AD&D 2nd Edition » Magical Items

Chainmail of Warding
Magical Weapons And Armor
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This Chainmail is made of steel but has three enchantments upon it. The first is that anyone with a Strength of less than 18/25 will find the armors weight to be too heavy to lift. At best they could maneuver the armor like someone would move a large boulder. But a player with 18/25 or greater Strength will be able to handle it like any normal Chainmail, and it will encumber the wearer like normal Chainmail. The second enchantment is that the Chainmail offers and AC of 1. The third is that when any Warrior of great enough Strength to wear the armor attempts to put it on, the armor will change size to fit them, whether they are a Gnome or a Giant. This Chainmail was created by a Wizard for a Warrior of great Strength in the At-Mout clan of an age long past. The Chainmail was passed from Warrior to Warrior until the clan was overrun and scattered across the world. Knowledge of the whereabouts of the armor was lost. It was rumored to have fallen into the hands of the mighty Troll Graster Swordhand; that lead his clan to power in the Swamps of Despair in the North. The rumor continues that Lord Crugeon the Paladin battled Gratser, and slew him vanquishing the Trolls from the swamps bordering his Kingdom. Crugeon went to fight a Warlock that was threatening his Kingdom, never to return.