Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance/Armor

Having armor is important to keeping your character out of danger as your opponents gets tougher. Its effective if you have a full set of armor like helmet, body, gloves and boots but it will add to the weight of the character.

I suggest you save up a lot of gold to get the most powerful armor for each act so you can survive until the end of the game.

For Adrianna, there's also a special body armor which doesn't take up all the weight. Until you upgrade the strength, you're better off with the special body armor.