Weights and Measures

A lot of the historical stuff in the AD&D 2e PHB is just plain wrong. Now, that's not a slam against my most beloved edition, just a simple truism. As a medievalist, I have a lot of information at my fingertips that the creators of the Second Edition did not.

The most inaccurate section of the books is the classification of armor and the weights of swords. I have here, then, a reformed 10th Age armor list. Of note also are the misnomers by which some of the weapons are known (as well as a great number of the armors). The appending of "mail" to the end of various types of armor is completely apocryphal  as is the additions of "chain" in the phrase "chain mail" -- more commonly known either as chain armor or simply mail. The "longsword" of AD&D should also be known as an arming sword. This weapon should weigh around 1.5kgs which we can round to an easy 2lbs.

Armor Type	Cost	Weight	Regions Available
Banded Armor	650gp	35 lbs.	Ancient Miles, Graves, urban centers
Brigandine/Coat of Plates	N/A	35 lbs.	Not Available
Bronze Plate Armor	400gp	45 lbs.	Ancient Tombs
Mail	75pg	65 lbs.	Everywhere
Field plate armor	10,000gp	70 lbs.	Great urban centers
“Gothic” plate armor	N/A	50 lbs.	Not available
Hide Armor	15gp	30 lbs.	Everywhere
Leather Armor	5gp	15 lbs.	Everywhere
Padded/Quilted Armor	4gp	10 lbs.	Everywhere
Ring Armor	100gp	30 lbs.	Valelan lands only
Scale Armor	120gp	40 lbs.	Everywhere, particularly elvish lands
Splint Armor	450gp	40 lbs.	Eastern urban centers, Miles
Studded Leather Armor	20gp	25 lbs.	Everywhere
Helms
Spangenhelm/Skullcap (aventail assumed)	5gp	5 lbs.	Everywhere
Great Helm	30gp	10 lbs.	Everywhere
Basinet	8 gp	5 lbs.	Miles, other urban centers
Shields
Body/Tower/Kite	10gp	15 lbs.	Everywhere
Buckler	1gp	3 lbs.	Everywhere
Medium Shield (heater or round)	7gp	10 lbs.	Everywhere
Small Shield (roundshield only)	3gp	5 lbs.	Everywhere