Item: Bloodroot Shield

TypeShield
Level9
Rarity
Uncommon
Base ItemWooden Shield
AC Bonus2
Speed Penalty0
Price600 gp
PublicationPathfinder #202: Severed at the RootRemaster

This wooden shield is an interwoven knot of still-living tree roots (Hardness 6, HP 36, BT 18).

Activate—Thirsty Roots 1 (manipulate)

Frequency once per day


Effect You hold out the shield as the roots untangle themselves and launch forward, dealing 9d6 void damage to all creatures in a 60-foot line (DC 25 Basic Reflex save). On a failed save, a creature takes an additional 5 persistent bleed damage. The shield regains a number of Hit Points equal to half the void damage dealt.


Trait Effects

Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.

Void: Effects with this trait heal undead creatures with void energy, deal void damage to living creatures, or manipulate void energy. Planes with this trait are vast, empty reaches that suck the life from the living. They tend to be lonely, haunted planes, drained of color and filled with winds carrying the moans of the dead At the end of each round, a living creature takes at least minor void environmental damage. In the strongest areas of a void plane, they could take moderate or even major void damage at the end of each round. This damage has the death trait, and if a living creature is reduced to 0 Hit Points by this void damage and killed, it crumbles into ash and can become a wraith (see Monster Core).

Wood: Effects with the wood trait conjure or manipulate wood. Those that manipulate wood have no effect in an area without wood. Creatures with this trait consist primarily of wood or have a connection to magical wood. These planes consist of trees and other flora latticed in organic patterns. Wood planes are often perfectly constructed to match their desired purpose or environment but aren’t usually outright hostile to visitors.


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