Hardlight Shield

Armor Profile

Class: Shields
AC: +3
Grade: I · Standard
Rarity: Common
Tier: IV · Spacefaring
Training: Shields
Cost: 2200
Weight: 2 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: 1,100 gm of materials and 1 day of work, at a fabricator: a starport yard, an industrial district or a ship's machine shop. To repair: 275 gm and 1 day. Downtime

Properties

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shieldHeld in the off hand for a flat bonus to armor class.
shieldHeld in the off hand. One shield at a time, and it needs a free hand.
power-cellRuns on a charged cell. Flat, it reverts to whatever it is without power.

A projector worn on the forearm that throws a plane of coherent light. Raising or lowering the field takes a bonus action. A power cell runs it for 8 minutes. While the field is down, the shield grants no bonus to Armor Class and weighs 2 lb.

Rules

Raising or lowering the field is a bonus action. It runs for 8 minutes on a cell. While down, the shield grants no bonus to Armor Class and weighs 2 lb.

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.

Equipment Line

The same kit across the tiers. Later rungs replace earlier ones.