Onion Armor (3.5e Equipment)

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Onion ArmorEdit

Those who ridicule the armor don't know how comfy it is.

A strange armor made in a distant land, it is notable for being onion shaped. It is generally though to be less efficient than full-plate however it offer a few useful quirks to a skilled user. This armor may be used as a normal heavy armor, it bottom heavy nature grant a +4 stability bonus (which stack with similar bonus, such as dwarves). The armor may also be donned without assistance, do not need to be refitted to a new user as long as the new use is the same size and may be slept in without any penalties.

In additional to it normal benefit, a creature with exotic armor proficiency in this armor receive a +1 bonus to Max Dexterity bonus. The user may also easily roll, doubling her movement speed while moving downhill and standing up from prone as a free action.

Onion Armor (Heavy)

Size	Humanoid Cost	Nonhumanoid Cost	Armor Bonus	Weight	Hit Points
Small	1750 gp	3500 gp	+7	17.5 lb.	40
Medium	1750 gp	3500 gp	+7	35 lb.	40

Non-Standard Sizes
Fine	875 gp	1750 gp	4	3.5 lb.	40
Diminutive	875 gp	1750 gp	4	3.5 lb.	40
Tiny	875 gp	1750 gp	4	3.5 lb.	40
Large	3500 gp	7000 gp	+7	70 lb.	40
Huge	7000 gp	14000 gp	+7	175 lb.	40
Gargantuan	14000 gp	28000 gp	+7	280 lb.	40
Colossal	28000 gp	56000 gp	+7	420 lb.	40

Maximum Dex Bonus	Armor Check Penalty	Arcane Spell Failure	Hardness
+1	-6	35%	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
4 minutes2	4 minutes1	1d4+1 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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