Barding

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Name	Barding
Size to wear	Special
Armour Class	4
Encumbrance rating	0
Maximum Enchantment	+4
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

Armour made for the scaly midsections of nagas and armataurs.

A barding is a special type of armour designed to cover the lower half of Armataurs, Nagas, and any character in Sphinx Form (except Felids). These species have a barding slot instead of the default boots slot for many species, which these species cannot wear.

While they give significantly more AC than normal boots, bardings give a flat penalty of -2 EV. This cannot be reduced by strength or Armour skill. This will not penalize spellcasting, stealth, etc.

Bardings can be maximally enchanted to +4 using scrolls of enchant armour.

Egos

Bardings can carry the following egos:

• Fire resistance
• Cold resistance
• Flight
• Stealth

Artefact bardings can also spawn with these egos:

• See invisible
• Rampaging

Sources

Bardings are moderately rare items:

• The uniques Nessos and Vashnia always wear bardings.
• A scroll of acquirement is likely to give bardings to Armataurs and Nagas if you haven't found one yet.
• Okawaru gifts a choice of armour, which is very likely to have a barding available for Armataurs and Nagas.

History

• In 0.35, Armataurs will be replaced with Gale Centaurs, which can also wear bardings.
• In 0.33, Sphinx Form was introduced, giving any non-Felid species a use for bardings.
• Prior to 0.30, artefact bardings couldn't spawn with the see invisible or rampaging egos.
• Prior to 0.26, there were two types of barding: centaur barding and naga barding. Each species could only wear one of the two types.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
	Unrandart barding
Black Knight's barding
Lightning scales