View source for Darksteel Cuirass Set

[[Category:Armor Sets]]
See also [[Darksteel Cuirass +1 Set]].

'''Number of Pieces:''' 5<br>
'''Cost to store:''' ''Cannot be stored''

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|title1= Darksteel Armet
|title2= Darksteel Cuirass
|title3= Darksteel Gauntlets
|title4= Darksteel Cuisses
|title5= Darksteel Sabatons
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|tooltip=true
}}

===Set Summary===
*{{stat|Defense|+140}}
*'''[[MP]]''' +40
*'''[[STR]]''' +3
*'''[[DEX]]''' +2
*'''[[VIT]]''' +2
*'''[[AGI]]''' +2
*'''[[INT]]''' +2
*'''[[MND]]''' -1
*{{Resist Light}} +10
*{{Resist Dark}} +10

==Historical Background==
A cuirass (from the Latin ''coriaceus'', meaning made of leather, and further from the Latin word ''corium'' which was a leather breastplate), is the plate armor formed of a single piece of metal or other rigid material or composed of two or more pieces, which covers the front of the wearer's person. In a suit of armor, however, since this important piece was generally worn in connection with a corresponding defence for the back, the term cuirass commonly is understood to imply the complete body-armor, including both the breast and the back plates. Thus this complete body armor appears in the Middle Ages frequently to have been described as a pair of plates. A related item, the [[Corselet]], is a comparatively light cuirass.