Sinuous Recorder
Item 5Magical Source Battlecry! pg. 146Price 140 gp
Usage held in 2 hands;
Bulk L
This ash recorder is highly polished, with a spiral, serpentine pattern etched along its length. The recorder grants you a +1 item bonus to
Performance checks while playing music with the instrument.
Activate—Sooth Serpents [two-actions] (
auditory,
concentrate,
manipulate);
Frequency once per day;
Effect You play a swift composition that fascinates all snakes, pythons, vipers, and serpents that hear it. At the GM’s discretion, creatures with major serpentine features, such as
serpentfolk, are also subjected to this effect. All such creatures within a 30-foot
emanation must attempt a DC 20 Will save.
Critical Success The target’s attitude toward you decreases by one step.
Success The creature is unaffected.
Failure The target’s attitude toward you improves by one step, and it feels a powerful urge to dance. It takes a –5- foot penalty to its Speeds for 1 minute as it sways and dances to the music.
Critical Failure As failure, but the target’s attitude toward you improves by two steps.