SRD:Full Plate Armor

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Full Plate Armor (Heavy)

Size	Humanoid Cost	Nonhumanoid Cost	Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
Small	1500gp	3000gp	+8	25 lb.	40
Medium	1500gp	3000gp	+8	50 lb.	40

Non-Standard Sizes
Fine	750gp	1500gp	+4	5 lb.	40
Diminutive	750gp	1500gp	+4	5 lb.	40
Tiny	750gp	1500gp	+4	5 lb.	40
Large	3000gp	6000gp	+8	100 lb.	40
Huge	6000gp	12000gp	+8	250 lb.	40
Gargantuan	12000gp	24000gp	+8	400 lb.	40
Colossal	24000gp	48000gp	+8	600 lb.	40

Maximum Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Hardness
+1	−6	35%	10

Speed1
Base	20 ft.	30 ft.	40 ft.	50 ft.	60 ft.	70 ft.	80 ft.	90 ft.	100 ft.
Armored	15 ft.	20 ft.	30 ft.	35 ft.	40 ft.	50 ft.	55 ft.	60 ft.	70 ft.
When running in heavy armor, you move only triple your speed, not quadruple.

Don	Don Hastily	Remove
4 minutes2	4 minutes1	1d4+1 minutes1
If the character has some help, cut this time in half. A single character doing nothing else can help one or two adjacent characters. Two characters can't help each other don armor at the same time. The wearer must have help to don this armor. Without help, it can be donned only hastily.

Description/Notes

The suit includes gauntlets, heavy leather boots, a visored helmet, and a thick layer of padding that is worn underneath the armor. Each suit of full plate must be individually fitted to its owner by a master armorsmith, although a captured suit can be resized to fit a new owner at a cost of 200 to 800 (2d4×100) gold pieces.

Enhancements

These are the prices for this item when made with specific materials or enhancements.

Full Plate Material Enhancements

Material	Cost1	Hardness	Hit Points	Special
Masterwork Steel	gp	10	40	-
Adamantine	gp	20	53	Grants wearer DR 3/-
Crystal, Deep	gp	10	40	Does not rust
Crystal, Mundane	gp	8	33	Does not rust
Dragonhide	gp	10	13	Non-metal armor
Mithral	gp	15	40	Half weight, Treated as medium armor, Increase max Dex bonus by 2, Reduce armor check penalty by 3 (min 0), Reduced ASF by 10%
The given costs include the masterwork component.

Magical/Psionic Armor and Shield Enhancements

Bonus Value	Additional Cost	Hardness Increase1	Additional hp1
+1	+1,000 gp	+2	+10
+2	+4,000 gp	+4	+20
+3	+9,000 gp	+6	+30
+4	+16,000 gp	+8	+40
+5	+25,000 gp	+10	+50
+6	+36,000 gp2	+12	+60
+7	+49,000 gp2	+14	+70
+8	+64,000 gp2	+16	+80
+9	+81,000 gp2	+18	+90
+10	+100,000 gp2	+20	+100
+11 or more	+ bonus × bonus × 10,000 gp	+ enhancement bonus × 2	+ enhancement bonus × 10
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. If the armor or shield has a magical bonus greater than +5 or a special ability worth more than +5, then it's epic. Multiply magic cost by 10.

See Also

• Armor Qualities
• Magic Armor
• Wikipedia: Plate Armor

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