SRD:Chain Shirt

This material is published under the OGL 1.0a.

Chain Shirt [Light]

Maximum Dex Bonus: +4 Armor Check Penalty: −2 Arcane Spell Failure Chance: 20% Hardness: 10
Size	Cost		Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
	Humanoid	Nonhumanoid
Fine	50 gp	100 gp	+2	2-1/2 lb.	1
Diminutive	50 gp	100 gp	+2	2-1/2 lb.	2
Tiny	50 gp	100 gp	+2	2-1/2 lb.	5
Small	100 gp	200 gp	+4	12-1/2 lb.	10
Medium	100 gp	200 gp	+4	25 lb.	20
Large	200 gp	400 gp	+4	50 lb.	40
Huge	400 gp	800 gp	+4	125 lb.	80
Gargantuan	800 gp	1,600 gp	+4	200 lb.	160
Colossal	1,600 gp	3,200 gp	+4	300 lb.	320
Speed Base 20 ft. 30 ft. 40 ft. 50 ft. 60 ft. 70 ft. 80 ft. 90 ft. 100 ft. Armored 20 ft. 30 ft. 40 ft. 50 ft. 60 ft. 70 ft. 80 ft. 90 ft. 100 ft.

Description/Notes

A chain shirt comes with a steel cap.

Enhancements

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

Chain Shirt Material Enhancements

Material	Cost1	Hardness	Hit Points	Special
Steel	250 gp	10	20	—
Adamantine	5,100 gp	20	26	Grants wearer DR 1/—
Crystal, Deep	1,100 gp	10	20	No rusting
Crystal, Mundane	250 gp	8	16	No rusting
Dragonhide	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Mithral	1,100 gp	15	20	Half weight, 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.

---

Back to Main Page → 3.5e Homebrew → Equipment → Magical Armor Enhancements

See Also

• Armor Qualities
• Magic Armor
• Wikipedia: Chainmail
• Wikipedia: Hauberk

---

Back to Main Page → 3.5e Open Game Content → System Reference Document → Armor

Open Game Content (place problems on the discussion page).

This is part of the (3.5e) Revised System Reference Document. It is covered by the Open Game License v1.0a, rather than the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3. To distinguish it, these items will have this notice. If you see any page that contains SRD material and does not show this license statement, please contact an admin so that this license statement can be added. It is our intent to work within this license in good faith.