Verdant Breastplate (Patreon)

Armor (breastplate), rare (requires attunement)

When found, this breastplate resembles a leather cuirass covered in large, dried leaves. Once you wear and attune to it, however, it springs to life and flourishes; its leaves remain pliable and flexible, but harden against incoming harm to protect you. Sleeping in this armor has no adverse effect on you.

While wearing this armor, moving through nonmagical plants that impede movement (such as by creating difficult terrain) costs you no extra movement, and you don't take damage from nonmagical plant hazards such as thorns or spines. In addition, the entangle spell has no effect on you, and you have advantage on any Dexterity (Stealth) check you make to hide in areas of dense foliage.

Charges. This armor has 7 charges and regains 1d6 + 1 expended charges daily at dawn. If you're a druid or ranger and have cast the plant growth spell from the armor within the last 24 hours, the armor regains all expended charges instead.

Spells. While wearing this armor, you can use an action to expend some of its charges to cast either the entangle (1 charges) or plant growth (3 charges) spell from it, using a spell save DC of 15. If you're a druid or ranger, you can choose to cast the spell from the armor using your spell save DC instead.

When you cast plant growth using this armor, the plants affected by the spell are enriched for 30 days. The plants yield twice the normal amount of food when harvested.

"Love, what is this?"

The quiet dryad simply smiled up at Lin in response, eyes shining as she held up the strange cuirass. Hesitantly, the former fighter lifted it, releasing the clasps as it gently shifted to envelop her.

But as she felt it bind to her, she saw the dryad pull away, her own color wilting slightly as if her life had been drawn into Lin. Seeing her love's concern, the dryad's hands moved deftly, signing, Don't worry, I made this gift for the both of us.

Hesitance assuaged by trust, Lin allowed the leaves to envelop her, and in a moment she felt a connection to the forest that she'd never have thought possible. The dryad looked more drained than ever, but as Lin's look of concern rose to near-panic she signed, No fears, love. Let it flow over and through you, and let it out.

In that instant Lin felt it within, a gentle mote of power like light through leaves and rain on the forest floor, growing until it washed over the trees, through the clearing and into the dryad, a surge that caused the woods—and their fey guardian—to burst alive with color and life.

"What… was that?"

That was me. And now, love, it is us.