Item: Shadowed Scale, the Jungle Secret

Level22
Rarity
Unique
Price-
UsageWornmask
PublicationPathfinder #174: Shadows of the Ancients

This gold-inlaid wooden mask depicts the reptilian visage of a mokele-mbembe, a jungle predator seen by the Mwangi as embodiments of nature's strength and majesty. If you're a Magaambyan who already has a mask, you can use Shadowed Scale, the Jungle Secret in lieu of your own mask for the purposes of mask-related abilities, such as Magic Warrior Dedication. When you wear the mask, you are always Concealed while in a jungle.


Activate 1 envision

Requirements Your last action was a melee Strike that killed a living creature or destroyed an undead creature


Effect You cause the body to decompose into a pile of fertile soil. The creature's body is completely destroyed at the start of your next turn, and it can only be returned to life with the use of powerful magic such as Miracle or Wish.


Activate 1 Interact

Frequency once per hour

Requirements You are adjacent to the body of a creature you killed that has decomposed into soil


Effect You pull a seed from the mask and throw it into the soil, where it sprouts. You cast Summon Plant Or Fungus; the spell is heightened to a level equal to one-half of the slain creature's level, rounded up. When the spell's duration ends, the plant creature returns to the soil, where it roots itself and becomes a non-creature piece of flora.


Destruction If the progenitor of all mokele-mbembes stomps on the mask, it is crushed to splinters.


Trait Effects

Artifact: Items with this trait are artifacts. These magic items can't be crafted by normal means, and they can't be damaged by normal means. Artifacts are always rare or unique.

Invested: A character can invest only 10 magical items that have the invested trait. None of the magical effects of the item apply if the character hasn’t invested it, nor can it be activated, though the character still gains any normal benefits from wearing the physical item (like a hat keeping rain off their head).

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.

Primal: This magic comes from the primal tradition, connecting to the natural world and instinct. Anything with this trait is magical. A creature with this trait is primarily constituted of or has a strong connection to primal magic.


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