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'''Awaken Armour''' is a level 4 [[Earth]]/[[Forgecraft]] spell which brings forth your armour's spirit into battle as an '''armour echo'''. The heavier your armour, the stronger it will be.

==Useful Info==
Constructs an echoed version of your body armour:
*HP: base 35
*HD: 15 + power/10
*AC: <code>2 * base AC + enchantment</code>
*Attack: Hits twice for <code> base AC + (base AC)^2 / 2</code> damage.<ref>{{source ref|0.33.0|mon-util.cc|2042}}</ref>
*Extremely slow movement speed (33%)
*Infinite [[willpower]]
*Immunity to [[poison]] and [[negative energy]]
*Is mindless and [[fly]]ing.
*Gains resistances dependent on the base type and artefact properties.

The multipliers from [[Deformed]] and [[form]]s are ignored. Other means of increasing [[AC]] not related to your body armour do not affect the spirit's stats.

There is a cap of 1 echoed armour; casting the spell again will cause the old construct to very quickly time out.

[[Draconian]]s, [[Felid]]s, [[Octopode]]s, and [[Poltergeist]]s cannot use this spell, as they cannot wear body armour; neither can players in an armour-melding [[Transformation|form]], though swapping forms or taking off your armour will not dispel the summon.

==Strategy==
This spell is meant primarily for melee-caster hybrids, giving you an extra ally in melee. Even when created using the heaviest armour, the summon is slow and relatively frail - it will not win too many battles alone.

The armour's strength scales heavily with its AC; while a [[robe]] may hit twice for up to 4 damage, the relatively light [[fire dragon scales]] deals up to 40 damage per hit. A [[crystal plate armour]] can deal up to 112 damage ''twice'' - but the huge effort required to cast this spell in crystal plate could have been used on something more effective than creating a single slow ally. Meanwhile, [[quicksilver dragon scales]] synergize well: they have a high base AC, but very low encumbrance.

High-stat characters, such as [[Demigod]]s, [[Oni]], and worshippers of [[Cheibriados]], are the most likely to wear, and cast spells in, a suitable piece of armour. It is particularly effective for [[Mountain Dwarf|Mountain Dwarves]] whose spellcasting penalty from heavy armour is dramatically reduced. However, many characters can afford to use this on a mid-weight armour, such as [[swamp dragon scales|swamp]] or quicksilver dragon scales, effectively.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.33]], this spell was called '''Animate Armour''', was level 4 [[Summoning]]/[[Earth]], and would summon a +0 copy of your current armour's base type instead of copying the enchantment and artefact properties.
*Prior to [[0.32]], animated armours did not gain resists innate to their base type.
*Prior to [[0.29]], animated armours did not [[fly]].
*Animate Armour was added in [[0.27]].

==References==
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