Adamantine Scale Mail

Adamantine Scale Mail is a very rare Medium Armour.

The adamantine scales hug your body like a second skin - a heavy, near-impregnable skin.

Properties

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Armour Class + Dexterity modifier (max +2)

•  Medium Armour
• Required Proficiency:  Medium Armour
• Rarity: Very Rare
•  Weight: 12 kg / 24 lb
• Price: 520 gp

Special

The wearer of this item gains:

• Magical Plate: All incoming damage is reduced by 1.
• Adamantine Backlash: When a melee attack hits you, the attacker is sent  Reeling for 2 turns.
• Critical strike immunity: Attackers can't land Critical Hits on the wearer.

• Disadvantage on Stealth checks.

Where to find

• Adamantine Scale Mail can be forged in The Adamantine Forge. Forging this armor requires the Scale Mail Mould and one Mithral Ore.

Notes

• Contrary to the in-game description of the reeling condition, it appears to inflict an attack penalty equal to the number of stacks rather than simply by 1.
• The Reeling condition from Adamantine Backlash is renewed on each successful hit against the wearer, and is removed on miss.
• The Reeling condition from Adamantine Backlash and Adamantine Shield do not stack. If an opponent is sent Reeling on hit from Adamantine Backlash, the Reeling from Adamantine Shield is not applied when the opponent misses, and the Reeling status from Adamantine Backlash is removed. Likewise, if the opponent is sent Reeling after a miss from Adamantine Shield, the condition is removed upon a successful hit, and the reeling from Adamantine Backlash is not applied.
• The effectiveness Adamantine Backlash ironically goes down the more AC the wearer has, because it only triggers on a successful hit, and Reeling removed on a miss against the wearer. As a result, Adamantine Backlash also increases the likelihood hood that the opponent will recover from Reeling, contrary to Adamantine Shield, which does the opposite