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CHAPTER 3
DRACONIC
MAGIC
Description: This small red dragon scale resembles a
false fingernail for a finger or claw. It is decorated with a
flame pattern in delicate gold leaf and magically adheres
to cover the wearer’s existing nail. A DC 15 Search check
reveals that the crimson claw isn’t simply a painted part of
the wearer’s body.
Activation: The resistance and bonus to natural armor
function continuously while worn (occupying space on
the body as a glove or gauntlet). Once per day, the wearer
can produce a burning hands effect with a purely mental
standard action.
Anyone donning a crimson claw receives mental instructions
in Draconic on the effects of the item and how to
activate it.
Effect: A crimson claw grants its wearer resistance to fire 5
and a +1 enhancement bonus to natural armor. In addition,
the wearer can use it to produce a burning hands effect.
Aura/Caster Level: Faint abjuration and evocation; CL
5th.
Construction: Craft Wondrous Item, barkskin, burning
hands, resist energy, 5,000 gp, 400 XP, 10 days.
Weight: —.
Price: 10,000 gp.
CUPRIC BROOCH
Originally created by the dao to allow their most loyal slaves
to navigate the Elemental Plane of Earth and earthen barriers
on the Material Plane, these handy brooches have slipped out
into the world at large.
Description: This small copper dragon scale is set in a
rectangular granite frame affixed to a metal pin.
Activation: Three times per day, the wearer can activate a
cupric brooch as a full-round action. Anyone donning a cupric
brooch receives mental instructions in Draconic on the effects
of the item and how to activate it.
Effect: When activated, a cupric brooch enables its wearer to
move and breathe freely when passing through any type of
stone or earth (but not magma or lava). This effect does not
grant the wearer the ability to see within stone or earth, and
his speed is likely halved along with the other effects of blindness.
The wearer travels as though walking (or swimming, if
that would result in a faster movement rate) and can move in
any direction. He can’t use the brooch to pass through stone
or earthen creatures. The effect lasts for 1 minute.
Aura/Caster Level: Moderate transmutation; CL 9th.
Construction: Craft Wondrous Item, meld into stone,
passwall, 11,000 gp, 880 XP, 22 days.
Weight: —.
Price: 22,000 gp.
DARK CLASP
This innocuous item extends the reach of attacks, surprising
enemies who foolishly believe themselves beyond danger.
Description: This purple-black deep dragon scale comes
in two parts, which fit together to form a twining serpent. A
dark clasp usually fastens a cloak, but it can secure any type
of clothing, occupying space on the body as an amulet. The
wearer of a dark clasp gains a slightly ophidian feature, usually
vertical pupils.
Activation: Three times per day, a dark clasp can be activated
with a swift action. Anyone who wears the clasp receives
mental instructions in Draconic on the effects of the item
and how to activate it.
Effect: The dark clasp allows its wearer to make a single
melee attack with a reach 5 feet longer than normal by elongating
the arm (or similar body part) delivering the attack. The
attack must be made with one limb, so the wearer cannot gain
greater reach with a weapon that is wielded in two hands.
Alternatively, the wearer can perform a single move action
or standard action (such as picking up a set of keys outside a
cell) with 5 additional feet of reach. Again, this effect applies
only to actions that can be performed with one limb.
Aura/Caster Level: Faint transmutation; CL 3rd.
Construction: Craft Wondrous Item, mage hand, 1,200
gp, 96 XP, 3 days.
Weight: —.
Price: 2,400 gp.
EBON MASK
This mask provides minor defensive properties and also
lets its wearer avoid the dangers of drowning—useful when
exploring the marshy lairs of black dragons.
Description: This dull black dragon scale is edged in iron.
It is roughly triangular in shape and slightly larger than a
human fist when not worn.
Activation: An ebon mask functions continuously while
worn, occupying space on the body as goggles or lenses.
If held to the face, it magically adheres to cover the nose
and mouth. Anyone donning an ebon mask receives mental
instructions in Draconic on its effects. Only the wearer can
remove an ebon mask unless he is unconscious or killed, in
which case it detaches easily.
Effect: An ebon mask grants the ability to breathe water
but does not prevent the wearer from breathing air. It also
grants resistance to acid 5 and a +1 enhancement bonus to
natural armor.
While highly prized for its benefits, an ebon mask has a
drawback: It muffles speech, imposing a 20% chance of spell
failure when the wearer attempts to cast spells with verbal
components.
Aura/Caster Level: Moderate abjuration and transmutation;
CL 6th.
Construction: Craft Wondrous Item, barkskin, resist energy,
water breathing, 4,500 gp, 360 XP, 9 days.
Weight: 1 lb.
Price: 9,000 gp.
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