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horse
07-27-05, 07:40 PM i'm unsure on how barding (mount armor) works.....

from the description in the 3.5 PHB, i think u just pick any normal armor, multiply its price by 4, & call it barding, giving the mount whatever AC bonus, max dex, etc. that the normal armor has. is this correct? if not, please enlighten me.

also, do you add the price for masterwork before or after u multiply the price by 4? i'm assuming u add before you multiply, since there's more armor to masterwork.
Rathje
07-27-05, 08:36 PM I believe you had it correct for the part about AC bonus and everything. Example: You want your heavy horse to have Chain Mail. It gives +5 AC. It costs 600 gold (150x4). It also weighs 80 lbs, twice the norm. It acts exactly like normal chain mail, except only a horse can wear it. Since the normal base speed is 50 feet for your horse, it's now 35 feet.

As for masterwork, I believe you do the masterwork cost after. If I'm not mistaken, the masterwork cost for small and large armor for humanoids is the same price. Think of the horse-armor as the same thing.

Keep in mind that I haven't looked into armor for horses too much. I could be wrong.
Wolf72
07-27-05, 09:04 PM seems spot on to me Horse, and yup MW added in afterwords.

remember to check the weight/encumberance your mount is hauling around (and reduce speed accordingly)
horse
07-28-05, 04:32 PM thanks. now, more in-depth questions:

what about special armor, such as mithral full plate of speed, demon armor, etc...? do i just multiply the cost by 4 & call it good?

for demon armor, would the mount get a claw attack like it says, or would u just say the mount's natural hoof attack is enhanced to do 1d10 + contagion?

what about magical enhancement? is it the same cost? i would say that it's the same, since you're paying for the spells, & the spells would be the same no matter what sort of armor they're being used to create.

also, what about magically enhancing special armor? like, can u get +5 dwarven plate, since the dwarven plate alone is nonmagical to begin with?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
horse 07-27-05, 07:40 PM	i'm unsure on how barding (mount armor) works..... from the description in the 3.5 PHB, i think u just pick any normal armor, multiply its price by 4, & call it barding, giving the mount whatever AC bonus, max dex, etc. that the normal armor has. is this correct? if not, please enlighten me. also, do you add the price for masterwork before or after u multiply the price by 4? i'm assuming u add before you multiply, since there's more armor to masterwork.
Rathje 07-27-05, 08:36 PM	I believe you had it correct for the part about AC bonus and everything. Example: You want your heavy horse to have Chain Mail. It gives +5 AC. It costs 600 gold (150x4). It also weighs 80 lbs, twice the norm. It acts exactly like normal chain mail, except only a horse can wear it. Since the normal base speed is 50 feet for your horse, it's now 35 feet. As for masterwork, I believe you do the masterwork cost after. If I'm not mistaken, the masterwork cost for small and large armor for humanoids is the same price. Think of the horse-armor as the same thing. Keep in mind that I haven't looked into armor for horses too much. I could be wrong.
Wolf72 07-27-05, 09:04 PM	seems spot on to me Horse, and yup MW added in afterwords. remember to check the weight/encumberance your mount is hauling around (and reduce speed accordingly)
horse 07-28-05, 04:32 PM	thanks. now, more in-depth questions: what about special armor, such as mithral full plate of speed, demon armor, etc...? do i just multiply the cost by 4 & call it good? for demon armor, would the mount get a claw attack like it says, or would u just say the mount's natural hoof attack is enhanced to do 1d10 + contagion? what about magical enhancement? is it the same cost? i would say that it's the same, since you're paying for the spells, & the spells would be the same no matter what sort of armor they're being used to create. also, what about magically enhancing special armor? like, can u get +5 dwarven plate, since the dwarven plate alone is nonmagical to begin with?