Aegis of Eternal Strife (Awakened)

Centuries ago, a powerful warrior sought to create his own nation. Leading an army the likes none had seen before, the warrior brought many lands under their banner. Little did the warrior know that one of the mages plotted to seize control. After overcoming the hardest fight over a rival land, the mage struck. The warrior proved more difficult than the mage had expected however, powering through attacks that would have killed a lesser being through sheer rage, and had to resort to dark magics. Summoning the powers of evil, the mage imprisoned the warriors soul in their armor. The warrior could only watch in horror as all the work done to build a new nation, crumbled under the mages lust for power eventually sacrificing every man, woman and child to ascend to Lichdom. Over the centuries the anger only festered and deepened. As more people found the armor, the warrior found that they could possess the wearer if the conditions were right. The more who fell in battle while wearing the armor, the stronger the warriors spirit became, fueling their desire to snuff out the mage that robbed them of their destiny.

Plate consists of shaped, interlocking metal plates to cover the entire body. A suit of plate includes gauntlets, heavy leather boots, a visored helmet, and thick layers of padding underneath the armor. Buckles and straps distribute the weight over the body.

Notes: Set: Dexterity Score, Set: Constitution Score, Set: Strength Score, If you drop to 0 HP or are reduced to half your HP in one hit, the spirit of the warrior will awaken and you enter the Blood Frenzy. Your vision is becomes a red haze, obscuring the faces of friend and foe alike with a singular desire pulsing through your head. Kill. Until this happens, the spirit will remain dormant, undetectable outside of the spell Legend Lore. The Blood Frenzy Once you enter the Blood Frenzy, your strength and Dexterity scores increases to 25, you do not take damage until combat ends, and you no longer discern between friend or foe. When combat would normally end, you must first make a Wisdom Saving throw (DC 17). On success, the Blood Frenzy subsides and you total and take the damage you would received in combat. If the total damage you receive equals double your total HP in damage or more, you die. On fail, you are compelled to continue combat and view any ally as an enemy that must be slain. You repeat this save at the start of your turn. If you are put to sleep by magical means or have Greater Restoration cast on you, the Blood Frenzy ends and you total up and take the damage as if you had succeeded. If you die while attuned to the Aegis of Strife and after ending a Blood Frenzy, your soul is imprisoned in the armor. Only a Wish spell or True Resurrection can bring your soul back, though you are still bound to the curse upon revival. Curse: While you can take the armor off to avoid the Blood Frenzy, for everyday you spend outside of the armor, your Strength and Constitution Scores decrease by 1 until they reach 0, at which point, you die and your soul is absorbed and imprisoned in the armor. Only a Wish spell or True Resurrection can bring your soul back, though you are still bound to the curse upon revival. The only way to be rid of the curse is to seek out a Good Deity of Redemption (such as Torm or Ilmater) to destroy the armor, or an Evil Deity of War (such as Bane or Baphomet) to pass the armor on to someone else. The warrior spirit can be excised. If the wearer were to encounter and defeat the now Demi-lich and destroy the phylactery, the spirit will leave the armor, breaking the Curse, and removing the Blood Frenzy but still allowing the wearer to increase their strength to 25 as a bonus action for 1 minute during combat. Once this ends, the wearer takes 1 point of exhaustion. Spirit Stats Intelligence: 15 Wisdom: 13 Charisma: 19 Upon awakening the armor communicates by transmitting emotion to the wearer, has hearing and normal vision to 120 ft., is aligned Chaotic Evil., You attune to this item the first time the Blood Frenzy is activated., Combat, Str. 15 Required, Stealth Disadvantage