Animated Armor

Suits of animated armor see use both as guardians and as training partners in high-end martial academies able to afford the extravagance. They are most often found in wizard laboratories and ancient dungeons.

Manufacturing process

Granted a semblance of life through the use of an Animate Object ritual or other strange magic, animated objects take many forms and serve a variety of uses. Many of these creatures serve as guardians, surprising unsuspecting adventurers when they suddenly attack. Others serve as idle distractions for the exceptionally rich, simple servants created to handle odd jobs, and the like.

Significance

Most animated objects encountered by adventurers are permanently animated creatures, either created by rituals or given life by infusions of positive energy. Restless spirits, certain ghosts, and other haunting undead influences can also give rise to animated objects, although in cases like the poltergeist, what appears to be an animated object may merely be an evil force using its magic to hurl furnishings about as weapons.

Item type

Armor

Subtype / Model

Animated Objects

Related Technologies

• Arcana
• Transmutation

Rarity

Uncommon

Weight

4 Bulk

Base Price

153 gp

Animated Armor - Construct 2

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Suits of animated armor see use both as guardians and as training partners in high-end martial academies able to afford the extravagance. They are most often found in wizard laboratories and ancient dungeons.
Perception	+6 ; Darkvision
Skills	Athletics +9 ,
STR +3 , DEX -3 , CON +4 , INT -5 , WIS +0 , CHA -5
Items	Full Plate Armor, Glaive
AC	17 (13 when broken)
Saving Throws	Fort 10, Ref 3, Will 4
HP	20 - Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, mental, necromancy, nonlethal attacks, paralyzed, poison, sickened, unconscious - Resistances Hardness 9
Speed	20ft
Melee	Glaive +11 +6 +1 (deadly 1d8, forceful, magical, reach 10 feet), Damage slashing ; Gauntlet +9 +5 +1 (agile, free-hand, magical), Damage Bludgeoning
Special Abilities	Construct Armor Like normal objects, an animated armor has Hardness. This Hardness reduces any damage it takes by an amount equal to the Hardness. Once an animated armor is reduced to less than half its Hit Points, or immediately upon being damaged by a critical hit, its construct armor breaks and its Armor Class is reduced to 13.
Rituals	Most animated objects encountered by adventurers are permanently animated creatures, either created by rituals or given life by infusions of positive energy. Restless spirits, certain ghosts, and other haunting undead influences can also give rise to animated objects, although in cases like the poltergeist, what appears to be an animated object may merely be an evil force using its magic to hurl furnishings about as weapons.
Granted a semblance of life through the use of rituals or other strange magic, animated objects take many forms and serve a variety of uses. A few examples of typical animated objects are listed below. Many of these creatures serve as guardians, surprising unsuspecting adventurers when they suddenly attack. Others serve as idle distractions for the exceptionally rich, simple servants created to handle odd jobs, and the like.