Banner of Broken Steel

Aura: Faint Evocation; CL: 5th

Slot: Slotless; Price: 10,000 gp; Wgt: 1 lbs

Source: FoW, pg. 122

Description: In order to use this magical item, it must either be prominently carried by someone or has been planted in a stationary, prominent location. Prominently carrying a banner does not cost an action, but requires two hands or a special harness designed to carry the banner. If the bearer attempts to hide by any means, the banner's effect immediately ends. If he does so, he must spend a full round action that provokes in order to regain others attention in order to reactivate the banner's effect. Planting the banner in a prominent location requires a standard action and the location to be void of any cover or concealment by those it effects. The banner's effects remain active until the banner is removed, destroyed or otherwise tampered with by an enemy, requiring the banner to be replanted again for the effect to start again.

While this banner is active, all allies within 60 feet get a +2 enhancement bonus to damage rolls made against constructs (including creatures with the living construct subtype) and inanimate objects. Also, any damage reduction that an attacked construct has, or any hardness an attacked inanimate object has, is reduced to half, round down. Thus a golem with DR 15 / adamantine would only have DR 7 / adamantine against allies under this banner. Allied constructs (including creatures with the living construct subtype) do not get any of these bonuses themselves.

Construction Requirements: Craft Wondrous Item, Suggestion

Construction Cost: 5,000 gp