Barding of reflection
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| Name | barding of reflection |
| Appearance | polished barding |
| Base price | 600 zm |
| Weight | 275 |
| Material | silver |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
Barding of reflection is a type of tool that appears in EvilHack and Hack'EM. It is a set of barding that has a base object material of silver, and appears as polished barding when unidentified.
Generation
A monster that is generated with a saddle has an effective 1⁄1200 chance (~0.08%) of generating with a set of barding of reflection.
General stores and hardware stores can sell barding of reflection.
Barding of reflection can be created at a forge by combining barding and a shield of reflection.
Description
A hero can apply barding of reflection to a pet that is eligible for riding to equip them with it, though they can 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.
While worn, barding of reflection grants 3 base AC and reflection.
Strategy
In addition to the survivability granted by improved AC and head coverage that can block the illness-inducing bite of zombies, barding of reflection offers stellar protection for steeds against rays from a wand of death or a disintegration breath weapon that are aimed at their rider.
Encyclopedia entry
Barding (also spelled bard or barb) is body armour for war horses.
The practice of armoring horses was first extensively developed in
antiquity in the eastern kingdoms of Parthia and Pahlava, and
after the conquests of Alexander the Great it made its way into
European military practices via the Seleucid Empire and later
Byzantine Empire. Though its historical roots lie in antiquity in
the regions of what was once the Persian Empire, barded horses have
become a symbol of the late European Middle Ages chivalry and the
era of knights.
