Shifter Braid

Aura: Moderate Transmutation; CL: 9th or 13th (Dream Path)

Slot: Slotless; Price: 100 gp (Dire Shifting), 150 gp (Silver), 500 gp (Spellstrike), 750 gp (Dream Path); Wgt: -

Source: RoE, pg. 174

Description:

Shifter braids are worn around the forehead, even though they do not take up the headband slot. Their magic does not trigger until worn by a shifter that uses their shifting ability (or by someone that successfully emulates that specific racial ability). Once triggered, the effects of the magic last until the shifter stops his shifting ability. For those that are emulating the ability, a new check is needed every round, to a maximum of 5 rounds. Once the magic has been used, the braid is no longer magical and falls apart.

Shifter braids are rumored to come in all types and abilities, but the four most common detailed below.

• • Dire Shifting: The shifter is under the effects of an Enlarge Person spell

  • Silver: The shifter's natural attacks are considered silver for the purposes of damage reduction

  • Spellstrike: A shifter that is capable of casting divine spells chooses one spell that he can cast on himself and only himself as he starts his shifting. That spell is automatically cast on himself as he shifts, regardless of need of components, actions or concentration checks. This braid has no benefit to shifters (or anyone else) that is not capable of casting divine spells.

  • Dream Path: The shifter is ethereal.

Construction Requirements: Craft Wondrous Item, Enlarge Person (Dire Shifting), Moonstruck (Silver), Imbue with Spell Ability (Spellstrike) or Ethereal Jaunt (Dream Path)

Construction Cost: 50 gp (Dire Shifting), 75 gp (Silver), 250 gp (Spellstrike), 375 gp (Dream Path)