D20: Barding

The differing kinds of barding are all made from the same armour types as humanoids wear. These are listed below, along with the cost and weight. Each item has linked further information. Entries in Blue are from the Player's Handbook, entries in mauve are from Dragon Magazine, entries in maroon are from Dungeon Magazine and entries in light green are my own creation.

BARDING		COST	SPEED			WEIGHT
BARDING		COST	(40 FT.)	(50 FT.)	(60 FT.)	WEIGHT
LIGHT BARDING
	Padded	20gp	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	20 lbs.
	Leather	40gp	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	30 lbs.
	Studded Leather	100gp	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	40 lbs.
	Elvencraft Padded	170gp	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	15 lbs.
	Elvencraft Leather	190gp	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	25 lbs.
	Elvencraft Studded Leather	250gp	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	35 lbs.
MEDIUM BARDING
	Hide	60 gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	50 lbs.
	Scale Mail	200gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	60 lbs.
	Chain Mail	600gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	80 lbs.
	Elvencraft Hide	210gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	45 lbs.
	Elvencraft Scale Mail	350gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	55 lbs.
	Elvencraft Chain Mail	750gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	75 lbs.
HEAVY BARDING *
	Banded Mail	1,000gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	70 lbs.
	Splint Mail	800gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	90 lbs.
	Half-Plate	2,400gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	100 lbs.
	Full Plate	6,000gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	100 lbs.
	Elvencraft Banded Mail	1,150gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	65 lbs.
	Elvencraft Splint Mail	950gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	85 lbs.
	Elvencraft Half-Plate	2,550gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	95 lbs.
	Elvencraft Full Plate	6,150gp	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	95 lbs.
* A mount wearing heavy barding moves at only triple its normal speed when running instead of quadruple.

Barding typically covers the head, neck, chest, body, and possibly legs of a mount. Barding made of medium or heavy armour provides better protection than light barding, but at the expense of speed.

Armour for a horse (a Large non-humanoid creature) costs four times as much as a humanoid, as noted in the table above. Medium or heavy barding slows a mount that wears it as shown on the table above.

Putting barding on a mount takes a long time and the Donning Barding Table shows the typical time taken to don or remove barding from a mount. Don shows the time taken to put on the barding. Don Hastily shows the time taken to put on barding if done in a hurry and Remove is the time taken to remove barding from a mount.

DONNING BARDING TABLE
Armour Type	Don	Don Hastily	Remove
Regular Barding:
Padded Leather Hide Studded Leather	5 minutes	25 rounds	5 minutes¹
Scale Mail Chainmail Banded Mail Splint Mail	20 minutes¹	5 minutes	5 minutes¹
Half-Plate Full Plate	20 minutes²	20 minutes¹	5D4+5 minutes¹
Elvencraft Barding:
Padded Leather Hide Studded Leather	3 minutes	15 rounds	3 minutes¹
Scale mail Chainmail Banded mail Splint mail	12 minutes¹	3 minutes	3 minutes¹
Half-Plate Full Plate	12 minutes²	12 minutes¹	3D4+3 minutes¹
1: With aid, half the listed time. A single character doing nothing else can help one or two adjacent characters 2: Must have two people donning this barding. Without help it can only be donned hastily.

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