Oakheart Shield

Description

These valuable defensive items are most commonly made of wood polished with ambergelt varnish, inlaid with weltsilver. It is popular across the Empire, and of equal value to both warrior and civillian alike.

An oakheart shield is often marked with a rune such as Tykonus, or decorated with images of strength, permanence and endurance such as mountains, oak trees and the like.

Rules

• Form: shield (Talisman). You cannot make a burnished rampart that is a buckler.
• Effect: While you wield this shield you gain one additional rank of both the fortitude skill and the endurance skill..
• Materials: Crafting an oakheart shield requires nine ingots of weltsilver and nine measures of ambergelt. It takes one month to make one of these items.