Armor must be worn and a shield must be in hand to benefit from any special abilities.
Masterworks: Magic armor and shields are masterwork items, reducing their Min Str one die type.
Each metal bit of this suit of leather (+3, Aegis) looks more like a tiny sneering face than a simple stud. Once per day, as a limited action, the wearer may command the mouths to unleash a torrent of verbal abuse. Every hostile creature within 10" (20 yards) who can see and hear the wearer must make a Spirit check or suffer an overwhelming compulsion to attack the wearer for the next five rounds. If the creature is unable to attack the wearer on its next turn, or attacking the wearer would put the creature at risk of injury or death (moving through an enemy's Reach, charging into a pit, and so on), it can act normally that turn.
Price: 16,175 gp; Weight: 20 lbs; Craft: Confusion; 7,675 gp.
Ten 100-gp gems adorn this banded plate mail corselet (Aegis). Once per encounter, the wearer may force a foe to reroll a successful attack roll made against him. The wearer chooses which result is kept. The attacker may still benefit from any additional rerolls.
Price: 18,900 gp; Weight: 35 lbs; Craft: Good aligned; 9,650 gp.
As an action, once per day, this heavy shield (Deflecting) transforms into a solid, 10-foot-by-10-foot-by-1-foot wall of masonry with a battlement on top and an arrow slit in each 5-foot length.
As a free action, the wielder can touch the wall and command it to revert to a shield. The wall has all the characteristics of any other foot-thick wall of masonry. Attacks sufficient to destroy the wall cause it to immediately transform back into a broken shield that must be repaired before it can transform again. The shield remains in wall form until destroyed or commanded to return to shield form. The wall cannot appear in a space too small to accommodate it.
Price: 16,180 gp; Weight: 45 lbs; Craft: Barrer; 8,180 gp.
This suit of leather (+3 or +5 vs bladed weapons, Aegis) gives its wearer the ability to twist and contort his body in virtually any direction. He is not Vulnerable or Distracted due to being Bound or Entangled.
Price: 12,160 gp; Weight: 15 lbs; Craft: Disguise; 6,160 gp.
This breastplate (Fortification) bestows a commanding aura upon its wearer. The wearer gains a +1 bonus on Persuasion rolls. Friendly Extras within the character's Command Range gain +2 on checks to resist Fear. Since the effect arises in great part from the distinctiveness of the armor, it does not function if the wearer hides or conceals herself in any way.
Price: 25,400 gp; Weight: 30 lbs; Craft: Empathy; 12,875 gp.
This bluish metal breastplate (+5, Aegis) is decorated with wave motifs. It allows the wearer to walk on top of the water, moving his normal Pace. If a creature puts on the armor while underwater, the wearer is borne toward the surface at a rapid rate.
Price: 23,850 gp; Weight: 30 lbs; Craft: Environmental protection; 12,100 gp.
This bright silver or gold chain mail (Aegis) is finely crafted and lightweight. It can be worn under normal clothing. Once per day its wearer gains the benefits of the minor fly power with a Duration of five minutes.
Price: 22,400 gp; Weight: 20 lbs; Craft: Fly; Good aligned; 11,350 gp.
This extremely light chain mail is made of very fine mithral links. This armor is treated, in all ways, like light armor, including when determining Armor Restriction and Interference.
Price: 5,150 gp; Weight: 20 lbs; Craft: 2,575 gp.
This item normally looks like a heavy steel brooch or cloak clasp, often depicting a heavy helm or sturdy shield. As an action, the wearer can command the brooch to transform in a clatter of metallic plates and panels, instantly covering him in a suit of plate armor (with the Aegis quality). The broach's design is displayed on the armor’s breastplate.
The same command causes the armor to transform back. The brooch only transforms if the wearer isn't already armored.
Price: 12,650 gp; Weight: —; Craft: Conjure item; 7,650 gp.
As a limited action, the wearer of this heavy shield (Arrow Deflecting) may transform it into a one-inch-thick cube of iron (Hardness 13) that springs into being around him, completely enclosing him.
The cube is perfectly sealed, airtight, and dark within, so the wearer must hold his breath starting on the third round after activating the cube (see Drowning for rules on holding your breath).
Attacks sufficient to destroy one side of the cube cause it to immediately transform back into a broken shield that must be repaired before it can be transformed again. Otherwise, the cube reverts to shield form upon command as a free action, if the wearer moves from his current location, falls unconscious, is Incapacitated, or dies.
Price: 19,180 gp; Weight: 45 lbs; Craft: Barrier; 9,680 gp.
This drooping, many-folded suit of leather hide armor (+ 3, Aegis, Fortification) is made from the tanned skin of an actual giant. Once per day, as a limited action, the wearer can grow to match the Size of the appropriate giant, as if using shape change (hill giant, stone giant, fire giant, frost giant, cloud giant or storm giant). This transformation lasts up to 15 minutes, and ends when the wearer commands.
Most good folk consider wearing the skins of intelligent creatures abhorrent. Giants add+1 to attack and damage rolls against the wearer, or +2 if the wearer’s armor is made from the same kind of giant as the attacker.
Price: 39,165 gp (hill giant), 59,165 gp (stone giant), 54,165 gp (frost giant), 69,165 gp (cloud or fire giant), 76,665 gp (storm giant); Weight: 25 lbs; Craft: Shape change; 19,660 gp (hill giant), 29,665 gp (stone giant), 27,165 gp (frost giant), 34,665 gp (cloud or fire giant), 38,415 gp (storm giant).
This helmet grants its wearer the ability to understand the spoken words of any creature, read text in any language, and comprehend any magical writing.
Price: 5,200 gp; Weight: 3 lbs; Craft: Speak language; 2,600 gp.
As a limited action, a character wearing this helm may teleport (major) with the Greater Teleport Power Modifier three times per day.
Price: 73,500 gp; Weight: 3 lbs; Craft: Teleport; 36,750 gp.
The face of this heavy steel shield (Deflecting) is fashioned as a roaring lion’s head. Three times per day as a limited free action, the lion’s head can be commanded to bite. It attacks with the wielder’s Fighting and causes 2d8, AP 2 damage.
Price: 9,170 gp; Weight: 15 lbs; Craft: Summon ally; 4,670 gp.
Twice per day, as a free action, the wearer of this mithral full plate (Aegis) can gain the effects of minor speed. This full plate is considered medium armor.
Price: 26,500 gp; Weight: 25 lbs; Craft: Speed; 18,500 gp.
This enchanted (Aegis) full plate is decorated with a wave and fish motif. Although the armor remains as heavy and bulky as normal full plate, the wearer of plate armor of the deep is treated as unarmored for purposes of Athletics (swimming) checks. The wearer can breathe underwater and can converse with any water-breathing creature with a language.
Price: 24,650 gp; Weight: 50 lbs; Craft: Environmental protection, speak language; 13,150 gp.
This enchanted (Aegis) thick leather jacket is made of rhino hide. In addition to its enhanced armor, the wearer adds +4 damage to one successful Fighting attack in a turn in which he runs at least 5” (10 yards).
Price: 5,165 gp; Weight: 25 lbs; Craft: Boost Trait; 2,600 gp.
This enchanted (Deflecting) medium steel shield is covered in spines. It acts as a normal spiked shield. On command up to three times per day, the shield’s wearer can fire one of the shield’s spines. The attack uses Shooting and has Range 12/24/48, Damage 2d6. Fired spines regenerate each day.
Price: 5,580 gp; Weight: 15 lbs; Craft: Bolt; 2,875 gp.
This medium wooden shield (Deflecting) has. Arching bird wings carved into its face. Once per day, it can be commanded to cast minor fly with a Duration of 10 minutes, carrying the wielder. The shield can carry up to 266 pounds.
Price: 17,257 gp; Weight: 10 lbs; Craft: Fly; 8,707 gp.