Ballistic Chestplate (3.5e Equipment)

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Ballistic ChestplateEdit

A high-end light armor, the ballistic chestplate is a fabric cuirass made of reinforced fabric. While such armor mostly only covers the chest, with leg guards and arm guards, it is worn over reinforced clothes to maximize the protection it offers.

Ballistic Chestplate (Light)

Size	Humanoid Cost	Nonhumanoid Cost	Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
Small	900 gp	1800 gp	+4	12.5 lb.	10
Medium	900 gp	1800 gp	+4	25 lb.	10

Non-Standard Sizes
Fine	450 gp	900 gp	+2	2.5 lb.	10
Diminutive	450 gp	900 gp	+2	2.5 lb.	10
Tiny	450 gp	900 gp	+2	2.5 lb.	10
Large	1800 gp	3600 gp	+4	50 lb.	10
Huge	3600 gp	7200 gp	+4	125 lb.	10
Gargantuan	7200 gp	14400 gp	+4	200 lb.	10
Colossal	14400 gp	28800 gp	+4	300 lb.	10

Maximum Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Hardness
+4	−2	20%	3

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.

Don	Don Hastily	Remove
1 minute	5 rounds	1 minute1
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.

A ballistic chestplate is an expensive fabric light armor, often used by elite forces that need both mobility and protection. A suit of ballistic armor applies half of its armor bonus on touch attack made with firearms. A ballistic chest plate can be made of special fabric materials.

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