Alien Flesh Armor

Description:

Made out of strange warm, yet metallic material, with organic-shaped filigree covering its surface, this medallion is 5 inched in diameter. It looks like it could easily hang around one’s neck at chest level. Upon closer examination, the patterns seem to play tricks on the mind and swirl and shift without actually moving.

It is only after putting the medallion on that its true nature invades the mind as a multitude of thin tendrils quickly emerge and pierce the wearer’s skin all over their body and proceed to mercilessly eat through the organic material. 

Within 1d10 hours the wearer’s whole skin is consumed. However, as it eats, the disc grows alien tissue. First it is replaced by mucus and gelatinous flesh that solidifies forming hard chitinous surface that easily articulates. In addition a bulbous eye seems to grow on the wearer’s neck.

To the wearers dismay, this new skin appears to have a mind of its own and make the wearer twitch, jerk, and move without much concern for the owner’s desires. Thankfully, with eldritch knowledge and practice, that lasts 24 hours, this new skin becomes somewhat controllable by the new owner empowering them to use protections and abilities.

Wearer must have at least 1 rank in Eldritch Lore to effectively take advantage of protections and abilities conveyed by the skin. Further studies in the subject may reveal more things about this item.