Masterwork HDF Combat Shield

Armor Profile

Class

Shields

AC

+5

Grade

IV · Masterwork

Rarity

Epic

Tier

III · Modern

Training

Shields

Cost

8380

Weight

15 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: 4,190 gm of materials and 50 days of work, at a workshop with powered tools, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 4, finished with a DC 20 check. To repair: 1,048 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.

The Halcyion issue combat shield, adjustable across four grip frames so a Thuulean and a Qy'reen can be handed the same one. It grants a +3 bonus to Armor Class beyond the shield's own. Cured under pressure in a single cycle, so there are no voids in it, and rated a full class above what its weight suggests.

Rules

• Always on

  • +5 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.

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