Gilded would mean thinly coated with gold... Though I don't think you would coat chainmail. I would think you wouldn't waste gold on any armor less than plate mail, really... So that is already heavy, no?
Gilding can be done through applying gold leaf, or chemical gilding (where you dip the metal in a solution that contains gold that then bonds to the metal). This can be done with any metal armor, so chain, scale, plate, half plate really
Gilded would mean thinly coated with gold... Though I don't think you would coat chainmail. I would think you wouldn't waste gold on any armor less than plate mail, really... So that is already heavy, no?
I was aiming for medium armor, it’s for a paladin or fighter with high dexterity.
Its whatever you want it to be. Leather armor with gilded trim. A golden breast plate. Calling it gilded is flavoring. Flavor your gear/aesthetics as you see fit.
Just try not to have it change the function or mechanics (or even value) of the original equipment unless authorized by the DM.
You have a particular build in mind? A Nobel paladin of some golden empire?
He’s actually a hermit! He was just chilling then a meteor struck near by his hut, it had his gear. It was sent to him by the elder Phoenix to protect the elemental realm of flame!
Any armor you actually use in a fight is going to lose big gnarly chunks of gilding in short order. It will look great and beautiful and shiny forever and ever behind glass in a museum, or maybe worn by the king once a year; but it isn't for the adventurer's life. Unless magic, obviously.
If the OP is talking about making actual armor out of actual gold, gold is super soft and strangely heavy. It would probably have the weight of heavy armor and the AC of light armor. Worst of both worlds. Unless magic, obviously.
Basically, blah blah blah world of imagination and enchantment blah. Make whatever kind of armor your DM allows, but don't try it at home.
I was thinking of making some sort of gold armor(not Minecraft) for my campaign, would it be light or medium armor?
Gilded would mean thinly coated with gold... Though I don't think you would coat chainmail. I would think you wouldn't waste gold on any armor less than plate mail, really... So that is already heavy, no?
Gilding can be done through applying gold leaf, or chemical gilding (where you dip the metal in a solution that contains gold that then bonds to the metal). This can be done with any metal armor, so chain, scale, plate, half plate really
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I was aiming for medium armor, it’s for a paladin or fighter with high dexterity.
Its whatever you want it to be. Leather armor with gilded trim. A golden breast plate. Calling it gilded is flavoring. Flavor your gear/aesthetics as you see fit.
Just try not to have it change the function or mechanics (or even value) of the original equipment unless authorized by the DM.
You have a particular build in mind? A Nobel paladin of some golden empire?
He’s actually a hermit! He was just chilling then a meteor struck near by his hut, it had his gear. It was sent to him by the elder Phoenix to protect the elemental realm of flame!
Any armor you actually use in a fight is going to lose big gnarly chunks of gilding in short order. It will look great and beautiful and shiny forever and ever behind glass in a museum, or maybe worn by the king once a year; but it isn't for the adventurer's life. Unless magic, obviously.
If the OP is talking about making actual armor out of actual gold, gold is super soft and strangely heavy. It would probably have the weight of heavy armor and the AC of light armor. Worst of both worlds. Unless magic, obviously.
Basically, blah blah blah world of imagination and enchantment blah. Make whatever kind of armor your DM allows, but don't try it at home.
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