Armor (Shield)

Uncommon Requires Attunement

Description

This shield is made out of overlapping pieces of purplish chitin plates reinforced with sun-cured ellond hide. Some of the long bristles of the deadly kruthik have been incorporated into this shield's design, giving the wearer an uncanny ability to sense and react to things they shouldn't be able to perceive.

Chitin plates from the kruthik beasts of the dunes is incredibly tough material. While holding this shield, you have a +1 bonus to AC. This bonus is in addition to the shield's normal bonus to AC.

Additionally, kruthik antennae has been weaved into the shield's creation. While donned, the shield grants you tremorsense out to a distance of 15 feet.

Optional

If the optional items have been used in its crafting, then your item gains the following features:

Desert Walker

Prerequisite: 1 Unit of Ellond Hide

Fire damage you take is reduced by 3. Additionally, hot environments have grown more bearable; you do not need to drink more water to stay hydrated and healthy.

Improved Tremorsense

Prerequisite: 2 Units of Monster Scales

You tremorsense ability extends out to 30 feet.

Shield Bash

Prerequisite: All Optional Units

You've learned to react swiftly and in tandem with your strange and newfound senses. While you wield this shield and after you take the attack action, you can expend one of the item's charges and make a Shield Bash attack as a bonus action. This attack uses your Strength modifier to calculate attack and damage rolls; it deals magical bludgeoning damage.

This feature has 6 charges. It regains 1d5+1 charges daily at dawn.

Soulbound

This item cannot be traded or sold.

Cost: Soulbound
Weight: 4lbs