Hardened Patching

Effect

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Description	Heavy plastic slats reinforce your pants, making half your body almost invulnerable. Admittedly, it might be nicer if it was the other half of your body… and "bullets" is a pretty big loophole.
Effects	+5 Melee Defense -2 Reflexes

Source

Using a hardened cloth (50 energy)

Notes

You must have elegantly torn pants equipped for this effect to be active. If you unequip the pants, the effect disappears, but you will regain any remaining energy of it if you equip them again.