 DR, -0 to hit. -0 to dodge.