Maybe there could be an addition of armor and only that gives stat boosts? Maybe something like you can buy, make, and enchant armor by combining combining certain things and learning a certain type of magic or spell through a quest?
What you're wearing might affect how you interact with the environment (like if you're armed while talking to Cassie for the first time.) I don't want to add stats to them because then it becomes a question of which clothing gives you the most stats, not with one looks nice.
