Leather Tassets

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Leather Tassets Armor Where the Hits Land Tassets are thigh armor: overlapping plates that hang from the waist and guard the upper legs, the piece that continues your armor below the belt. Epic Armoury's are full grain leather or suede, built in layered, riveted segments that move with every step, lunge, and sprint, because thighs are among the most-hit target zones in LARP combat and the most commonly bare ones. If your torso is armored and your legs aren't, this is the gap in your kit, and in many rulesets it's a gap that costs you hit points. Two Designs, Two Characters Ranger Tassets: Woven-pattern leatherwork in warm brown tones, the look of a scout, hunter, or wandering blade who made their armor rather than looted it. Pairs naturally with leather armors and earth-toned kits. Shadow Armour Tassets: Layered black segments with a silhouette that means business: assassins, dark knights, mercenary captains, and anyone whose reputation arrives first. Built to match our Shadow Armour line for a complete kit, and just as strong over plain black clothing. Both hang from the waist and adjust to your build, sit over trousers or skirts alike, and stay clear of your stride and your scabbard. Leather or Suede? Same designs, two finishes. Classic leather takes a polish, sheds rain and mud easily, and reads as hardened armor. Suede carries a matte, weathered depth that swallows light and looks lived-in from day one: the rougher, quieter choice for characters who don't want to gleam. Protection and construction are identical, so the choice is purely which story your kit tells. Why Tassets Beat Full Leg Armor Full greaves and cuisses protect more but cost weight, heat, and mobility, and most fights never reach your shins. Tassets are the efficient middle: they cover the thigh hit zone that actually gets targeted, add nothing to your legs themselves, and go on and off in seconds at the start and end of a fight day. For festival heat, long campaigns, and characters built on spee