This flexible breastplate of dark matte metal forged in the Shadowfell offers superior protection without impeding mobility by way of being partially incorporeal. While attuned to the cuirass, the wearer feels emboldened by the promise of eternal undeath and can harness the necromantic vigor imbued into the armor to cheat death a few times per day.

When you are the target of a weapon or spell attack, or are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you may use your reaction to attempt to dodge the impending danger by dissipating into a swirl of shadowy essence. In either case, you may expend 1 of the armor's 2 charges and roll a Dexterity saving throw with a DC equal to the attack roll or the established DC of the incoming effect. You take no damage on a success, and half damage on a failure. As part of this reaction, you may move up to 15 feet in any direction (including upwards) without incurring attacks of opportunity.

Additionally, you have advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made while in dim light or darkness as the swirling shadows cloak your presence, partially obscuring your form. You have a +2 bonus to AC while wearing this armor. It regains all expended charges after a long rest, or after a short rest if you are in the Shadowfell.

Curse. While the cuirass can certainly delay death, nothing can stop the inevitable. As long as you remain attuned to this armor, you fail death saving throws on a roll of 12 or lower instead of 9. You may don or doff the armor at any time as normal, but until the curse is lifted, it will always reform on your body when you roll initiative. If you die while attuned to it, your spirit is transported and bound to the Shadowfell until released by a wish spell or a sufficiently powerful entity.

This armor consists of a fitted metal chest piece worn with supple leather. Although it leaves the legs and arms relatively unprotected, this armor provides good protection for the wearer's vital organs while leaving the wearer relatively unencumbered.

Notes: Bonus: Armor Class, Advantage: Stealth, person of dubious morality, Teleportation, Combat, Warding