SRD:Breastplate

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Breastplate [Medium]

Maximum Dex Bonus: +3 Armor Check Penalty: –4 Arcane Spell Failure Chance: 25% Hardness: 10
Size	Cost		Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
	Humanoid	Nonhumanoid
Fine	100 gp	200 gp	+2	3 lb.	1
Diminutive	100 gp	200 gp	+2	3 lb.	3
Tiny	100 gp	200 gp	+2	3 lb.	6
Small	200 gp	400 gp	+5	15 lb.	12
Medium	200 gp	400 gp	+5	30 lb.	25
Large	400 gp	800 gp	+5	60 lb.	50
Huge	800 gp	1,600 gp	+5	150 lb.	100
Gargantuan	1,600 gp	3,200 gp	+5	240 lb.	200
Colossal	3,200 gp	6,400 gp	+5	360 lb.	400
Speed 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.

Description/Notes

Breastplates come with a helmet and greaves.

Enhancements

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

Breastplate Material Enhancements

Material	Cost1	Hardness	Hit Points	Special
Steel	350 gp	10	25	—
Adamantine	10,200 gp	20	33	Grants wearer DR 2/—
Crystal, Deep	1,200 gp	10	25	No rusting
Crystal, Mundane	350 gp	8	20	No rusting
Dragonhide	700 gp	10	8	Usable by druids
Mithral	4,200 gp	15	25	Half weight, Treated as light armor, increased max Dex bonus (+2), reduced armor check penalty (3; min 0), reduced arcane spell failure chance (10%)
The given costs include the masterwork component. The armor check penalties for masterwork armor and shields are lessened by 1, except mithral. The armor check penalties for mithril armor and shields are reduced by 3.

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 squared × 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.

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See Also

• Armor Qualities
• Magic Armor
• Wikipedia: Cuirass

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