This spell creates the equivalent of full plate mail +2 around the caster (AC0). The full plate appears to be made out of bright red metal. It glows very slightly (about the same as starlight). The spell lasts one hour per level or until the caster is hit once per level upto a maximum of 12 hits. When the caster is hit in melee, the spell burns the attacker for 1d4 damage plus an additional 2 points per caster level. The caster can spell cast through this armor.The material component is a pieve of metal that has at sometime been magically heated.