Masterwork Steel Shield

Armor Profile

Class

Shields

AC

+5

Grade

IV · Masterwork

Rarity

Epic

Tier

I · Pre-Industrial

Training

Shields

Cost

8040

Weight

10 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: 4,020 gm of materials and 50 days of work, at a workshop with the right tools, by a crafter with Rift Affinity 4, finished with a DC 20 check. To repair: 1,005 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.

A single dished steel plate, rolled at the edge and strapped at the forearm. It grants a +3 bonus to Armor Class beyond the shield's own. Balanced so that it can be moved with the wrist alone, and re-strapped so the arm carries less of the weight.

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