Turtle Armor (3.5e Equipment)

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Turtle Armor

Named so for its distinctive "turtle shell" shape, turtle armor is very protective against all manner of threats. However it's shape makes it unwieldy. Those wearing turtle armor cannot be flanked and get a +4 bonus to stability (as a dwarf) which stacks with other forms of stability. However if they do fall prone it takes a full round action to stand back up instead of a move action.

You cannot run in turtle armor, you can only move up to twice your movement speed.

Donning turtle armor takes twice as long as donning full plate.

Turtle Armor (Heavy)

Size	Humanoid Cost	Nonhumanoid Cost	Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
Small	3000 gp	6000 gp	+10	50 lb.	40
Medium	3000 gp	6000 gp	+10	100 lb.	40

Non-Standard Sizes
Fine	1500 gp	3000 gp	+5	10 lb.	40
Diminutive	1500 gp	3000 gp	+5	10 lb.	40
Tiny	1500 gp	3000 gp	+5	10 lb.	40
Large	6000 gp	12000 gp	+10	200 lb.	40
Huge	12000 gp	24000 gp	+10	500 lb.	40
Gargantuan	24000 gp	48000 gp	+10	800 lb.	40
Colossal	48000 gp	96000 gp	+10	1200 lb.	40

Maximum Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Hardness
+0	−10	50%	10

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.

Don	Don Hastily	Remove
8 minutes2	8 minutes1	2d4+2 minutes1
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. The wearer must have help to don this armor. Without help, it can be donned only hastily.

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