Hide Armor

Hide Armor
Item
Item Type	Armor
Weight	40 lbs.
Value	6
Acquisition
Game	IWD:EE only (base-game portion)
Armor Class
Armor Class	6
vs. Piercing	8 (+2 penalty)
vs. Missile	8 (+2 penalty)
Special
Equipped Abilities	Open Locks: -10% Find Traps: -10% Pick Pockets: -10% Move Silently: -20% Hide in Shadows: -20%
Requirements
Min. Strength	6
Not Usable by	Mage, Monk, Kensai, Shapeshifter, Avenger

Hide Armor is cheap body armor with a few downsides available in the Enhanced Edition game.

Properties

With an Armor Class of 6, hide armor provides better defense than leather armor's Armor Class of 8 for effectively no difference in price. However, that bonus does come with a different cost: being significantly heavier and coming with a penalty to thieving abilities for the wearer, making it a cheap and viable option for shamans, some druids, and certain types of rangers, but a less than ideal armor for bards or thieves.

Acquisition

Sold by

• Pomab in his Emporium, in Easthaven.
• Conlan, in his smithy in Kuldahar.

Description

“

Hide armor is made from the thick hide of a very large animal (an elephant for example) or from many layers of normal leather from common animals, like cows. Hide armor is far too bulky, inflexible and heavy to be used much in advanced human cultures. However, among the barbaric humanoid masses throughout the dark forests and misty jungles of the world, hide armor is common. Even though it does offer more protection that leather armor, one must get by the offensive odor and shoddy appearance in order to wear it effectively. Even though Thieves can wear this armor, it has a negative effect on their abilities.

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External Links

• Hide Armor on the Baldur's Gate Wiki, a Wiki for the Baldur's Gate game series.