Armor/Barding for Centaur Characters [Archive] - Wizards Community

Armor/Barding for Centaur Characters [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
C12sprint
03-27-07, 02:12 AM I have a game coming up this Saturday and the races that my players are picking are unusual. So far I have a pixie rogue and a centaur ranger. The player of the ranger brought up an interesting question. How is armor handling for centaurs? Do they wear normal armor or barding? Should it cost extra since it has to be specially made?
runestar
03-27-07, 02:19 AM Centaurs wear barding, which costs 4 times as much as the base cost of normal armour(before adding masterwork, enchantment costs).:)
Needle
03-27-07, 09:08 AM I dont know.. i would argue it depends on the armor type.

50% of the armor is over the humanoid torso (and 100% in some cases, such as a chain shirt)

Its just one of those wierd things you'll have to decide at the time.

I've always wanted to play a Centaur :(
obrysii
03-27-07, 09:28 AM Centaurs wear barding, which costs more.
Barnwellknight
03-27-07, 10:26 AM In my opinion, centaur armor would be considered some form of cross between regular armor and barding. Half of the armor is barding and the other half is for the torso. Runestar is correct that the armor would cost more for a centaur character than a human character.
snakeman830
03-27-07, 05:21 PM Question: Why does this matter?

Barding is just a fancy name for animal armor.

Barding for a large animal costs four times as much as normal and has twice the weight
Armor for a large non-humanoid (Centaur falls under this category) is four times the cost and twice the weight.

There is no difference at all.

BTW Needle. Centaurs are really fun to play. Especially when they drink lots of wine.
Mogarth_Warheart
03-27-07, 05:38 PM Is the Centaur Named Timithy Eyesbright lol Dont know if you will get that one. It is the Name of the Centaur Ranger in the AD&D comic form the 80-early 90s.
zook1shoe666
03-27-07, 05:40 PM it really doesn't matter if the have a humanoid torso. you just buy barding. the books don't get specific enough between horse barding, centaur barding, or tauric human/centipede barding.

as the DM you can change this if you really care.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
C12sprint 03-27-07, 02:12 AM	I have a game coming up this Saturday and the races that my players are picking are unusual. So far I have a pixie rogue and a centaur ranger. The player of the ranger brought up an interesting question. How is armor handling for centaurs? Do they wear normal armor or barding? Should it cost extra since it has to be specially made?
runestar 03-27-07, 02:19 AM	Centaurs wear barding, which costs 4 times as much as the base cost of normal armour(before adding masterwork, enchantment costs).:)
Needle 03-27-07, 09:08 AM	I dont know.. i would argue it depends on the armor type. 50% of the armor is over the humanoid torso (and 100% in some cases, such as a chain shirt) Its just one of those wierd things you'll have to decide at the time. I've always wanted to play a Centaur :(
obrysii 03-27-07, 09:28 AM	Centaurs wear barding, which costs more.
Barnwellknight 03-27-07, 10:26 AM	In my opinion, centaur armor would be considered some form of cross between regular armor and barding. Half of the armor is barding and the other half is for the torso. Runestar is correct that the armor would cost more for a centaur character than a human character.
snakeman830 03-27-07, 05:21 PM	Question: Why does this matter? Barding is just a fancy name for animal armor. Barding for a large animal costs four times as much as normal and has twice the weight Armor for a large non-humanoid (Centaur falls under this category) is four times the cost and twice the weight. There is no difference at all. BTW Needle. Centaurs are really fun to play. Especially when they drink lots of wine.
Mogarth_Warheart 03-27-07, 05:38 PM	Is the Centaur Named Timithy Eyesbright lol Dont know if you will get that one. It is the Name of the Centaur Ranger in the AD&D comic form the 80-early 90s.
zook1shoe666 03-27-07, 05:40 PM	it really doesn't matter if the have a humanoid torso. you just buy barding. the books don't get specific enough between horse barding, centaur barding, or tauric human/centipede barding. as the DM you can change this if you really care.