Splint Mail
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Splint mail is made up of overlapping layers of metal strips attached to a backing of leather or sturdy fabric. These splints are of greater size and durability than those that compose a suit of scale mail, improving the protection they afford the wearer, but at the cost of flexibility. A suit of splint mail includes gauntlets (2) For free.

Material Cost Hardness Hit Points Special
Steel $350 10 25 -
Adamantine $15,200 20 40 Grants wearer DR 3/—
Dragonhide n/a n/a n/a -
Mithral $9,200 15 30 Half weight, increased max Dex bonus (+2), reduced armor check penalty (3; min 0), reduced arcane spell failure chance (10%)

1: The given costs include the masterwork component. The armor check penalties for masterwork armor and shields are lessened by 1.

Magical Armor and Shield Enhancements
Bonus Value Additional Cost Hardness Increase Additional HP
+1 +$1,000 +2 +10
+2 +$4,000 +4 +20
+3 +$9,000 +6 +30
+4 +$16,000 +8 +40
+5 +$25,000 +10 +50
+6* +36,000 +12 +60
+7* +49,000 +14 +70
+8 * +64,000 +16 +80
+9* +81,000 +18 +90
+10 * +100,000 +20 +100
  • An armor or shield can't have an enhancement bonus higher than +5. Use these lines to determine price w

Unlike the additional cost, the increase to the armor or shield's hardness and hit points are only gained from its enhancement bonus, not its special abilities.

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