Well, the armor won't be "plate" per ce, it'll be an alien type of armor, but of course there will be slender armor, bulky armor etc. The RPer's magic will grow over time naturally due to the way they gain their powers but the weaponry will include an array of blasters, shotguns, swords, war hammers, cross bows, and weapons of every fashion that are summonable at will (through the magic of alien tech.) The armor of course will itself be a weapon as well.