Lightning Harnesser

Description: The steam armor suit includes a large power core, and wires connect to it and crawl across the armor's surface. Powers: When activated, the power core electrifies the suit. Unarmed attacks, or attacks with metal melee weapons, deal +1d6 additional points of electricity damage. Creatures striking the armor with unarmed attacks or metal melee weapons take 1d6 points of electricity damage. A creature grappling with the armor takes 3d6 points of electricity damage per round. Equipment Slot: 1. Activation: DC 15 Use Technological Device check Duration: 10 rounds (The power core needs 30 minutes to recharge between uses. Alternatively, if the armor also includes an antishock array, after the antishock array protects against 20 points of electricity damage, the battery is recharged.) MR: 1 Craft DC: 23 TS Modifier: +1 Cost: 2,000 gp Steam Armor Shields Steam armor suits often use shields on the battlefield. Not only do these provide extra protection, but the immense size of some of these shields allows them to stopgap walls and bulwarks against enemy fire. Steam armor suits can carry shields just as creatures can, and the shields apply the appropriate shield bonus to the operator's Armor Class. Characters can integrate shields into a suit of steam armor just as they can weapons. An integrated shield provides an additional +1 shield bonus to AC and gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls with shield bash attacks. A shield's market price increases with its size in the same way as a weapon's. In addition to these standard shields, some steam armor suits include specialized defensive measures, such as the following. Antishock Array