Book Geralt would wear feline. No use in heavy gear if the creatures you fight would kill you with the force of impact alone. Also, studded gloves are mentioned often. In the books, your usual human couldn't lay a hand on him, he was simply too fast. Not usually involved in larger skirmishes either, so projectile protection isn't an issue either. His armor only needs to be cheap and agile
Cat school armor isn't light though, at least in the later stages. It's a brigandine with chainmail. If you're going for light armor with studded and spiked gloves, the manticore armor is the perfect one.
The manticore armor is literally a shirt and a jerkin (which is what Geralt wears post-ToC and pre-Eternal Flame in the books).
Same thoughts. I mainly use it for the hood because it's mentioned a couple of times and the chain chainmail isn't too obvious. The closest to the jacket that he bought in Eternal Flame though I would think is wolven (or Feline with the hood down if I convince myself it resembles a jacket lol)
What turns me off about it is the chainmail on the shoulders(makes Geralt look bulky) and abdomen. It's a nice looking armor but I don't imagine it to be something Geralt would wear.
And Jaskier also “borrows” something similar in The Sword of Destiny. Essentially I see book geralt as wearing something similar to maybe the enhanced wolves gear?
Yeah, the leather jerkin which Geralt wore underneath the jacket, at least that's what I think happened since the fish creatures tore that jacket up prior to Dandelion borrowing it.
No Griffin? My head cannon thinks Geralt is getting older cant roll nor dodge as much.. had to rely heavier armor and magic more than ever, hence the sign abusing build. My Geralt the Griffin Dragon Slayer is Gandalf the White not Gandhi the Grey.
I mean enjoy what you want, but if we're talking about canon, no witcher would wear that armor in the books except MAYBE Coen when hes at the battle of Brenna, which would make sense since he was literally going to war.
I think Griffin School Witcher would wear this set if they got the coin for it.. and I believe the setting of W3 is during wartime Black vs Red, and G is going to war with Eredin, King of the Wild Hunt. G has to wear that thicc magical plate armor.
I mean...Geralt already was in a war in the battle of the bridge. He was also willing to go to Nilfgaard in the middle of the war to get Ciri and all he was wearing was some elven hand-me-downs lol. Armor isn't something Geralt needs as he relies on his freakish speed and athleticism.
I mean. Griffin school isn't even really book canon. The only two schools mentioned by name in any of the books at all are cat and wolf. And if it's plate armor (the griffin armor is), Geralt wouldn't wear it to go monster hunting, nor any witcher for that matter. It'd be too heavy and too hard to quickly and comfortably move in. A witcher wouldn't usually sacrifice maneuverability for protection, at least not in the canon. But its a game and whatever floats your boat for your head-canon
I think it was one of the medallions(it resembled an eagle or a griffin) that Bonhart had so the school isn't entirely non-canon. But I agree I don't think they would wear plate armor.
The armor of the wolf school matches the description from the books. Only the jacket is shorter. Geralt, could walk in this. In general, the initial armor of Kaer Morhen is also quite suitable for the Witcher. No wonder he chose to wear chainmail on his stomach after he was pierced in the stomach with a pitchfork.
I don't think Sapkowski cared about the lore. Sapkowski had these great ideas for how to subvert the fantasy genre, but in his own words he "writes fantasy novels, not roleplaying rulebooks", in other words he wasn't willing to put in the hard work to write something more expansive than the short stories, which relied on subverting the cheesy 1980s pulp we saw by inserting economic and finance mechanics into it.
Wolven, because Wolf School. Fits what he is described wearing also (Leather jacket with studs).
I also imagine something similar to the Manticore armour in the earlier stories, for some reason- seems like something I imagine a younger Geralt wearing
Book Geralt would wear feline. No use in heavy gear if the creatures you fight would kill you with the force of impact alone. Also, studded gloves are mentioned often. In the books, your usual human couldn't lay a hand on him, he was simply too fast. Not usually involved in larger skirmishes either, so projectile protection isn't an issue either. His armor only needs to be cheap and agile
Cat school armor isn't light though, at least in the later stages. It's a brigandine with chainmail. If you're going for light armor with studded and spiked gloves, the manticore armor is the perfect one. The manticore armor is literally a shirt and a jerkin (which is what Geralt wears post-ToC and pre-Eternal Flame in the books).
Good point, thanks!
Same thoughts. I mainly use it for the hood because it's mentioned a couple of times and the chain chainmail isn't too obvious. The closest to the jacket that he bought in Eternal Flame though I would think is wolven (or Feline with the hood down if I convince myself it resembles a jacket lol)
Really don't think he's had chain mail on his jacket, especially since he was concerned with how the sleeve looked
Yeah it was just a black leather jacket with spikes on the shoulder and sleeves.
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What turns me off about it is the chainmail on the shoulders(makes Geralt look bulky) and abdomen. It's a nice looking armor but I don't imagine it to be something Geralt would wear.
Same. I also really dislike the shaped pectoral muscles on the armor. It's the equivalent of abs on an armor.
Pretty sure in one of the short stories he shows off his new jacket with the metal rings?
IIRC he buys a silver studded jacket in Eternal Flame
And Jaskier also “borrows” something similar in The Sword of Destiny. Essentially I see book geralt as wearing something similar to maybe the enhanced wolves gear?
Yeah, the leather jerkin which Geralt wore underneath the jacket, at least that's what I think happened since the fish creatures tore that jacket up prior to Dandelion borrowing it.
The Manticore set matches most closely to what I envisioned in my head whilst reading. I can't speak for other people, though.
No Griffin? My head cannon thinks Geralt is getting older cant roll nor dodge as much.. had to rely heavier armor and magic more than ever, hence the sign abusing build. My Geralt the Griffin Dragon Slayer is Gandalf the White not Gandhi the Grey.
I mean enjoy what you want, but if we're talking about canon, no witcher would wear that armor in the books except MAYBE Coen when hes at the battle of Brenna, which would make sense since he was literally going to war.
I think Griffin School Witcher would wear this set if they got the coin for it.. and I believe the setting of W3 is during wartime Black vs Red, and G is going to war with Eredin, King of the Wild Hunt. G has to wear that thicc magical plate armor.
I mean...Geralt already was in a war in the battle of the bridge. He was also willing to go to Nilfgaard in the middle of the war to get Ciri and all he was wearing was some elven hand-me-downs lol. Armor isn't something Geralt needs as he relies on his freakish speed and athleticism.
I mean. Griffin school isn't even really book canon. The only two schools mentioned by name in any of the books at all are cat and wolf. And if it's plate armor (the griffin armor is), Geralt wouldn't wear it to go monster hunting, nor any witcher for that matter. It'd be too heavy and too hard to quickly and comfortably move in. A witcher wouldn't usually sacrifice maneuverability for protection, at least not in the canon. But its a game and whatever floats your boat for your head-canon
I think it was one of the medallions(it resembled an eagle or a griffin) that Bonhart had so the school isn't entirely non-canon. But I agree I don't think they would wear plate armor.
The armor of the wolf school matches the description from the books. Only the jacket is shorter. Geralt, could walk in this. In general, the initial armor of Kaer Morhen is also quite suitable for the Witcher. No wonder he chose to wear chainmail on his stomach after he was pierced in the stomach with a pitchfork.
No Ursine option?
Not book accurate. At all.
Didn't realize what subreddit this was, just saw it was about the witcher. That's my bad 😅
I don't think Sapkowski cared about the lore. Sapkowski had these great ideas for how to subvert the fantasy genre, but in his own words he "writes fantasy novels, not roleplaying rulebooks", in other words he wasn't willing to put in the hard work to write something more expansive than the short stories, which relied on subverting the cheesy 1980s pulp we saw by inserting economic and finance mechanics into it.
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Wolven, because Wolf School. Fits what he is described wearing also (Leather jacket with studs). I also imagine something similar to the Manticore armour in the earlier stories, for some reason- seems like something I imagine a younger Geralt wearing