How come I can't add armor to my Paladin's horse companion?

[knihi]

Trying to add armor to my Paladin's horse companion but it says no armor is available. Barding does not show under gear, either.

Finally, it actually tells me its a validation error that the Paladin's animal companion is a heavy horse.

Me confoosed.

 

[knihi]

ok, I take it back. I had to add armor proficiencies first.
Well, I take part of it back. Still getting validation error for heavy horse.

 

[Mathias]

Go to the Hero Settings on the configure hero form, to the optional rules section, "Races to Show" - and uncheck "Don't Restrict Companion Race". Save that change.

Now, go to your animal companion, and change the race from "Horse, Heavy" to "Horse". The "Don't Restrict Companion Race" allows some choices for companions that don't actually function correctly, but I haven't had a chance to fix the list of options it allows.

You should be able to go to the Armor tab and add armor to your horse, the same as you would add armor to your character. HL will handle the price changes due to the creature's size and non-humanoid shape (which makes it barding).

 

[knihi]

Thanks! Horse still gives me a validation error, but I'm supposing that's not why you said to not use Horse, Heavy - right?

 

[Mathias]

Yes, Horse, Heavy will give you the stats in the Bestiary, modified by the animal companion changes by level (pg 52), and NOT the Horse animal companion choice on page 54, so the calculations will be incorrect.