Vanguard Treads

Aura: Faint Transmutation; CL: 3rd

Slot: Foot; Price: 3,000 gp; Wgt: 2 lbs

Source: EB, pg. 154

Description: This oversized boots feature soles that have hundreds of tiny, parallel hooks that provide a number of benefits to keep the wear stable.

• • The wearer is able to travel over mundane difficult terrain without a problem. This includes magical effects that are instantaneous, but leave mundane difficult terrain behind, but not difficult terrain caused by ongoing magical effects. Terrains that normally dangerous, such as lava, quicksand or elemental planes still deal damage normally.

  • The wearer receives a +4 circumstance bonus to his CMD for the resisting bull rush or reposition combat maneuvers.

  • The wearer receives a +4 circumstance bonus to Climb checks made to climb walls or other vertical surfaces that are large enough to place his feet against.

The Vanguard Treads do have two problems with them. The first is that the hooks that provide the stability benefits are also noisy when walking. Wearers of Vanguard Treads have a -4 penalty to Stealth checks while moving. Likewise, the prints they leave are quite distinctive, giving others a +8 circumstance bonus to Survival checks to track them or identify them from other tracks.

Construction Requirements: Craft Wondrous Item, Spider Climb

Construction Cost: 1,500 gp