Bronze Armor

[Talic]

The classic case of "I'm a moron" being off at school with my precious books left at home.

Can someone please tell me what the stat modifications are for armor made of bronze? I was unable to locate information in the SRD.

Also, I believe Bronze weapons take a -1 to Damage rolls. Can someone please confirm this as well?

Thank ya much.

 

[Jdvn1]

... Do you know what books it's in? Not any 3.5 WotC books, I think.

 

[Talic]

Yep, its in the DMG 3.5 around the area where they talk about alternate settings, including the Asian and futuristic weapons and such.

 

[Jdvn1]

Oh, that's cool. Never saw that. -2 Attack and Damage, Minimum 1.

This is from the 3.0 DMG, but I doubt it's different.

 

[Alzrius]

Page 144 of the 3.5E DMG.

Bronze weapons take a -1 penalty to all attack and damage rolls (minimum 1 point of damage).

Oddly, it only gives examples relating to bronze shields and armor, and not hard and fast rules. For example, bronze shields only have a hardness of 9 where an iron one has hardness 10. A small bronze shield has 7 hit points, and a large bronze shield has 14 hit points (a light steel shield has 10 hit points, and a heavy steel shield has 20). Beyond that, it just says that shields have the same AC bonus, cost, and weight.

In terms of armor, all it says is that a bronze breastplate (it's quite odd it calls out that type of armor specifically) only has a +4 armor bonus (as opposed to the steel version's +5), but has a maximum Dexterity bonus of +4 (whereas the steel version is +3).

Finally, it says bronze has hardness 9 and 20 hit points per inch of thickness.

 

[Talic]

Ah, the penalty to weapons applies to attack rolls as well.

Unless I hear otherwise, I think I'll just assume all bronze armor is -1 to AC and +1 to max Dex Bonus.

Thank you very much.

 

[Scharlata]

[...]Can someone please tell me what the stat modifications are for armor made of bronze?[...]

The Arms and Equipment Guide has Bronze weapons/armors on pages 12/18.

Kind regards and happy easter