A Friend In Need
Dag, yeah, KT can basically upgrade you all the way to -0. Things at his business, The Greenhouse, are such that you can get good wood, and it's no thing for Tut and friends to make you a pair of short wooden combat staves that accrue no penalty.
Also, no, the leather armor doesn't stack with the apron. I think the apron is AC:9 and the armor is full on AC:8. You can still wear the apron for style points. Of course, the people who are going to give you leather apron style points are horror movie fans and BDSM fetishists. Gamers are probably somewhere in-between. Do whatcha like.
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Guys, again make sure you're reading posts below to take care of your town stuff. Mainly Tut I'm talking to you as you and I tend to simul-post.