How many armor are in the D&D 5e SRD?

The SRD lists 42 entries in the Armor category. The SRD is the free subset of the rules, so the published books contain more.

Are these armor available to buy in D&D 5e?

Mundane equipment has a listed price and is generally available wherever it would plausibly be sold. Magic items are a campaign decision — many tables allow consumables to be bought freely while restricting permanent items to adventure rewards. Settle it before the party has money.

Where can I get printable cards for these?

Every entry on this page links to its full rules text. If you would rather hand players a physical card than have them look items up, the MakeMythic illustrated item card decks cover the magic items as printable cards.

D&D 5e Armor: Full SRD List

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42 results

What's in armor

42 entries, of which 29 are magic items and 13 are ordinary equipment. 13 carry a listed price, from 5 to 1,500 gp. 20 require attunement, which is the practical limit on how many of them one character can actually use. The spread between the cheap and expensive end of a category is usually where the interesting choices sit, because that is where a player is trading money against capability.

Using armor at the table

Browsing a category rather than a single item is most useful when you are stocking something — a shop's shelves, a hoard, or a starting loadout. Seeing the whole armor list at once shows you the price and power spread, which is what tells you whether an item is a reasonable find at the party's tier or an outlier that will stand out. It is also the fastest way to answer the question players actually ask, which is what else is available rather than what does this one do.

What to watch for

Two things distort a category list. Cost bands cluster, so the gap between the cheap and expensive end of a category is usually where the interesting decisions live. And attunement is invisible until you read each entry — a shelf of items that all require it is effectively a shelf with three usable items on it, because a character can only attune to three at a time.

Common questions

How many armor are in the D&D 5e SRD?: The SRD lists 42 entries in the Armor category. The SRD is the free subset of the rules, so the published books contain more.
Are these armor available to buy in D&D 5e?: Mundane equipment has a listed price and is generally available wherever it would plausibly be sold. Magic items are a campaign decision — many tables allow consumables to be bought freely while restricting permanent items to adventure rewards. Settle it before the party has money.
Where can I get printable cards for these?: Every entry on this page links to its full rules text. If you would rather hand players a physical card than have them look items up, the MakeMythic illustrated item card decks cover the magic items as printable cards.

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