Refined Ballistic Shield

Armor Profile

Class: Shields
AC: +4
STR Required: 13
Grade: II · Refined
Rarity: Uncommon
Tier: III · Modern
Training: Shields
Cost: 900
Weight: 22 lb

Without training in shields, you have disadvantage on every attack, check and save that uses Strength or Dexterity, your speed drops by 10 feet, and you cannot channel while it is on. Proficiency

To make: 450 gm of materials and 10 days of work, at a workshop with powered tools, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 2, finished with a DC 13 check. To repair: 113 gm and 3 days. Downtime

Properties

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shieldHeld in the off hand for a flat bonus to armor class.

A curved slab of aramid laminate with a vision slit. It grants a +1 bonus to Armor Class beyond the shield's own. The laminate re-laid with the plies rotated between layers, so a hit spreads across the laminate.

Rules

Always on
- +4 AC

Grades

The same object, worked to a better standard. The grade is the rung; the bonus is what the rung is worth at the table.