Barding
The horse’s armour, from a padded caparison to mail and plate.
| Worn | Horse |
| Weight | 20 kg, whatever its tier |
| Sold by | The armourer |
| Price | crude 1 gold 80 silver, poor 6 gold, common 12 gold, fine 36 gold, masterwork 120 gold |
It stops part of a blow that comes up at the rider from below, from a man on foot, an arrow or a braced spear:
| Tier | Stops |
|---|---|
| Crude | 8% |
| Poor | 15% |
| Common | 30% |
| Fine | 45% |
| Masterwork | 55% |
A poor one is a padded caparison, a common one mail and a fine one plate.
The horse carries its 20 kg and goes 5% slower.
Made from
Section titled “Made from”A common piece takes 10 kg of cloth, 4 kg of leather. A crude one takes 0.6 of that, a poor one three quarters, a fine one half again and a masterwork twice; fine and masterwork pieces use dyed cloth for the cloth. Traders buy what they lack from the town’s market.