Plate Barding

Plate Barding utilizes various plate pieces or segmented metal coat with chain mail support in other areas. The overall look is somewhere between plate mail and field plate. Quality Barding will generally be of finer make, more decorative, or more comfortable to the wearer (in this case, the mount). Barding made to perfectly complement the rider's armor would be a Quality design. Barding can be made for other creatures besides horses. Pricing is described below: Stats: cost 1,200 gp • weight 100 lbs • AC bonus +6.