Bomb Suit

World of Darkness - Armory

A bomb suit is a huge, clunky vest that covers a subject’s entire upper torso (arms included, if he wants to squeeze them behind the armor). Essentially, it’s one big Kevlar body blanket, interlaid with heavy ceramic plates. These plates function by absorbing an explosion and then breaking. The bomb suit protects against rifle rounds and explosives particularly well, but it’s exceedingly cumbersome. Once the ceramic plates shatter, the suit has to be refitted with plates before it can again become fully functional. Assume that an explosion that does four or more lethal points of damage will shatter the plates in the bomb suit. At this point, the bomb suits downgrades to a particularly cumbersome bulletproof vest with a Rating of 2/3.
Bomb squads in major metropolitan areas are well funded enough to afford a number of these heavy suits. Squads in suburban areas may have one, and police precincts in rural areas probably don’t even have a bomb squad.

Item type

Armor

Base Price

Cost: •••••

Rating: 3/6
Strength: 3
Defense: –3
Speed: –3