Ring Barding

This early form of barding is made of metal rings sewn onto a heavy cloth or leather backing. It is heavier than standard scale barding, and in most campaigns will be used only by those who can't get anything better. (In fact, whether a barding like ring barding actually existed is open to question; it may have been too heavy for the horses of the time.) Ring barding weighs 80 pounds.
Half Ring: This is ring barding for the front areas of the horse. It weighs 55 pounds.
Only medium and heavy warhorses may wear ring barding.