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Message: <blockquote data-quote="leonardoraele" data-source="post: 6757420" data-attributes="member: 6804468">Ok, the Barding description in PHB says that "any type of armor shown on the Armor table in this chapter can be purchased as barding", as long as you can afford it. I assume that the beast can add it's Dexterity modifier as long as the armor allows it. (none for heavy armor, 2 for medium armor, all for light armor) But what about natural armor and the bonus granted by Ranger's Companion feature ? (bonus to AC equals to your proficiency bonus) Also, beasts doesn't have any armor proficiency, so how to handle that?Question 1. Does the natural armor sums with the armor's base AC?Consider the Wolf creature. (MM 341) The wolf has AC 13 (natural armor) and Dexterity 15 (+2). What becomes it's AC when it equips a Scale Mail? (AC = 14 + Dex modifier (max 2))a) AC 16 = 14 (Scale Mail) +2 (Dex)b) AC 17 = 14 (Scale Mail) +2 (Dex) +1 (Natural Armor)Question 2. Now, if the wolf above is a companion of a level 3 ranger/beast master (proficiency bonus = +2), does it receives +2 AC bonus from the Ranger's Companion feature even if it's wearing armor?Question 3. Does the wolf have armor proficiency? Barding description doesn't says anything about armor proficiency. (neither that the creature needs nor that it doesn't needs proficiency to equip the armor without drawbacks) Can I equip any armor, from Leather to Plate as a player with proficiency would? (I assume it still needs to have the minimum Strength and receives disadvantage to stealth checks, depending on the armor it wears)Also, consider the Warhorse creature and the box Variant: Warhorse Armor. (MM 340) The box says that the warhorse can wear any armor withtout changing it's CR. I'm confused weather the CR isn't modified because the horse receives disadvantage on attack rolls (for using armor without proficiency) or it's statistics doesn't change. The text box isn't very clear about these details.What are your thoughts and how would you handle this matter?</blockquote>

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