Ability Augmentation – Armor Empowerment

The vanguard’s companion has the unique ability to share the power of it’s augmentations with nearby allies. Most of these are straightforward buffs, adding additional defenses.

Ability Augmentation

This basic augmentation improves a single ability score (except Constitution) of the construct companion by +2, becoming +4 at level 15. The resonance effect provides this same bonus to allies as an enchantment bonus.
While definitely useful for the companion, the resonance is rather less useful, as any character who benefits most from it more than likely already has an equal or greater enhancement bonus to that ability score. 

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Ablative Shielding

A magical barrier of force surrounds the companion with this augmentation. This provides the construct with temporary hit points equal to 3 times its HD. The barrier restores 5 temporary hot points per round when below the maximum. When the resonance is activated the barrier is supercharged, increasing the temporary hit point to twice its usual maximum. In addition it extends around nearby allies, redirecting half of the hit point damage they take to the barrier instead.
The ablative shielding is pretty cool, it effectively provides regenerating health to the construct companion, as well as providing a useful ace in the hole for when the party is heavily pressured. 

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Armor Empowerment

Whether armored with thick plates, hardening magics or predictive algorithms, this augmentation increases the AC of the construct companion. When the augmentation’s resonance is activated it further shares a part of the defense with nearby allies.
Armor empowerment is probably the most straightforward augmentation in the list. The increase in AC is typeless, so it is useful for anyone who is near the companion. 

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The adamantine walls of Acanopolis, the City in the center of all roads, are known not just for their great size. They share their unbreakable strength with the soldiers who man them. During the Volcano Siege the besieging fire giants threw thousands of stones without ever striking a single defender from the walls.

Intruders into the Unseen Tomb of the Bursar should be careful about striking the walls. For while they are made of ablative force, many serve more functions than to delay interlopers. Breaching though the wrong walls may set off all manner of traps, monsters or worse.

The diplomat corps of the ancient Minrean thalassocracy were famously skilled in opening up ports and striking advantageous trade deals. While much of their success comes from the Minrean inclusive culture and extensive training, the advantage afforded by their magical pendants can not be underestimated. To this day any such pendants found by adventurers find eager buyers among the world’s aristocrats, merchants and even today, diplomats.