Golden Avenger Full Plate Armor

Seven-piece Individual Item Set

Background

Maias Whurel, a dwarven armorsmith renowned for his skill in crafting heavy armors, was among the few survivors of the dragonwing attacks on the Farral clan. Although the stronghold warriors fought valiantly, they were unable to stop the coordinated attack by dozens of dragons of every color. The mountain stronghold was reduced to rubble, and all but a handful of the clan were killed before the dragons took their anger elsewhere. (To this day, the reason for the attack is a mystery.) Maias took the bodies of the seven dragons that were felled in the battle and constructed a suit of full plate armor for himself, imbuing each piece with powerful enchantments. Wearing this badge of his grief, he spent the rest of his days seeking out and destroying the creatures of his burning hatred, until he met his end in his sleep, a dagger drawn across his throat and left at the scene. The armor was gone.

History/Knowledge

• A DC 15 History check reveals all of the above, as does any successful DC 15 Streetwise check to find someone who knows this story.
• A DC 25 History check (or Streetwise check) reveals that the armor has turned up twice since, and each time the wearer has eventually died in their sleep, a dagger drawn across their throat left at the scene, and the armor gone.
• Once the full set of armor is reunited, a DC 30 Arcana check will reveal the "enhanced" range (and nature) of the telepathy.

Optionals:

• Taxidermic: Constructed from the scales of seven different dragons.
• Foe-specific: When the complete set is adorned, the wearer gains an additional untyped +1 bonus to all hit and damage rolls against dragons and an untyped +1 bonus to all defenses against attacks from dragons.
• Unlucky: When the complete set is adorned, the draconic telepathy extends to a range of one mile with regard to broadcasting the wearer's thoughts.
• Special Endings: This mental affinity to dragons makes the location of the wearer "known" to any dragon within one mile. Many a wearer has met his end at the hands of dragons.

The Individual Pieces:

Golden Avenger Gorget
This steel plated gorget increases your defenses -- possibly all of them!
Level: 12 (13,000 gp)
Item Slot: Neck
Enhancement: +3 Fortitude, Reflex, and Will
3+ Items: Full Defense If the wearer possesses three or more items from this set, the enhancement bonus of this item also applies to AC as an untyped bonus.

Golden Avenger Lamé
This unadorned harness allows you to carry and drag heavier loads.
Level: 13 (17,000 gp)
Item Slot: Waist
Property: When determining your normal load, heavy load, or maximum drag load, treat your Strength score as 10 points higher.
3+ Items: Feats of Strength If the wearer possesses three or more items from this set, this item also provides a +3 bonus to all strength-based skill checks.

Golden Avenger Plate Armor
Special wards in this armor provide extra resistance.
Level: 14 (21,000 gp)
Item Slot: Armor (Plate)
Enhancement: +3 AC
Property: Resist 5 to the following damage types: cold, fire, force, lightning.
3+ Items: Rapid Recovery If the wearer of this item possesses three or more pieces from the set, this item also allows the wearer to use second wind as a minor action instead of a standard action.

Golden Avenger Greaves
These enchanted greaves increase your speed and enhance your jumping capability.
Level: 15 (25,000 gp)
Item Slot: Feet
Property: You gain a +1 item bonus to speed while wearing light or no armor.
Property: You gain a +5 item bonus to Athletics checks made to jump.
3+ Items: Overdrive: If the wearer of this item possesses three or more pieces from the set, the speed bonus applies regardless of the armor type.

Golden Avenger Vambraces
These plate armbands enhance the damage you dole out, and may protect you from ranged missile attacks.
Level: 17 (65,000 gp)
Item Slot: Arms
Property: Gain a +4 item bonus to melee damage rolls.
3+ Items: Pugilist Parry: If the wearer of this item possesses three or more pieces from the set, ranged attacks against the wearer's AC suffer a -2 to hit .

Golden Avenger Gauntlets
Made of iron and constantly trailing wisps of smoke, these plated gloves incite your inner pyromaniac against foes near and far.
Level: 16 (45,000 gp)
Item Slot: Hands
Property: Add the [Fire] keyword to any attack as a free action
Power ( DailyFire ): Free Action Use this power when you make an attack with the fire keyword. The first target hit by that attack, if any, also takes ongoing 10 fire damage (save ends).
3+ Items: Over There If the wearer has three or more items from the set, this item also grants the following Power:
Power ( DailyFire, Melee ): Free Action Your next melee attack can be used as a Range 5 attack instead.

Golden Avenger Great Helm
This ornate steel helmet incorporating eyelike designs watches every angle, sometimes even in the dark.
Level: 18 (85,000 gp)
Item Slot: Head
Property: You do not grant combat advantage to flanking enemies.
3+ Items: Darkvision If the wearer has three or more items from the set, this item also grants the wearer darkvision.
3+ Items: Draconic Telepathy If the wearer has three or more items from the set, this item also grants the wearer draconic telepathy to a range of 5 squares. (Unfortunately, this telepathy cannot be turned off in either direction.)

The Full Suit:

Golden Avenger Full Plate Armor
The wearer of this magical suit of full plate gains powers of superheroic proportions!
Level: 19 (271,000 gp)
Item Slot: All component parts
Property: Flight: The full suit grants the wearer a flying speed of 5. However, this flight comes at a price. While in flight, the wearer suffers a -2 penalty to AC and Reflex.
Property: Damage Reduction: The full suit grants the wearer DR 1 against all attacks that do NOT target Will.
Property: Third Wind: The full suit of armor grants the wearer a second use of his second wind in an encounter, as a standard action. (Note: this second use cannot be turned into a minor action by the Plate Armor Rapid Recovery, although if any other power would normally do so, it will apply.)
Property: The full suit of armor grants the following daily attack power:

Repulsor Field
A beam of pure force erupts from your chest, hurling your foes violently away from you.
Daily [Force]
Standard - Close blast 5
Target: All creatures in blast
Attack: Constitution vs lower of Fortitude or Reflex
hit: All creatures caught in the blast suffer 5d10 force damage and are pushed 3 squares
miss: Half damage, and pushed one square

Note for the DM:

Each of the items in this set are derived from existing magical items to make incorporation into the Character Builder a bit eaiser, although the addtional "set powers" will have to be maintained separately. The equivalent items (with slight variation in some) match as follows:

• Golden Avenger Gorget: Amulet of Protection +3
• Golden Avenger Lamé: Muleback Harness
• Golden Avenger Plate Armor: Armor of Resistance +3
• Golden Avenger Greaves: Boots of Striding and Springing
• Golden Avenger Vambraces: Iron Armbands of Power
• Golden Avenger Gauntlets: Burning Gauntlets
• Golden Avenger Great Helm: Crown of Eyes

Matching: Every item in the Item Set occupies the same item slot.


Would a set of slotless items fulfill this requirement?



Thanks,
Roger

Sep 23, 2011 -- 7:21AM, Nyarlathotep wrote:

I am unsure how to read the "Zealous" optional.  Does it have to grant the bonus to BOTH Chaotic Evil and Lawful Good or only one of the two?

I believe the intent of the optional was for it to be "an extreme alignment".  By the literal reading, I'd say one or the other...

...although interpreting it, I could very easily see an item offering a bonus to both alignments.  Since no one character will be both alignments, I don't see why one couldn't allow for both on a single item.  That would also make for a particularly interesting item; assuming it was crafted well.

Wrecan's call, of course.

@RogerC: My gut feeling is "no".  Since by definition, a "slotless" item doesn't occupy a slot.  Thus it can't "occupy the same slot" as another.

wrecan,

Under "Special Endings" can the set impart a boon instead of a penalty?

Under "Role-Specific" could that be the set confers a set benefit only if character is of a specific class?

Where would you categorize a benefit only if the character were a specific class or possessed a specific class tradition/feature (multiclassing or hybrid could then become an option for said benefit)?

Would the three of these qualify as having enough options?


Thanks

Edit: One other thing I forgot how to make those stat blocks. I you could guide in that direction, please.