Black Knight's barding

From CrawlWiki
Revision as of 19:48, 26 April 2015 by MoogleDan (talk | contribs) (Updated for 0.16, added History)
Jump to: navigation, search
Version 0.16: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.


This gear used to be worn by the personal horse of the Black Knight during his reign of terror. Pitch-black, it appears to be made not only of some strange black steel, but also of entire plates of black diamond! Naturally, such a weight of metal and stone cannot be good for the mount's speed. However, it offers not only mundane protection against blows; the adamant bears an enchantment that makes its wearer partially undead.

Black knight barding.png the +10 Black Knight's horse barding

+10 centaur barding

Ponderousness ego
rN+
Evil

Desirability

It's your choice whether the Black Knight's horse barding's excellent AC and rank of life protection are worth losing a bit of your centaur's speed advantage, but they probably are; you'll still be faster than most opponents, though kiting may be a bit more difficult. That being said, this armour is considered evil and will offend the good gods if you wear it.

History

Prior to 0.15, the Black Knight's horse barding also offered a significant delay to your metabolism, requiring you to eat less often.

The Black Knight's horse barding was added in 0.10.