Spiked barding
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| Name | Spiked barding |
| Appearance | Spiked barding |
| Base price | 300 zm |
| Weight | 275 |
| Material | iron |
| Monster use | Will not be used by monsters. |
Spiked 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 1⁄600 chance (~0.17%) of generating with a set of spiked barding.
General stores and hardware stores can sell spiked barding.
Spiked barding can be created at a forge by combining barding and a morning star.
Description
A hero can apply spiked 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, spiked barding grants 3 base AC and protects the wearer from digestion attacks, similar to a ring of slow digestion.
Strategy
In addition to the survivability granted by improved AC and head coverage that can block the illness-inducing bite of zombies, spiked barding also prevents steeds from being unceremoniously and instantly killed by dragons and other monster-digesting hostiles.
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.
