Magic item form armor over user.

[Urklore the Iron]

Heya all. I am looking for a magic item I remember briefly from the 80s or 90s for AD&D. It was a ring that could form a suit of armor or a shield about the user. Or it might have been a metal dog that would follow the user and then form over the user as a suit of armor. Cannot remember if it was in a dragon magazine or some other obscure book.

[breithauptclan]

Not sure what the item or items you are remembering are. I wasn't playing during that time.

For PF2, what comes to mind is Soulforged armor or shield items. Or perhaps a reflavoring of the Dusty Rose Prism Aeon Stone.

The metal dog that follows you around and can transform into a suit of armor sounds a lot like the Starfinder Mechanic trick Drone Meld.

[breithauptclan]

There is also the spell Instant Armor. And Mage Armor put on a Wand flavored as a ring.

[Gisher]

PF1 had Folding Plate which was a brooch that could unfold into plate mail.

It also had Djezet Skin which was a ball of metal that would melt over your body to serve as armor.

Perhaps you are thinking of one of those?

[Temperans]

If he is talking about 3.0 maybe he is talking about the Ring of Force Armor?

In pathfinder there is also the Armiger's Panoply (not in PF2), that one is a pair of bracers that lets you equip a suit of armor you keep in a linked sack.

[Urklore the Iron]

These are from 1st or 2nd AD&D. We are talking old school folks. :)

[Nefreet]

I think these posters thought that, since you're asking in the PF2 Forums, you're looking for the PF2 equivalent.

If you're looking for something for your D&D players, you might have better luck asking in the D&D Forums over at Wizards of the Coast.

[Temperans]

I was pretty sure people were trying to figure out the type of item OP was looking for and so gave different version to see which fit better.

[Gisher]

Urklore the Iron wrote:

These are from 1st or 2nd AD&D. We are talking old school folks. :)

Hmm. I never played 2nd edition, but I played 1st edition for a long time and I don't remember any type of instant armor from either the books or Dragon magazines.

[Nefreet]

Yeah I started with 2nd Ed AD&D in the early '90s but between the Encyclopedia Magicas and all the magazines and third party content there's a lot to sift through.

[Gisher]

Nefreet wrote:

Yeah I started with 2nd Ed AD&D in the early '90s but between the Encyclopedia Magicas and all the magazines and third party content there's a lot to sift through.

I started in the late 70's before the Basic Set replaced Search for the Unknown with that newfangled Keep on the Borderlands. The Caverns of Quasqueton forever!

I feel old. :)