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This disgusting form of protection is a fleshy vest that offers protection similar to Kevlar (Armor rating 3, Dexterity penalty 1). When an attacker pierces the outer layer, whether with a bullet, tooth, or talon, highly infectious pus sprays out of the puncture out to two yards away. Touching the pus with bare skin or fur deals two levels of aggravated damage; unless wiped off immedi­ ately it causes a permanent burn-like injury that only magical means can heal. Each day that the wound goes unhealed, it does another level of aggravated damage that can only be healed with the initial injury. Cutting out the wound deals as much damage as it has already caused over again, if left untreated the victim will die as the injury eats away at her.

Pus armor has seen multiple successful field deploy­ ments, but the risk of the wearer being caught by his own pus stream — especially if the vest is punctured by a werewolf’s tooth or claw — means that their appeal remains limited.