Price (Item Level): 30,000 gp (16th)
Body Slot: Ring; see text
Caster Level: 9th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 19) evocation
Activation: —
Weight: —
Each of these black iron rings is set with smooth pieces of jet all around its band.
This pair of black iron rings must be worn as a set, one on each hand, to function. When so worn, they sheathe you in a field of magical force, granting you a +5 armor bonus to AC. This bonus applies even against incorporeal touch attacks. The sheath is harmful to the touch, dealing 1d4 points of force damage to any creature that successfully strikes you with a nonreach weapon. In addition, your unarmed strikes deal an extra 1d4 points of damage and can affect incorporeal creatures as if they were force effects.
Prerequisites: Forge Ring, mage armor, magic weapon, wall of force.
Cost to Create: 15,000 gp, 1,200 XP, 30 days.
Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 128.