Item: Weapon of False Wounds

Level3
Rarity
Uncommon
Price80 gp
UsageHeld in one or two hands
PublicationPathfinder Lost Omens Rival Academies

These weapons consist mostly of illusions, except in the spots where the weapon would be held. A sword, for example, would consist only of a physical handle with the permanent illusion of a blade. Weapons of false wounds come in all shapes and sizes to help accurately reenact both historic and theatrical combat without risk of injury. The most amazing property of these items is the fact the illusions become partially physical when interacting with other weapons of false wounds, allowing blades to clash and parry as they would in actual combat. As a weapon of false wounds is designed specifically to interact with other illusions, paying attention to subtle changes in the weapon's appearance can help alert the wielder to nearby illusions. While using this item, you gain a +1 item bonus to Perception checks to disbelieve an illusion.


Trait Effects

Illusion: Effects and magic items with this trait involve false sensory stimuli. Magic with the illusion trait creates false sensory stimuli. Sometimes illusions allow creatures a chance to disbelieve the spell, which lets the creature ignore the spell if it succeeds at doing so. This usually happens when a creature Seeks, Interacts, or otherwise spends actions to engage with the illusion, comparing the result of its Perception check (or another check or save the GM chooses) to the caster's spell DC. Mental illusions typically provide rules in the spell's description for disbelieving the effect (usually via a Will save). If a creature engages with an illusion in a way that would prove it's not what it seems, the creature might know that an illusion is present, but it still can't ignore the illusion without successfully disbelieving it. Disbelieving a visual illusion makes it and those things it blocks seem hazy and indistinct, which might block vision enough to leave the other side concealed.

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.

Visual: A visual effect can affect only creatures that can see it. This applies only to visible parts of the effect, as determined by the GM.


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