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 and Nagas. It fills the feet slot in place of boots, 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 if you haven't found one yet.
• Okawaru gifts a choice of armour, which is very likely to have a barding available.

History

• 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