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Dragon HandwrapsWeapon 20


AgileApexFinesseInvestedMagicalNonlethalUnarmed
Source Pathfinder Treasure Vault (Remastered)
Damage 1d4 Bludgeoning
Type Unarmed
Price 80,000 gp
Weight negligible

These silken handwraps feature intricate embroidery of a serpentine red dragon adorned with golden thread. The handwraps function as +3 major striking greater flaming handwraps of mighty blows. You also gain a +4 item bonus to Athletics checks made to Grapple or Shove. When you invest the handwraps, you either increase your Strength modifier by 1 or increase it to +4, whichever would give you a higher value.


Activate 2 (manipulate)

Frequency once per day


Effect You slap the bottom of your palms with hands splayed outward, casting a 7th-rank Breathe Fire spell (DC 41 reflex save).


Activate F (concentrate)

Frequency once per hour

Trigger You succeed or critically succeed with a Grapple


Effect You gain a +2 status bonus to your Athletics DC against any checks made to Escape your grapple until the end of your next turn.

Traits

Common

Anything that doesn't list another rarity trait (uncommon, rare, or unique) automatically has the common trait. This rarity indicates that an ability, item, or spell is available to all players who meet the prerequisites for it. A creature of this rarity is generally known and can be summoned with the appropriate summon spell.

Agile

The multiple attack penalty you take with this weapon on the second attack on your turn is -4 instead of -5, and -8 instead of -10 on the third and subsequent attacks in the turn.

Apex

When you Invest an Item that has the apex trait, it improves one of your attributes, either increasing the attribute's modifier by 1 or to a total of +4, whichever would give you a higher value. This gives you all the benefits of the new attribute modifier until the investiture ends. For example, in addition to increasing rolls you make using the attribute, increasing your Intelligence lets you become trained in an additional skill and learn a new language, and increasing your Constitution gives you more Hit Points.

An apex item grants this benefit only the first time it's invested within a 24-hour period, and you can benefit from only one apex item at a time. If you attempt to invest an apex item when you already have one invested, you don't gain the attribute modifier increase, though you do gain any other effects of Investing the Item.

Finesse

You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls using this melee weapon. You still use your Strength modifier when calculating damage.

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.

Nonlethal

Attacks with this weapon are nonlethal, and are used to knock creatures unconscious instead of kill them. You can use a nonlethal weapon to make a lethal attack with a -2 circumstance penalty.

Unarmed

An unarmed attack uses your body rather than a manufactured weapon. An unarmed attack isn't a weapon, though it's categorized with weapons for weapon groups, and it might have weapon traits. Since it's part of your body, an unarmed attack can't be Disarmed. It also doesn't take up a hand, though a fist or other grasping appendage follows the same rules as a free-hand weapon.