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Can Dragonhide be used to make any armor, or just the ones mentioned when referencing how many suits of armor can be made from a dragon?
Armorsmiths can work with the hides of dragons to produce armor or shields of masterwork quality. One dragon produces enough hide to make a single suit of masterwork hide armor for a creature one size category smaller than the dragon. By selecting only choice scales and bits of hide, an armorsmith can produce one suit of masterwork banded mail for a creature two sizes smaller, one suit of masterwork half-plate for a creature three sizes smaller, or one masterwork breastplate or suit of full plate for a creature four sizes smaller. In each case, enough hide is available to produce a light or heavy masterwork shield in addition to the armor, provided that the dragon is Large or larger.
In particular, was looking to get some Dragonhide Splint mail.
And mostly want the splint mail because my model has splintmail...
RAW... maybe not.
If this is non PFS, I would say just use the numbers for Banded mail, since the description for Splint specifically says "like banded mail."
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RAW... maybe not.
If this is non PFS, I would say just use the numbers for Banded mail, since the description for Splint specifically says "like banded mail."
Definitely PFS.
The above quote is the only indication of which armors can be made of dragonhide, and it really isn't if those are just numbers related to crafting the armor from raw materials, not actual restrictions on making the armor.
For PFS, you are limited to what it explicitly says in the book.
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For PFS, you are limited to what it explicitly says in the book.
Which is the question, as the book really doesn't directly say anything on the subject. The quote in the OP is regarding how many suits of armor can be made a single dragon's hide. There is not anything definitive regarding other armors being unable to be made (like with more than one dragon's hide), just a definition regarding materials required for certain types of armor.
Regarding PFS's cost requirement, after the above decription, it goes on to describe costs as:
Dragonhide armor costs twice as much as masterwork armor of that type, but it takes no longer to make than ordinary armor of that type (double all Craft results).
So, regarding PFS, it really depends on the interpretation of the reader.
As written, I can see the argument that the armors which are listed as craft-able from a single hide are the only armors legal, but at the same time, one could easily argue that it's more an explanation for players that are crafting the armor to know how much dragon is required to make armors.
And for PFS, the cost is clearly defined with either interpretation.
Personally, I think it's intended as a crafting materials guideline, not as a restriction on which types of armor can be made. If they intended to restrict it to certain types, it would be clearly written as such.
Though additionally, I think it's not intended that players are just acquiring dragonhide as we do in PFS, but that they are actually skinning a dragon they slew in a campaign and then looking at the special materials section to see what they can make from the hide they already have. As written, I don't even think the dragon's hide is included in the price, rather I think the cost reflects the effort to create it from a hide you already have.