Cloak of the Shield (Magic Cloak)

A wearer of this cloak can project a shielding field of invisible force once every two turns, maintaining and moving the force field by conscious mental control. The field lasts up to three rounds, in the form of a square 10 by 10 inches across and 4 inches thick. Any wearer can employ the field without strain within 40' as a shield, for self-protection, or to protect another single being, so that it acts as a wall of force (as the wizard spell), a weapon (striking as an invisible ramming force, doing 1d10 points of damage per blow, one blow per round, no saving throw), as abridge or a barrier (like a door), or as a floating disk (like Tenser's spell). A wearer can shift the force field to fulfill any or all of these functions in any order, but it may serve only in one capacity per round.
If not maintained by constant mental control (a wearer cannot be struck unconscious, stunned, charmed, confused, feebleminded, or psionically attacked, and cannot cast spells), it ceases to exist immediately. Attacks upon the field of force do not affect the cloak. Elminster reports that some of these cloaks have lost their powers when used often-and therefore advances the hypothesis that such cloaks have a limited number of magical charges or uses before they are exhausted. The truth of this, it must be stressed, is presently unknown (DM's option).
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Category:Magic Cloaks