Animated

Components: Masterwork suit of exotic heavy armor

This armor is enchanted with powerful transmutation magic. As an action, you can doff the armor, which animates, becoming a Medium animated object, as per the animate objects spell.

The armor’s AC equals your own while you wore it. The armor uses your own melee attack bonus instead of its own. If you were holding a weapon when the armor became animated, it can make one attack with that weapon instead of its normal slam attack.

The armor remains animated for 1 minute or until it is reduced to 0 hit points, after which time it becomes inanimate. If your animated armor is within 30 feet of you, you can end this effect early by using your action to command your animated armor to return to you and be donned as inanimate armor as part of the action.

Once you use this ability, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.