Barding (item)
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Name | barding |
Appearance | barding |
Base price | 300 zm |
Weight | 250 |
Material | iron |
Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
Barding 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 iron.
Generation
A monster that is generated with a saddle has an effective 3⁄400 chance (0.75%) of generating with a set of standard barding.
General stores and hardware stores can sell barding.
Barding can be created at a forge by combining plate mail and a saddle.
Description
A hero can apply barding 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 grants 3 base AC.
Strategy
Though it is the most basic of its item type, barding offers an additional level of survivability to a steed by increasing its AC, and the head coverage makes it less likely to be felled by the illness-inducing bite of a zombie.
Origin
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, 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.
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.