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Armor Upgrades


Armor Upgrades

A creature can personalize armor by purchasing and installing armor upgrades, described below, which add bonuses or customized abilities to armor. Some individuals keep a collection of upgrades at hand, swapping them out as needed (requiring 10 minutes to replace the unit and resecure all connections). Explanations of entries for upgrades’ statistics follow.
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Life Shield (Magic)

Source Starfinder Armory pg. 84
Item Level 14; Price 64,000
Slots 1; Armor Type Any; Bulk
Capacity 10; Usage 1/minute
This set of golden armor plating bears runes symbolizing death, life, and protection. It must be installed in a suit of armor for 24 hours before it functions, and when the upgrade is removed from the armor, no other upgrade can use its vacated slot for 24 hours. As a move action, you can gain protection against certain necromantic attacks, per death ward, until you spend another move action to deactivate the upgrade or it runs out of charges. A life shield’s charges replenish each day.