What does Armor do exactly?

[Nantes]

The game is very bad at explaining its basic concepts. There should be an explanation on whether it is a flat reduction in damage, percent reduction, and how much each point of armor is worth for either. Otherwise the player cannot properly evaluate the value of each perk or equipment when faced with a choice between armor or something else.

[mrqs]

it works exactly the same as hp - if you take 20 damage, you'll lose 20 points of armor; if you have less than 20 points of armor, the rest is gone from your hp. difference is of course that armor is always repaired between quests.

[Lyncus]

Originally posted by mrqs:

it works exactly the same as hp - if you take 20 damage, you'll lose 20 points of armor; if you have less than 20 points of armor, the rest is gone from your hp. difference is of course that armor is always repaired between quests.

I actually found the armor fairly intuitive, but it did feel like a mystery for a quest or two. My major question was whether it prevented my attack from being interrupted like it did for enemies. That said, it could definitely have benefited from an explanation.