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 |name        = Barding
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{{flavour|Armour made for the scaly midsections of nagas and armataurs.}}

A '''barding''' is a special type of armour designed to cover the lower half of [[Armataur]]s, [[Naga]]s, and any character in [[Sphinx Form]] (except [[Felid]]s). These species have a barding slot instead of the default [[boots]] slot for many species, which these species cannot wear. 

While they give significantly more AC than normal boots, bardings give a flat penalty of -2 [[EV]]. This cannot be reduced by strength or Armour skill. This will not penalize spellcasting, stealth, etc.

Bardings can be maximally enchanted to +4 using [[scrolls of enchant armour]].

===Egos===
Bardings can carry the following [[ego]]s:
*[[Fire resistance]]
*[[Cold resistance]]
*[[Flight (ego)|Flight]]
*[[Stealth]]

[[Artefact]] bardings can also spawn with these egos:
*[[See invisible]]
*[[Rampaging]]

==Sources==
Bardings are moderately rare items:
*The [[unique]]s [[Nessos]] and [[Vashnia]] always wear bardings.
*A [[scroll of acquirement]] is likely to give bardings to Armataurs and Nagas if you haven't found one yet. 
*[[Okawaru]] gifts a choice of armour, which is very likely to have a barding available for Armataurs and Nagas.

==History==
{{CBA|0.35| Armataurs will be replaced with [[anemocentaur]]s, which can also wear bardings.}}
*In [[0.33]], [[Sphinx Form]] was introduced, giving any non-Felid species a use for bardings.
*Prior to [[0.30]], artefact bardings couldn't spawn with the [[see invisible]] or [[rampaging]] egos.
*Prior to [[0.26]], there were two types of barding: [[centaur barding]] and [[naga barding]]. Each species could only wear one of the two types.


{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! || Image
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| '''Mundane''' || [[Image:Barding 1.png]]
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| '''Magical''' || [[Image:Barding 2.png]]
|-
| '''Artifact''' || [[Image:Barding 4.png]]
|-
! || [[Unrandart]] barding
|-
| '''[[Black Knight's barding]]''' || [[File:Black knight barding.png]]
|-
| '''[[Lightning scales]]''' || [[File:Lightning scales.png]]
|}

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[[Category:Barding]]