Level Drain

[Karack]

Hi All,

I am looking for items that recreate or have a permanent death ward effect.

The scarab of protection offers 12 levels of protection anyone know of any other items?

Thanks,

Karack :)

[Piccolo]

I dunno, do you have ultimate equipment?

[ryric]

The deathless armor special ability gives iffy protection:

PRD wrote:

DEATHLESS

Price +1 Bonus; Aura moderate abjuration; CL 7th; Weight —
This armor protects its wearer from harmful negative and positive energy, including channeled energy. The armor absorbs the first 10 points of positive or negative energy damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. The wearer has a 25% chance to ignore negative levels from any attack. Deathless armor does not block healing of any kind and does not protect against positive or negative energy effects that do not deal damage or bestow negative levels. The deathless ability can be applied to armor of any sort, but not shields.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Cost +1 bonus
Craft Magic Arms and Armor, death ward

There is also the black soul shard:

PRD wrote:

BLACK SOUL SHARD

Price 12,000 gp; Aura moderate necromancy; CL 7th; Weight —
This dark gem attunes itself to the soul of its bearer. When carried close to the body of a creature continuously for 1 week, the gem harmlessly absorbs a portion of that creature's life essence. If separated from its bearer for at least 1 day, the gem loses this attunement. If the bearer gains one or more negative levels, the black soul shard absorbs one of these negative levels into itself, negating the effect. The black soul shard can only absorb a negative level if carried by the person it is attuned to. If an attuned black soul shard is used as an additional focus component for raising the attuned creature from the dead, the negative level cost of being raised is one less than normal (minimum 1), but only if the spell is cast within 24 hours of the creature's death.

Absorbing a negative level (whether from an attack or raising the attuned creature from the dead) destroys the portion of the soul within a black soul shard. This does not harm the creature, but requires re-attuning the gem for another week for it to function again. A creature can only have one black soul shard attuned to it at a time.

CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Cost 6,000 gp
Craft Wondrous Item, death ward, restoration

So it can basically negate one negative level a week.

[Piccolo]

what books are these in

[ryric]

Ultimate Equipment. It's available in the PRD.