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Heavy Armor Penalties

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Each piece of Heavy Armor does the following: Increases damage taken from Magical attacks by 1% Reduces the Movement Speed bonus of Sprint by 1% Increases the cost of Roll Dodge by 3% Increases the size of your detection area while Sneaking by 10%

type

Passive

subcategory

Heavy Armor

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Unstoppable
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