SRD:Full Plate Armor

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Full Plate [Heavy]

Maximum Dex Bonus: +1 Armor Check Penalty: −6 Arcane Spell Failure Chance: 35% Hardness: 10
Size	Cost		Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
	Humanoid	Nonhumanoid
Fine	750 gp	1,500 gp	+4	5 lb.	2
Diminutive	750 gp	1,500 gp	+4	5 lb.	5
Tiny	750 gp	1,500 gp	+4	5 lb.	10
Small	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	+8	25 lb.	20
Medium	1,500 gp	3,000 gp	+8	50 lb.	40
Large	3,000 gp	6,000 gp	+8	100 lb.	80
Huge	6,000 gp	12,000 gp	+8	250 lb.	160
Gargantuan	12,000 gp	24,000 gp	+8	400 lb.	320
Colossal	24,000 gp	48,000 gp	+8	600 lb.	640
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.

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
Steel	1,650 gp	10	40	—
Adamantine	16,500 gp	20	53	Grants wearer DR 3/—
Crystal, Deep	2,500 gp	10	40	No rusting
Crystal, Mundane	1,650 gp	8	33	No rusting
Dragonhide	3,300 gp	10	13	Usable by druids
Mithral	10,500 gp	15	40	Half weight, Treated as medium 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: Plate Armor

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