Mostly finished the LivingArmour framework, which includes the upgrades and stat trackers.

src/main/java/WayofTime/bloodmagic/api/livingArmour/LivingArmourHandler.java

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+package WayofTime.bloodmagic.api.livingArmour;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
+
+public class LivingArmourHandler {
+	public static List<Class<? extends StatTracker>> trackers = new ArrayList();
+	public static HashMap<String, Class<? extends LivingArmourUpgrade>> upgradeMap = new HashMap();
+	public static HashMap<String, Constructor<? extends LivingArmourUpgrade>> upgradeConstructorMap = new HashMap();
+
+	public static void registerStatTracker(Class<? extends StatTracker> tracker) {
+		trackers.add(tracker);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Registers a LivingArmourUpgrade using its unique identifier and class.
+	 * This is done to more easily load upgrades
+	 * 
+	 * @param upgrade
+	 */
+	public static void registerArmourUpgrade(LivingArmourUpgrade upgrade) {
+		Class<? extends LivingArmourUpgrade> clazz = upgrade.getClass();
+		upgradeMap.put(upgrade.getUniqueIdentifier(), clazz);
+		try {
+			Constructor<? extends LivingArmourUpgrade> ctor = clazz.getConstructor(int.class);
+			if (ctor == null) {
+				// TODO: This is bad - add something to the log
+			} else {
+				upgradeConstructorMap.put(upgrade.getUniqueIdentifier(), ctor);
+			}
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public static LivingArmourUpgrade generateUpgradeFromKey(String key, int level) {
+		return generateUpgradeFromKey(key, level, null);
+	}
+
+	public static LivingArmourUpgrade generateUpgradeFromKey(String key, int level, NBTTagCompound tag) {
+		Constructor<? extends LivingArmourUpgrade> ctor = upgradeConstructorMap.get(key);
+		if (ctor != null) {
+			try {
+				LivingArmourUpgrade upgrade = ctor.newInstance(level);
+				if (upgrade != null && tag != null) {
+					upgrade.readFromNBT(tag);
+				}
+				return upgrade;
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+}