Mourningsteel Barricade (Patreon)

Armor (shield), rare (requires attunement)

This kite shield was once part of a shield wall that fell while allowing the evacuation of innocent townsfolk. The agony and blood of that battle seeped into the metal, allowing it to be reforged years later into a reimagined bulwark.

When you successfully shove a creature, using the shield to push it, that creature also takes 1d6 necrotic damage.

In addition, while holding the shield, you can use an action to shout its command phrase, "My conviction is greater than your might." When you do, each hostile creature within 30 feet of you that can hear you must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw. Creatures that can't be charmed automatically succeed on the saving throw. On a failed save, a creature is compelled to use its action to attack you on its next turn. If the creature can make multiple attacks on its turn, it makes all of them against you. A creature that fails the saving throw also takes a –2 penalty to its AC until the end of your next turn; for each creature that takes this penalty, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC for the same duration (up to a maximum bonus of +5). Once this property of the shield has been used, it can't be used again until the next dusk or until you take 15 or more necrotic damage from a single attack or effect from a hostile creature.

The wall stood strong as the village fled into the mountains. Holding their ground, the band of soldiers knew this was their final stand. One by one, their brethren fell, and the wall grew more and more narrow.

Years later, that same conviction lived within that same metal, now reforged. The memory of that battle was now a timeless stain, but it could never tarnish the desire to protect others.