ARMOR VARIES ARMOR (PLATE) RELIC (EVOLVING)
REQUIRES ATTUNEMENT
BASE ARMOR STATISTICS (ALL STATES)
ARMOR TYPE: HEAVY (PLATE)
AC: 18
STRENGTH REQUIREMENT: 15
STEALTH: DISADVANTAGE
WEIGHT: 65 LB.
RELIC TRAITS (ALL STATES)
COUNTS AS MAGICAL ARMOR.
EVOLVES: DORMANT → AWAKENED → EXALTED
REQUIRES ATTUNEMENT.
REVERTS TO DORMANT IF UNATTUNED.
DORMANT STATE
UNCOMMON (RELIC)
REQUIRES ATTUNEMENT
STONEBOUND DEFENSE
YOU GAIN A +1 BONUS TO AC WHILE WEARING THIS ARMOR.
SUREFOOTED
YOU HAVE ADVANTAGE ON SAVING THROWS TO AVOID BEING KNOCKED PRONE.
AWAKENED STATE
RARE (RELIC)
REQUIRES ATTUNEMENT
THUNDER RESISTANCE
YOU HAVE RESISTANCE TO THUNDER DAMAGE.
FALL MITIGATION
WHEN YOU FALL YOU CAN USE YOUR REACTION TO REDUCE THE FALLING DAMAGE BY HALF.
EXALTED STATE
LEGENDARY
REQUIRES ATTUNEMENT (YOU MUST HAVE SURVIVED A FALL OF 100 FEET OR MORE WHILE WEARING THIS ARMOR.)
MOUNTAIN’S ENDURANCE
WHEN YOU TAKE DAMAGE YOU REDUCE THAT DAMAGE BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO YOUR PROFICIENCY BONUS (ONCE PER TURN).
UNMOVABLE STANCE
YOU HAVE ADVANTAGE ON SAVING THROWS AGAINST BEING FORCIBLY MOVED OR KNOCKED PRONE.
IN ADDITION IF YOU ARE STANDING ON SOLID GROUND AND ARE SUBJECTED TO FORCED MOVEMENT YOU CAN USE YOUR REACTION TO REDUCE THAT MOVEMENT TO 0 FEET.
legendary: must survive a fall of 100+ ft. while wearing
Requires Attunement
Relic Armor (Heavy), Crownspine Peaks
The Stoneward Aegis is not merely forged steel — it is mountain given form.
Its plates are carved from storm-veined ore mined high in the Crownspine Peaks, then fused with steel and rune-bound granite dust. The armor’s surface resembles chiseled stone layered over iron, each plate bearing angular ridges like cliff faces and escarpments. Fine silver inlays trace geometric patterns across the breastplate, echoing fault lines and tectonic fractures.
When worn, the armor feels immensely solid — heavier than it should be, yet strangely grounding. Each step lands with certainty, as though the earth itself steadies the wearer’s stance.
It smells faintly of cold stone and high-altitude air.
Appearance by Relic State
Dormant
The plates are matte gray with faint mineral flecks embedded within. In cold weather, frost gathers naturally along its edges. When the wearer braces, small chips of gravel occasionally tumble from the joints, though the armor remains unmarred.
A faint echo follows heavy footsteps on stone.
Awakened
Hairline cracks of pale blue light appear along the armor’s etched fault-lines during combat. When struck by force, a deep, resonant sound rings out — like a hammer against bedrock. Dust and debris seem to slide away from the wearer’s feet, leaving stable footing even on treacherous slopes.
The armor grows subtly heavier when the wearer plants their stance, as if anchoring itself.
Exalted
The Stoneward Aegis radiates immovable authority. The etched lines glow with steady mountain-light, and faint spectral silhouettes of towering peaks shimmer around the wearer during moments of great strain. Impacts that would stagger others send shockwaves outward instead, cracking the ground at the bearer’s feet.
When the wearer stands firm against overwhelming force, a low rumble rolls outward like distant avalanche thunder.
Sensory Details
Cool to the touch, regardless of climate
Emits a low, grinding resonance when absorbing heavy blows
Feels denser and more solid the longer the wearer stands still
Slight vibration when near unstable stone or high winds
Lore
The Crownspine clans say the Stoneward Aegis was first shaped for a guardian who stood alone against a collapsing mountain pass, holding back falling stone long enough for their people to escape. The armor did not bend. The mountain did.
It symbolizes endurance above all else — not aggression, not speed, but unwavering presence. To wear it is to accept the mountain’s burden: to be the thing that does not move when everything else does.
Some whisper that if the armor is left atop a high peak during a thunderstorm, it gathers strength from the storm and stone alike — remembering every cliff it has ever endured.
