Chainmail Bikini

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Chainmail Bikini

Forged from resilient metals and woven with protective enchantments, the chainmail bikini represents a stylish alternative to an otherwise drab and ordinary wardrobe.

Chic and glamorous, the chainmail bikini is a favorite of fashionable female adventurers who wish to not only look great while kicking butt, but who also want to make a fashion statement and flaunt their sex appeal. It has also proven popular with humanoids of the opposite gender, whose attentions have taken on a voyeuristic inclination.

The chainmail bikini is said to be the brain- and lovechild of an elven metalsmith who defied tradition to become an armorer, sometime model and fashion designer. From humble beginnings, the chainmail bikini has since become an iconic staple and image of fantasy, but this was not always so. The first prototype did not prove to be as popular as anticipated and the profit loss stemming from inattention almost bankrupted that mysterious elven genius.

With perseverance and advertisement through word of mouth, and trial testing by interested parties did the concept finally take flight. Virtually overnight, the multiple limitless worlds of D&D became hopelessly enamored.

Chainmail Bikini
This chic chainmail is finely crafted from a mithral, adamantine and silver alloy for maximal protection and maneuverability. The armor provides as much protection as a chain shirt but with a maximum Dex bonus of 8, no armor check penalty and no arcane spell failure chance. The armor is lighter than most and weighs only 10 lb.

Variations of the original model are trimmed with fur to afford protection against bitter chill and exude an enchantment similar to a ring of warmth.
Adventurers who opt for salacious and beguiling over practical can purchase chainmail bikinis molded from enchanted crystal or glass that tease rather than exhibit, showing nothing but giving the impression of having shown something/all.

Adventurers wearing enchanted crystal or glass chainmail bikinis have a 1d100 (1 in 50) chance of influencing others as though a charm person spell cast by a 12th level sorcerer.

These variations are more and much more expensive than the standard conventional chainmail bikini.

Epic Chainmail Bikini
Rumors whisper of artifacts of sublime protection and great beauty. These epic chainmail bikinis afford as much protection as full plate and heavy steel shield combined with no limit to maximum Dex bonus, no armor check penalty and no arcane spell failure chance.
Wearers of these exceptional artifacts have a 1d100 (1 in 20 to 1 in 10) chance of influencing others as though a dominate monster spell cast by a 20th level sorcerer. Wearers of ravishing attractiveness (Cha 18+) have a 1d00 (1 in 6) chance of influencing victims.

Not surprisingly, forgeries of the epic chainmail bikinis are also a hot commodity. Potential buyers should always inspect the stamp of authenticity: "Epic Inside."
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The female secondary sex characteristics shining through will hurt your opponent's feelings of decency (or simply distract him). This will give the wearer a higher initiative.

Extensive research on the internet showed that chainmail bikinis tend to look silly and are very expensive. So why waste your money on the enormous material costs of mithril when you’re totally ready to kill with a magic ring +1 protection :oops: ?

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Heh. I actually have a little skill in making mail armor, and have recieved one or two requests for these things over the years. Apparantly while they look very nice, they feel quite uncomfortable and if worn for more than a few minutes (with or without additional padding) they tend to leave a wavy crease pattern on the skin that just doesn't want to go away.

People still want them though. It's strange

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Chainmail Bikini

Ohhhh? What's your rates for a light shirt?

(And is there a chainmail speedo?)

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'Clueless' wrote:
Ohhhh? What's your rates for a light shirt?

€150,- (here)

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'Clueless' wrote:
Ohhhh? What's your rates for a light shirt?

(And is there a chainmail speedo?)

Heh. Never actually sold one, tell ya the truth. I tend to give my stuff away as Christmas or Birthday presents. I've made Hauberks, Chain Shirts, Bishop's Mantles, Coifs, Coif/mantles, Bikinis (large and small cup, there are very different patterns involved), Gloves, Half Gloves, Leggings, and about a bajillion different types of Jewelery patterns. Doesn't take that long once you get started, but your hands suffer for a month after.

If I ever get some free time, maybe I should make something up for another contest. . .

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If you want chainmail bikinis in the game, as well as other types of armor that would realistically show to much flesh to be useful, DMG II actually has the way to do it. In that book they have weapon and armor templates to represent the differences in items forged on certain planes or by certain creatures. One of them is for items forged on Ysgard; I believe that it's called "Glory-forged." The description says that something to the effect that glory-forged armor frequently leaves large portions of flesh uncovered, but is ironically as useful as armor of the standard design. It seems obvious to me that the author was trying to justify the chainmail bikini, and other such revealing armors.

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