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 * {{monsymlink|warg}}s (if the hero is an [[Orc (starting race)|orc]])
-* {{monsymlink|saber-toothed tiger}}s (if the hero is a [[Caveman/EvilHack|Caveperson]])
+* {{monsymlink|saber-toothed tiger|variant=EvilHack}}s (if the hero is a [[Caveman/EvilHack|Caveperson]])
 * All {{monclass|q}}s
 * {{monsymlink|giant spider}}s and {{monsymlink|gargantuan spider}}s (if the hero is a [[Drow (starting race)#EvilHack|drow]])

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	'''Barding''' is a type of [[tool]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]].		'''Barding''' is a type of [[tool]] that appears in [[EvilHack]] and [[Hack'EM]].

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 ==Description==
-Barding is a form of [[armor]] that certain monsters can wear, and can be used by most monsters that are eligible [[steed]]s (even if they are not currently wearing a [[saddle]]). A  '''barded''' monster will have their [[AC]] increased by the barding's [[enchantment]], with the barding covering their head and much of their body.
+Barding is a form of [[armor]] that certain monsters can wear, and can be used by most monsters that are eligible [[steed]]s even if they are not currently wearing a [[saddle]]. A [[hero]] can [[apply]] barding to an eligible [[pet]] to equip them with it, though they may resist as with an applied saddle, and only a hero of a race or role that can normally ride that type of monster is capable of applying barding to them. A '''barded''' monster will have their [[AC]] increased by the barding's [[enchantment]], with the barding covering their head and much of their body.
 The following monsters can have barding applied to them:
-* {{monsymlink|warg}}s
+* {{monsymlink|warg}}s (if the hero is an [[Orc (starting race)|orc]])
-* {{monsymlink|saber-toothed tiger}}s
+* {{monsymlink|saber-toothed tiger}}s (if the hero is a [[Caveman/EvilHack|Caveperson]])
 * All {{monclass|q}}s
-* {{monsymlink|giant spider}}s and {{monsymlink|gargantuan spider}}s
+* {{monsymlink|giant spider}}s and {{monsymlink|gargantuan spider}}s (if the hero is a [[Drow (starting race)#EvilHack|drow]])
 * All {{white|u}} [[Unicorn or horse|unicorns and horses]]
-* {{monsymlink|Ki-rin}}, {{monsymlink|eldritch ki-rin}} and {{monsymlink|couatl}}s
+* [[Angelic being]]s
 * All {{monclass|D}}s except {{monsymlink|fell beast}}s and {{monsymlink|Ixoth}}
 * All {{monclass|J}}s
-* {{monsymlink|cave lizard|variant=EvilHack}}s and {{monsymlink|large cave lizard|variant=EvilHack}}s
+* {{monsymlink|cave lizard|variant=EvilHack}}s and {{monsymlink|large cave lizard|variant=EvilHack}}s (if the hero is a drow)
-A [[hero]] can [[apply]] barding to an eligible [[pet]] to equip them with it, though they may resist as with an applied saddle - the hero can enchant their steed's barding by reading a [[scroll of enchant armor]] while mounted on the steed; a prompt will appear to confirm whether or not the steed's barding is the intended target.
+The hero can enchant their steed's barding by reading a [[scroll of enchant armor]] while mounted on the steed; a prompt will appear to confirm whether or not the steed's barding is the intended target.
 There are four different types of barding:

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 Barding, also spelled bard or barb, is body armor designed for warhorses. Originating in antiquity within the Asian kingdoms of Parthia and Pahlava (in the regions of the former Persian Empire), the practice of armoring horses likely made its way into European military practices after the conquests of Alexander the Great via the Seleucid Empire and later Byzantine Empire. Despite its historical roots, barded horses have become a symbol of the late European Middle Ages chivalry and the era of knights.
-The full bard was developed by Lorenz Helmschmied and Konrad Seusenhofer for Maximilian I, who used them extensively for propagandic and aesthetic purposes, as well as diplomatic gifts. During the Late Middle Ages, as armor protection for knights became more effective, their mounts became targets and warranted the development of barding: this vulnerability was exploited by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn in the 14th century, when horses were killed by the infantry; the English would do the same at the Battle of Crécy in the same century, where long-bowmen shot horses and the dismounted French knights were then killed by heavy infantry.
+The full bard was developed by Lorenz Helmschmied and Konrad Seusenhofer for Maximilian I, who used them extensively for propagandic and aesthetic purposes, as well as diplomatic gifts. During the Late Middle Ages, as armor protection for knights became more effective, the development of more practical barding arose in response to their mounts becoming targets instead: this vulnerability was exploited by the Scots at the Battle of Bannockburn in the 14th century, when horses were killed by the infantry; the English would do the same at the Battle of Crécy in the same century, where long-bowmen shot horses and the dismounted French knights were then killed by heavy infantry.
 Though surviving period examples of barding are rare, complete sets can be found on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Wallace Collection in London, the Royal Armouries in Leeds, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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 ==Description==
-Barding is a form of [[armor]] that certain monsters can wear, and can be used by most monsters that are eligible [[steed]]s (even if they are not currently wearing a [[saddle]]). Like armor, barding also possesses [[enchantment]] and increases the wearer's [[AC]]; a '''barded''' monster will have their head and much of the body covered by the barding.
+Barding is a form of [[armor]] that certain monsters can wear, and can be used by most monsters that are eligible [[steed]]s (even if they are not currently wearing a [[saddle]]). A  '''barded''' monster will have their [[AC]] increased by the barding's [[enchantment]], with the barding covering their head and much of their body.
 The following monsters can have barding applied to them:

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 	become a symbol of the late European Middle Ages chivalry and the
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