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1
Type
Armor
Evade Penalty
−2%
Value
5 G
Sold In
Coneria (10 G)
Found In
Floating Castle 3F, Ice Cave B2
Cloth prevents 1 damage per attack at the cost of a 2% Evade Penalty (which translates to being hit 1% more often). In the long run, the damage prevention is the better investment, and Cloth is cheap at 10 Gold.
Defense
1
Evasion
−5%
Type
Body
Magic Def.
-
Magic Penalty
2%
Value
10 gil
Clothes are pretty useless no matter what. If you're worried about Leather Armor's penalties to your mages, Clothes aren't much better and you may as well just go unarmored. Upgrade (or remove) these as soon as possible.