Blood Plate

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Blood Plate


Aura moderate conjuration; CL 7th
Slot armor; Price 46,350 gp; Weight 30 lb.

DESCRIPTION

This +3 breastplate appears to be forged from deep crimson steel, its surface subtly rippling like thick liquid beneath a hardened sheen. Though solid to the touch, it faintly pulses with a slow, heartbeat-like rhythm when worn.

The Blood Plate contains a reservoir of regenerative magic capable of restoring up to 75 hit points to its wearer. Activating this ability is a free action that can be taken even when it is not the wearer’s turn, but no more than once per round. Healing may be drawn in increments of up to 25 hit points at a time.

Each time 25 hit points are expended from the armor, its enhancement bonus is reduced by 1 (from +3 to +2, then +1, then +0). When all 75 hit points are expended, the armor immediately loses all magical properties and collapses into a mass of foul, congealed blood, becoming worthless.

The armor may be replenished by the wearer voluntarily sacrificing their own vitality. For every 2 hit points of damage the wearer takes (this damage cannot be reduced or prevented), the armor regains 1 hit point of stored healing, up to its maximum of 75.

CONSTRUCTION

Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, cure critical wounds, creator must be at least 7th level
Cost 23,175 gp + 1,854 XP

LORE

Those who have studied the Blood Plate closely often remark on its most disturbing feature: beneath its hardened crimson surface, something moves. In quiet moments, the wearer can feel a subtle shifting, as though thick liquid sloshes slowly within the armor itself. Some claim that when the armor heals its bearer, this internal motion quickens, surging toward the site of injury like blood rushing through unseen veins.

The earliest known examples appear in fragmented records from battlefield surgeons who sought to create armor that could “drink death before it reached the heart.” Witnesses to early prototypes described the armor as warm and unnervingly alive, with faint sounds - like liquid being stirred in a sealed vessel - emanating from within. Several accounts note that the armor grew more active after being fed fresh blood, its surface rippling more visibly for hours afterward.

Legends tell of a mercenary captain who wore such armor through a dozen wars without ever retreating. Those who fought beside him swore they could hear the faint slosh of fluid within his breastplate as he moved, especially in the heat of battle. When its magic was finally spent, the armor reportedly burst apart with a wet, collapsing sound, spilling thick, blackened blood across the ground - far more than should have ever fit within it. Some say that even then, the liquid continued to twitch and shift for several moments before going still.

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