Barding

Tack and harness

Barding is armor designed to protect an animal’s head, neck, chest, and body. Any type of armor shown on the Armor table in this chapter can be purchased as barding. The cost is four times the equivalent armor made for humanoids, and it weighs twice as much.

Variants:

• Breastplate Barding
• Chain Mail Barding
• Chain Shirt Barding
• Half Plate Barding
• Hide Barding
• Leather Barding
• Padded Barding
• Plate Barding
• Ring Mail Barding
• Scale Mail Barding
• Spiked Barding
• Splint Barding
• Studded Leather Barding

Breastplate Barding

• Armor Class: 14
• Cost: 1,600 gp
• Weight: 40.0 lbs.

Chain Mail Barding

• Armor Class: 16
• Strength: Requires 13 STR.
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 300 gp
• Weight: 110.0 lbs.

Chain Shirt Barding

• Armor Class: 13
• Cost: 200 gp
• Weight: 40.0 lbs.

Half Plate Barding

• Armor Class: 15
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 3,000 gp
• Weight: 80.0 lbs.

Hide Barding

• Armor Class: 12
• Cost: 40 gp
• Weight: 24.0 lbs.

Leather Barding

• Armor Class: 11
• Cost: 40 gp
• Weight: 20.0 lbs.

Padded Barding

• Armor Class: 11
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 20 gp
• Weight: 16.0 lbs.

Plate Barding

• Armor Class: 18
• Strength: Requires 15 STR.
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 6,000 gp
• Weight: 130.0 lbs.

Ring Mail Barding

• Armor Class: 14
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 120 gp
• Weight: 80.0 lbs.

Scale Mail Barding

• Armor Class: 14
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 200 gp
• Weight: 90.0 lbs.

Spiked Barding

• Armor Class: 14
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 300 gp
• Weight: 90.0 lbs.

Splint Barding

• Armor Class: 17
• Strength: Requires 15 STR.
• Stealth: The wearer has disadvantage on Stealth (DEX) checks.
• Cost: 800 gp
• Weight: 120.0 lbs.

Studded Leather Barding

• Armor Class: 12
• Cost: 180 gp
• Weight: 26.0 lbs.

Source: Player’s Handbook p. 157. Available in the SRD and the Basic Rules (2014)