Hardcore Armor Management (HAM)

Description

Hardcore Armor Management transforms KCD2’s plate armor from a simple stat‑stick into a living, skill‑based system. Every piece of heavy armor now requires time to put on or take off, and doing so while running, drunk, or hungover can literally trip you up. But as you repeatedly don and doff your gear, Henry becomes proficient—toggle times shorten, trip chances plummet, and you unlock the ability to perform delicate tasks even in full gauntlets.

The mod also introduces a sleep‑armor penalty, a chest/door locker, and mastery buffs that alter your movement speed, exhaustion rate, and boot durability based on how skilled you are with each armor piece.

How It Works (Player's View)

• []You buy or find a shiny new plate helmet, arm armor, chest plate, leg armor, and gauntlets. You put them all on in the inventory screen.[/]

  []The moment you close the inventory, every single piece is stripped off. Armor doesn't just magically appear on Henry—he has to strap it on.[/]

  []You press the hotkey for a piece (say, ] for chest). Audio plays (buckles, straps, metal clinks), and your screen briefly blurs. This takes a few seconds.[/]

  []If you're sprinting while strapping on heavy plate legs, there's a good chance you'll trip and ragdoll. The faster you move, the riskier it gets. Being drunk or hungover makes it even worse.[/]

  []After you've done this many times for a particular slot, Henry gets proficient. Toggle times shorten, the blur fades faster, and the chance of tripping drops. You'll see a notification when you reach Novice, Adept, Expert, or Master tier for that piece.[/]

  []Plate gauntlets block delicate actions until you've mastered them. At first, you can't eat, wash, pick herbs, brew potions, or lockpick while wearing gauntlets. Each action unlocks at a certain tier (eating at Novice, washing at Adept, herbs/alchemy at Expert, lockpicking at Master).[/]

  []Sleeping in armor reduces how much exhaustion you recover. The penalty per piece shrinks as your mastery rises, vanishing completely at Master rank.[/]

  []Press L to lock the nearest chest or door. It's not perfect (sphere‑scan limitations) but works for roleplaying.[/]

  []Passive buffs change your movement speed, exhaustion rate, and boot durability based on your mastery. Low tiers penalize you; high tiers reward you.[/]

Essentially, the mod turns putting on heavy armor into a deliberate, risky, skill‑based ritual that evolves as Henry's proficiency grows.

Installation instructions

[]Download the HAM file.[/]

[*]Extract into your KCD2 Mods folder so the structure looks correct.[/