Masterwork Hardlight Shield

Armor Profile

Class

Shields

AC

+6

Grade

IV · Masterwork

Rarity

Epic

Tier

IV · Spacefaring

Training

Shields

Cost

10200

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: 5,100 gm of materials and 50 days of work, at a fabricator: a starport yard, an industrial district or a ship's machine shop, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 4, finished with a DC 20 check. To repair: 1,275 gm and 13 days. 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. It grants a +3 bonus to Armor Class beyond the shield's own. The field holds its shape at the edges and does not thin as the cell drains.

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.

1. Grade I · Standard
2. Grade II · Refined +1
3. Grade III · Pristine +2
4. Grade IV · Masterwork +3