Item: Message Mail
This +1 chain mail is most commonly worn by mid-level leaders in charge of squads or platoons of soldiers and was designed to enable them to relay and receive tactical information from their commanders.
Activate—Mail Delivery 1 (concentrate, manipulate, occult)
Frequency once per hour
Effect You cast Message as a 3rd-rank spell.
Craft Requirements Supply a casting of message (3rd rank).
Trait Effects
Flexible: The armor is pliable and doesn’t hinder most actions. You don’t apply its check penalty to Acrobatics or Athletics checks.
Invested: A character can invest only 10 magical items that have the invested trait. None of the magical effects of the item apply if the character hasn’t invested it, nor can it be activated, though the character still gains any normal benefits from wearing the physical item (like a hat keeping rain off their head).
Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
Noisy: This armor is loud and likely to alert others to your presence. The armor’s check penalty applies to Stealth checks even if you have the required Strength modifier.
Armor Specialisation Effects
The overlapping rings of chain are designed to deflect piercing attacks and reduce the impact of crushing blows.
Medium Armor: When you take damage from a critical hit, reduce the extra damage by 4 + the value of the armor's potency rune. This is the damage beyond the base damage, as determined on a success.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Reactive Mail | 5 | Common | 4 |
| Reactive Mail (Greater) | 11 | Common | 4 |
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| Thunder Mail | 15 | Common | 4 |
| Mitigation Mail (Major) | 17 | Uncommon | 4 |
| Reactive Mail (Major) | 17 | Common | 4 |
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