Equipment

Armor

Armor is wear used to protect oneself. It grants AC and Damage Reductions, but it also penalizes certain checks and does poorly in heat. Each armor has an AC Bonus, a base cost (note: the actual cost to purchase or make the armor will depend on where you are.), a Weight, a Check Penalty (A penalty to Dexterity and Athletics checks), along with Damage Reductions for bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing (Flat values that subtract from each instance of damage).

Armor is equipped in layers, with a Lower and Upper layer. The combined weight of these layers may not exceed an amount of kilograms equal to your Strength x 4 + 16. Both slots may not have the same type of armor within them.
Finally, armor has properties, which can be found here.

Weapons

There are 5 columns within the weapons table. The name (name of the weapon), the damage, which included the dice along with the damage type, the approximate cost of the weapon, the weapons properties, and any special weapon-specific feats the weapon has. Weapons are used to make Attacks.

Certain weapons have multiple damage types at the same time, which is listed in the damage column. We refer to this type of damage as "Combined" damage (Abbreviated to Co.). The damage of these weapons has the lowest applicable damage reduction applied to them, for example, a Morningstar has combined Bludgeoning and Piercing damage, lets say your armor set has a 4B 3P 2S Damage Reduction setup. The piercing damage reduction would be applied, as its the lowest damage reduction in the combined damage.
This goes for all sources of damage reduction, including but not limited to armor, magic, abilities, and environmental effects.

Weapons with the Reach segment set as empty cannot be used in melee, weapons with a Reach may make melee attacks on opponents within said Reach. Certain larger weapons may not be able to fit in certain spaces. To tell how many feet worth of space is required to maneuvre and carry a weapon, subtract 3 from the reach.
If you are entering a space smaller than your reach-3, you may encounter difficulties with the weapon, such as not being able to turn with the weapon, or having to drop the weapon when crossing cramped spaces.
Weapon Properties

Shields

Various shields used to manually deflect attacks. Some shields, such as bucklers, are used to deflect slashing strikes, while others (such as the Aspis) are utilized against arrows, spears, or javelins. Shields get a shield bash attack, and as such may take weapon properties along with their own special Shield Properties. All shield bash attacks have a reach of 3 feet.
Weapon Properties