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'''Greaves''' are part of plate [[armor]] and cover the legs. An activated [[military]] dwarf set to use plate armor will use greaves if a set is available.
 
'''Greaves''' are part of plate [[armor]] and cover the legs. An activated [[military]] dwarf set to use plate armor will use greaves if a set is available.
  
They can be made from [[metal]] and [[bone]] but not from [[shell]]. "Greaves" are a single item, like "[[legging]]s" or "[[clothes|trousers]]" -  for one set of bone greaves you need 3 ''[[stacks]]'' of bones, no matter how many single bones are in the stacks; for one set of metal greaves you need 2 metal bars.
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They can be made from [[metal]] and [[bone]] but not from [[shell]]. "Greaves" are a single item, like "[[leggings]]" or "[[clothes|trousers]]" -  for one set of bone greaves you need 3 ''[[stack]]s'' of bones, no matter how many single bones are in the stacks; for one set of metal greaves you need 2 metal bars.
  
 
Elves may bring wooden greaves, which are useless as armor since they are sized too large for dwarves.  Dwarfs cannot manufacture them, but [[wood]] offers very poor [[Armor#Material|protection]] as armour anyway.
 
Elves may bring wooden greaves, which are useless as armor since they are sized too large for dwarves.  Dwarfs cannot manufacture them, but [[wood]] offers very poor [[Armor#Material|protection]] as armour anyway.

Revision as of 22:47, 18 September 2009

Greaves are part of plate armor and cover the legs. An activated military dwarf set to use plate armor will use greaves if a set is available.

They can be made from metal and bone but not from shell. "Greaves" are a single item, like "leggings" or "trousers" - for one set of bone greaves you need 3 stacks of bones, no matter how many single bones are in the stacks; for one set of metal greaves you need 2 metal bars.

Elves may bring wooden greaves, which are useless as armor since they are sized too large for dwarves. Dwarfs cannot manufacture them, but wood offers very poor protection as armour anyway.


The plate armor set: