Shell of Searing Paths - Magic Item (Patreon)

🌋🛡️🔥The cavern pulsated with a primal energy, magma slowly caressing the ancient stones with a lover’s touch. Ellara, Kylian, and Captain Bralt, the stalwart allies who had traversed through trials of flame and battle, stood silently, awed by the molten heart they beheld.

The battle against the malevolent force that sought to wield the Heartstone’s power had taken them to the brink, their spirits singed by the proximity to sheer, destructive force. But now, the cavern lay subdued, its once-raging fires a gentle ripple upon the stone. In the aftermath of their victory, something stirred, a whisper of thanks carried upon the heated winds from the azers.

Kylian, his eyes reflecting the warm glow, spoke, his voice soft, "The azers, they speak of a reward, not of gold or jewels, but something forged in the very essence of this place.”

As his words hung in the air, the molten streams began to weave together, their fiery tendrils intertwining to form a shape. Before the adventurers, a magnificent armor began to take form, the red and orange glow cooling into a solid, yet still slightly smoldering shell.

Ellara stepped forward, her eyes wide with a mixture of reverence and curiosity. “The Shell of Searing Paths,” she whispered, her voice barely audible over the gentle lapping of the cooled lava around them.

The armor stood majestic and tranquil, a testament to their journey and the alliance forged amidst adversity. Crafted from the essence of a dormant volcano, it held the cataclysmic power of eruptions past within, its surface a cascade of shimmering, blackened rock encasing rivers of molten fury.

Captain Bralt, his broad shoulders bearing the scars of their trials, extended a hand towards it, the heat emanating from the shell warming his weathered skin. “It bears the fury of the earth, yet stands as a sentinel of protection.”

Kylian nodded, his mage’s mind alive with the energies swirling within the shell. “It is not merely armor. It is a symbiosis of elemental fury and resolute defense, forged in gratitude by the azers.”

As Ellara delicately adorned the Shell of Searing Paths, a surge of power, both fierce and protective, coursed through her. The armor, while formidable, felt almost a part of her, the pulsating magma coursing through it in harmony with her own heartbeat.

The adventurers stood, the Shell of Searing Paths a radiant beacon amidst the subterranean gloom, and knew that their story, their alliance with the azers, and the battles fought in these fiery depths, would ripple through the tales of time. 🌋🛡️🔥

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Shell of Searing Paths

Armor (any medium), very rare (requires attunement)

This armor is forged from the essence of a dormant volcano and, when worn, channels the ferocious and unyielding power of the earth. The rivulets of once-flowing magma have been ensnared in a moment of catastrophic eruption, their fiery power now ever-present and simmering beneath the armor's nearly indestructible surface.

The armor has a maximum capacity of 3 charges. Once per turn, when you are hit by an attack, roll a d6; on an even result, a charge is gained as the armor feeds off the kinetic energy of the impact.

Flaming Shell. As a bonus action, expend 1 charge to ignite a fiery aura, causing any creature that hits you with a melee attack before the start of your next turn to take 2d6 fire damage.

Seismic Shell. When you take damage from an attack, you can use your reaction and expend 2 charges to call forth a protective barrier of earth

and rock, which grants you three-quarters cover until the start of your next turn.

Eruption’s Rebuke. Upon reaching 3 charges, the armor spontaneously releases all its pent-up energy, forcing each creature within 10 feet of you to make a Dexterity saving throw (DC 15). A creature takes 3d10 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The armor then resets to 0 charges.