Illus. by D. Crabapple
ITEMS OF LEGACY
CHAPTER 3
WARGIRD’S ARMOR
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new armor and old, he deserved the hand-me-down. Wargird’s Armor is a breastplate designed for a military Feralion then toiled endlessly on his prized breastplate, officer. Its entire surface is etched with beautifully lovingly adorning it with symmetric patterns and symmetric patterns and runes. runes. (DC 20; Spark of the Anvil) Nonlegacy Game Statistics: +1 breastplate; Cost One day, the regiment Feralion served came up 1,350 gp. You can sleep while wearing Wargird’s Armor against barbarians of the frozen highlands. The enemy without being fatigued the next day. You also gain a +2 showed up in unexpected force, dwarfing the regibonus on Constitution checks made to avoid taking ment’s numbers. Outraged at the civilized kingdoms for nonlethal damage from a forced march. invading their ancestral lands, the berserkers brutally plowed through the regiment’s defenses, forcing the Omen: Minor damage (not including hit point damage) sustained by Wargird’s Armor as a result of a officers to retreat almost immediately. Feralion had to battle automatically repairs itself, ensuring the armor defend himself, but having anticipated as much, he always looks unblemished. had already donned Wargird’s Armor. With an ordinary sledgehammer in hand, Feralion stood against the ravening horde quite prepared to die. But the longer HISTORY Feralion Ordel made the breastplate that became Warhe continued fighting, the more the smith realized gird’s Armor. The armor was never meant as anything he could not be struck—his armor simply wouldn’t more than a functional breastplate for the type of field allow it. Feralion broke through the berserker lines, giving the officers enough time to rally their remaining lieutenant who issued commands from horseback, well away from the fighting. soldiers and drive the enemy back. Although the barFeralion was a military smith barians held their ground against accustomed to churning out the counterattack, Feralion had turned sure defeat into a stalearms and armor, making mate. He was promoted to new when he had to, repairing what he could, lieutenant on the field. What Feralion didn’t and replacing what he couldn’t. He had no realize was the spirit time to take pride in of a berserker youth he his work. During a long killed that day had bonded campaign, Feralion was with the breastplate. (DC 25; ordered to forge a new breastMisplaced Youth) plate. The smith went to work as he Feralion and Wargird’s Armor became legendary. He was a leader had many times before, but never who fought at the front of the ranks, had the final product turned out leading charges in many successful so completely devoid of flaws. Feralion couldn’t stop marveling at battles. His iconic status, however, made him a target. Assassins and mercehis own craftsmanship, growing unable to part with the breastplate. He hid naries alike were hired by the enemy to target Feralion in the field. The few times it instead. (DC 15) The breastplate had been ordered for Wargird’s Armor will not allow an attack did strike Feralion’s armor, he its wearer to be defeated flew into such a violent fury that his a newly commissioned lieutenant, a opponent was usually dispatched shortly replacement for another officer fallen thereafter. Attempts were even made to steal Wargird’s to a single arrow. The damage to the dead lieutenant’s Armor, but something always kept Feralion alert, breastplate was minimal, but the replacement lieutenant was of noble blood, and he expected a fresh foiling all such plots. Only the stalemate when first outfit. Feralion hid the flawless armor, working hard to he had donned his flawless breastplate haunted the repair the dead lieutenant’s breastplate, adjusting the smith-turned-soldier. Feralion then sought permission fit to the replacement officer. When the self-satisfied to lead several regiments against the barbarians of the northern highlands, and he was given leave to attack lieutenant unceremoniously donned the seemingly as he saw fit. The battle should have gone well—the new breastplate, Feralion felt justified in his deception. If the whelp couldn’t tell the difference between enemy was outnumbered—but the barbarians used
