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Arms & Armor v3.5 by Jim Butler, Steve Creech, and Kevin Ruesch Distributed worldwide to the book trade by Osseum Entertainment (www.osseum.com); distributed to the toy, comic, and hobby trade by Bastion Press (www.bastionpress.com) and regional distributors. Bastion Press and the Bastion Press logo are trademarks, and Oathbound is a registered tradermark, owned by Bastion Press, Inc. All Bastion characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by Bastion Press, Inc. ‘d20 System’ and the ‘d20 System’ logo are trademarks owned by Wizards of the Coast and are used according to the terms of the d20 System License version 5.0. Dungeons & Dragons and Wizards of the Coast are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and are used with permission. A copy of this License can be found at www.wizards.com/d20. © 2004 Bastion Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Lead Design Steven Creech, Kevin Ruesch and Jim Butler Additional Design Aaron Clancy, Allan Lee, Alexander Freed, Arthur Borko, Ben Mowbray, Bob Cooper, Bret Boyd, Cameron Ironsides, Charles W. Plemons III, Chris ‘Barak’ Chandler, Chris Scaturo, Christopher M. Smith, Christo- phor ‘SuperGuido’ Rick, David M. Finch, Deborah Teramis Christian, Duane Nutley, F.Wesley Schneider, Faisal Abdullah, G. William Harper, Greg Dent, Joel Flank, Johnathan M. Richards, Justin D. Jacobson, Kevin Melka, Luke Johnson, Nathan E. Irving, Neal Levin, Spike Y. Jones, Steven Russell, Thomas E. A. Kyle, Viktor Viktorov, W. Robert ‘Mynex’ Reed III, Yamir Ortiz Morales, and Yury Pavlotsky Editor & Creative Director Jim Butler Art Director Todd Morasch, Hal Greenberg Cover Artist Jonathan Kirtz Interior Illustrations Adam Denton, Chris Keefe, Christopher Pickrell, James Byrd, Jason Stephens, Jeff Ward, Rick Hershey, Thomas Galambos, and Todd Morasch Proofreaders Bruce Boughner, Lee Hammock, and Todd Laing Playtesters Adam Lange, Alex Gibson, Andrew Chiarello, Antonio Jose Blasco Lopez, Ben Shalom, Bill Hallum, Brian Welker, Carl Monnen, Chema Verde, Chris Scaturo, Chris Silsby, Clif Wilde, Darren Richley, David Ver- shaw II, Dominic Amann, Dustin Huibregtse, Ed DeParasis, Erik Driks, Francisco J. Alvarez, George Phil- lips, James Griffi th, Jason C. Sonia, Jared Reichman, Jason Freezer, JC Alvarez, Jesus M. Garcia, Juan Carlos Penaranda, Karen Fioravanti, Keith Woodward, Ken Miller, Mark Perneta, Matthew Smith, Megan C. Rob- ertson, Melissa Manuel, Michael J. Brisbois, Michael Kogan, Mike Kessler, Nathan Graves, Paul Grosse, Pete Grafi us, Raul Valle, Rick Wehr, Robert Hoffman, Sean Pike, Shannon Bennett, Ty Grizzle, Vince Bacon, and William Holder. Acknowledgments: We wish to thank our families and friends for the encouragement and support you’ve given us while we worked on this massive endeavor. A special nod of gratitude goes out to the kind folks at MonkeyGod Enterprises and The Game Mechanics for their cooperation in helping us include Open Game Content from their products into this book. We’d also like to thank the many gamers who have openly sup- ported Bastion Press since the beginning. This book is dedicated to you. May it provide you with some seri- ous fun and countless hours of enjoyment during your travels within the realms of fantasy everywhere. 2 Table of Contents Introduction ..........................................4 Chapter 9: Cursed Items ............. 159 How to use this book .....................................4 Chapter 10: Martial Constructs ..163 Honorable Mention ...........................................................4 Amulet Servitors ........................................ 163 Chapter 1: Weapons .............................5 Guardian Amulet Servitor ...........................................163 Categories ........................................................ 5 Killer Amulet Servitor, Lesser .....................................164 Qualities ......................................................... 10 Killer Amulet Servitor, Greater ...................................164 Weapon Descriptions ..................................11 Golem Armor ..............................................166 Masterwork Weapons ................................. 34 Golem, Amber ............................................ 168 Separating Double Weapons .....................34 Golem, Force Guardian .............................170 Chapter 2: Weapon Qualities .......35 Silver Steeds Of Inarial .............................171 Chapter 3: Weapons of Valor .......61 Collected Tables Table 1.1: Weapons ...........................................................6 Assorted Weapons ....................................... 61 Table 1.2: Weapon Damage ...........................................10 Variant Rule: Alternate Siege Weapon Payloads .......63 Table 1.3: Alchemical Arrows .......................................12 Artifacts .......................................................... 81 Table 2.1: Base Enchantments .......................................35 Chapter 4: Armor .............................86 Table 2.2: Minor Enchantments ....................................36 Armor Qualities ............................................86 Table 2.3: Bane Weapons ................................................37 Table 2.4: Medium Weapon Qualities ..........................38 Masterwork Armor ...................................... 95 Table 2.5: Major Weapon Qualities ..............................39 Armor Costs by Size ....................................95 Table 2.6: Dread Weapons .............................................44 Donning Armor ............................................95 Table 3.1: Specifi c Weapons ...........................................61 Extras .............................................................. 96 Table 3.2: Class-Oriented Weapons ..............................62 Table 3.3: Arrows of Slaying ..........................................64 Armor as Damage Reduction .....................97 Table 3.4: Domain Rods .................................................66 What Kind of DR? ...........................................................97 Table 3.5: Dragontooth Longspear Effects ..................69 Armor Class or DR? ........................................................97 Table 4.1: Light Armor and Shields ..............................87 Enchanted Armor ............................................................97 Table 4.2: Medium Armor ..............................................88 Critical Hits ......................................................................99 Table 4.3: Heavy Armor .................................................89 Shield Parries ................................................99 Table 4.4: Shields & Extras .............................................90 Chapter 5: Armor Qualities ....... 100 Table 4.5: Armor Costs by Size .....................................95 Chapter 6: Armor of Gallantry 118 Table 4.6: Donning Armor .............................................95 Table 4.7: DR by Armor ..................................................98 Masks ............................................................ 129 Table 4.8: Armor Class or Damage Reduction? ..........99 Artifacts ........................................................ 132 Table 5.1: Base Enchantments .....................................100 Chapter 7: New Materials ..........135 Table 5.2: Minor Armor Qualities ...............................101 Tensile Mercury Expertise [General] ........................138 Table 5.3: Medium Armor Qualities ...........................103 Tensile Mercury Mastery [General] ..........................138 Table 5.4: Major Armor Qualities ...............................104 Durability .................................................... 139 Table 6.1: Minor Wondrous Armor ............................118 Chapter 8: Artifacts & Legends 140 Table 6.2: Medium Wondrous Armor ........................120 Table 6.3: Major Wondrous Armor ............................123 Divine Ranks .............................................. 140 Table 6.4: Epic Wondrous Armors .............................127 Primal Artifacts .............................................................140 Table 7.1: Durability .....................................................139 Artifacts and Relics .......................................................140 Table 8.1: Legendary Weapons ...................................142 Divine Items ...................................................................140 Table 8.2: Battle Scion ...................................................145 Legendary Weapons .....................................................141 Table 8.3: Abilities Granted by Dragondeath ...........146 Scions ............................................................ 143 Table 8.4: Faith Scion ....................................................147 Legends in the Campaign ............................................143 Table 8.5: Abilities for the Hammer of Dwarven Souls 148 Battle Scions ................................................144 Table 8.6: Spell Scion ....................................................149 Table 8.7: Abilities Granted by the Hellspawn ...........151 Faith Scions .................................................147 Table 8.8: Swift Scion ....................................................152 Spell Scions .................................................149 Table 8.9: Abilities Granted by the Dreamcatcher ......153 Swift Scions .................................................151