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Plate Armor of Etherealness

Plate Armor Of Etherealness
  • Category: Armor (Half Plate Armor or Plate Armor)
  • Rarity: Legendary (Requires Attunement)

While you're wearing this armor, you can take a Magic action and use a command word to gain the effect of the Etherealness spell. The spell ends immediately if you remove the armor or take a Magic action to repeat the command word. This property of the armor can't be used again until the next dawn.

Tactical Applications​

Dimensional Mobility: Provides etherealness for tactical positioning and obstacle bypassing. Exceptional for infiltration, escape, and accessing normally unreachable areas through dimensional travel.

Class Synergies:

  • Heavy Armor Users: Perfect for paladins and fighters wanting ethereal capabilities without sacrificing armor protection
  • Tactical Specialists: Essential for characters requiring advanced mobility and positioning options
  • Infiltration Builds: Excellent for characters needing reliable ethereal travel for covert operations
  • Escape Artists: Outstanding for characters prioritizing survival and emergency dimensional escape

Build Considerations: Requires attunement and has limited daily uses. Most valuable for heavily armored characters needing ethereal capabilities and dimensional mobility.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires etherealness magic, dimensional enchantments, and planar essences. Creation cost 75,000-150,000 gp and takes 50 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Planar magic specialists and dimensional travel practitioners
  • Treasure hoards of legendary ethereal travelers and dimensional explorers
  • Commission from master enchanters specializing in planar magic
  • Found in the collections of dimensional researchers and ethereal specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in planar boundaries or obtained from ethereal creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to the Ethereal Plane and dimensional magic.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 100,000-200,000 gp, representing artifact-level rarity with extremely limited availability.

Trade Considerations: Extremely rare and valuable, typically acquired through epic quests or divine favor rather than purchase.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with planar travel, dimensional magic, or professional roles requiring ethereal capabilities.

Character Concepts:

  • Planar warrior with ethereal expertise and dimensional combat experience
  • Dimensional explorer using ethereal travel for planar investigation and exploration
  • Character with extensive experience in ethereal environments and planar navigation
  • Tactical specialist combining heavy armor protection with ethereal mobility advantages

Adventure Hooks​

The Planar Mission: Adventures requiring ethereal travel for access to dimensional locations and planar objectives.

The Dimensional Infiltration: Covert operations where ethereal capabilities enable access to secured locations.

The Ethereal Rescue: Emergency scenarios where dimensional travel enables evacuation and rescue operations.

The Planar Investigation: Exploration missions where ethereal travel advances dimensional research and planar exploration.

Variants & Customization​

Legendary Ethereal Plate (Legendary): Enhanced ethereal duration and additional planar travel capabilities.

Plate of Dimensional Mastery (Artifact): Includes multiple planar travel options and enhanced dimensional control.

Ethereal Battle Plate (Very Rare): Optimized for combat with enhanced protection and ethereal tactical advantages.

Specialized Variants:

  • Infiltrator's Ethereal Plate: Enhanced for covert operations with stealth bonuses and silent ethereal travel
  • Explorer's Dimensional Plate: Optimized for planar exploration with enhanced ethereal navigation
  • Guardian's Ethereal Plate: Specialized for protection with enhanced defensive capabilities and emergency ethereal escape

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by ancient planar knights who needed reliable methods for dimensional travel while maintaining heavy armor protection.

Historical Significance: This armor enabled crucial planar expeditions and the success of dimensional warfare campaigns.

Cultural Impact: Represents the pinnacle of dimensional magic and the mastery of ethereal travel in combat situations.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates master-level understanding of planar magic and the extremely complex processes required for dimensional travel.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 15-20 when planar travel becomes important and ethereal capabilities provide significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides powerful dimensional mobility balanced by extreme rarity and attunement requirement.

Planar Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring extensive planar travel and dimensional adventure scenarios.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Planar exploration where ethereal travel enables access to dimensional locations and ethereal environments
  • Infiltration scenarios where dimensional capabilities provide tactical advantages and covert access
  • Combat encounters where ethereal positioning enables tactical superiority and battlefield control
  • Escape situations where dimensional travel provides emergency evacuation and survival options

Dimensional Adjustments: Encounters may need ethereal-aware design when dimensional travel capabilities are available.

Planar Items: Other items that enhance dimensional travel and provide planar exploration capabilities.

Ethereal Equipment:

  • Items that improve ethereal effectiveness and dimensional navigation
  • Equipment for planar exploration and ethereal adventure
  • Tools for professional dimensional research and ethereal investigation

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance ethereal abilities or provide additional dimensional benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Planar Mastery: Characters develop expertise in dimensional travel and ethereal environment navigation.

Dimensional Leadership: Ethereal capabilities create opportunities for leading planar expeditions and dimensional missions.

Ethereal Innovation: Dimensional mobility enables creative solutions to physical world challenges and tactical advantages through planar positioning.