AD&D 2nd Edition » Magical Items

Guardian Gauntlet
Magical Weapons And Armor
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This powerful item is a darksteel and mithril gauntlet and bracer. Etched with Dwarven Runes in silver. It possesses the following powers:

• When a command word is spoken, an aura of silver and black energy springs forth and forms into a Small Shield +4. This shield lasts for 1 turn per charge used and the item provides 12 charges per 24-hour-period.
• The Gauntlet may be used as a weapon; it is equivalent to a Hammer +4 and strikes for 2d4+4 points damage. Further it possesses the Shattering Strike. A Shattering Strike can be called upon successfully once in every 2 turn period. If an intended strike misses, the power is not wasted, and can be used on a subsequent attack. A Strike causes a dull, rolling boom, like distant thunder. A struck target suffers 4d4+4 damage and must Save vs. Spell, or is stunned (unable to make any voluntary action) for 2d8 rounds. Even if the Save succeeds the struck being is stunned for the round following the strike. If a target is wearing Field or Full Plate (rigid) Armor, the damage taken by the target is halved, but the armor must Save (metal vs. crushing blow with a -4 penalty) or shatter and fall off. If the armor has resisted an earlier strike, its penalty increases to -5. If multiple strikes have been saved against, the armor's Save is cumulative.
• The Gauntlet has one other attack form. A different command word causes a silver nimbus of magical power to grow around the Gauntlet. This nimbus may be cast forward, 3 times per day, as a 9 Hit Dice Lightning Bolt. The bolt has a range of 180 feet. Struck creatures may Save vs. Spells for half damage.