Warcaster Armor - Absonant Acoustic Amplifier A custom set of armor created for a warcaster who trained in the bardic

arts bef ore turning his mind towards more martial affairs. This set of articulated armor is a plain, unadorned steel breastplate with powerful pistons and servo gears r unning along each arm and leg. The most unique feature comes from the barrage of horns and trumpets which emerge from the arcane turbine housing on the back of the armor and run up and past the shoulders like a dracodiles neck plate and giv es the impression that the wearer is welded to a small pipe organ. A great deal of effort has gone into the conduiting of these acoustic funnels, including a po rtion of serricsteel alloy reinforcing the valves to handle extreme vibrations. The lower section of plate houses a complex set of rune plates surrounding the arcane furnace of the turbine, from which a long twisted coil of arcano-conducti ve cables runs out to another device. What appears to be a small adjustable vice with three switches on a steel faceplate, is in fact a cerebral matrix that can attach to most forms of portable acoustic instrument. The basic chaise of this armor functions like a journeyman warcasters armor, wit h an 100 point power field and basic mechanikal assistance around a +2 mechanika l breastplate. When attached to a acoustic instrument with a Craft: Mechanika ch eck (DC 15) and one of the mechnikal triggers is activated. Any sound produced b y the instrument is translated by the cerebral matrix and fed through the conver gence engine in the back of the armor. In the basic setting this only feeds back through the amplification plate, vastl y increasing the volume of the sound produced but not to a dangerous level. It d oes however mean any effects a Warbard could produce that required the target to hear them, would be effectivly doubled in range. In the second setting however, the sound produced by the instrument becomes a po werful Shout effect directed in front of the wearer. This deals 5d6 worth of son ic damage in a 30ft cone as per the Shout spell at CL 10. [Fortitude save DC 18 or subject is deafened for 2d6 rounds, 10d6 damage to brittle objects . Successf ul Fort save also halves damage dealt. Reflex save DC 18 to avoid having fragile items currently in a creatures possession shattered.] The third and final setting alters the valves and channels within the mechanikal y conduited funnels, turning the 30ft cone into a 10ft radius effect. As this th ird effect vibrates the ground beneath the point of origin it requires each targ et in the 10ft area of effect to make a Reflex save (DC 14) or fall prone, inclu ding the wearer. The first effect draws 1 charge per 10min, the second draws 2 charges per round and the third draws 3 charges per round. These three abilities are only effectiv e while the connected instrument is playing or being played. Item Cost Weight Convergence Engine Hybrid Socket 450gp 1lb. Engine Housing 300gp 4lb. Rune Plate: Amplify 275gp 1lb. Rune Plate: Shout 9900gp 1lb. Funneling (conduited) 5000gp 5lb. Reflective Arcane Matrix 300gp 0lb. Sonic Converter Arcano-conduction Coils 2000gp 1lb. Cerebral Matrix 250gp 3lb. Mechanikal Triggers 4000gp 0lb. Adjustable clamp 5gp 1lb Warcaster Armor

Arcane Turbine 16000gp 15lb. Breastplate 850gp 25lb. Field Generator [100pt] 30000gp 5lb. Mechanical Assist 4000gp 3lb. Arcane Focus Chamber 4000gp 2lb. Total 74330gp* 67lb. * does not include instrument, accumulators or replacement eardrums