STUN SHIELD (PL 6) Stun shields were developed as a nonlethal crowd control measure: a shield that protects the wearer and temporarily incapacitates at-tackers. In addition to the protection the shield offers, it emits a pulse of stunning ener-gy when struck by an unarmed attacker. The attacker must succeed on a DC 13 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1d4 rounds.

FORCE BUCKLER (PL 7) A special piece of armor that harkens back to medieval times, the force buckler is a magnet-ic field that forms in the shape of a circle, pro-jected from a single gauntlet. Acting like a buckler of old, the force buckler allows the wearer to shield herself from incoming at-tacks and provide herself with a small amount of extra defense in the face of an at-tacker. The force buckler provides a shield bonus to Defense, which stacks with any equipment bonus from armor. Additionally, the wielder need not have a free hand to use the buckler, since it is projected directly from the wrist gauntlet. Bucklers do not offer pro-tection against ranged attacks.