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So like a wooden totem (that would be burned in the sweatlodge) or a magic warpaint?
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Like a War Paint of the Totem-Beast ? Check out my item on page 2 of this thread. We should form a beat-lovers group along with Bats :)

@Bats: It is both creepy and somehow comforting to know that someone's on the same brain wave frequency :)

@Joshua: True, but Clark did mention in a previous post that so long as the flavor was kept separate from the actual description it didn't bother him.

In hindsight taking the risk was probably a bad call on my part and it is indeed something that you don't normally find in published magic items nowadays.

War Paint of the Totem-Beast
Aura moderate transmutation; CL 7th
Slot -; Price 2,150 gp/dose; Weight -
Description

“Find your beast-brothers”, the shaman had said while he painted the totem sign on Josha's face. “Learn how they track, how they hide, how they hunt, and share their wisdom with your man-brothers”. Josha found no man-brother alive when he returned, but he tracked and he hid as his beast-brothers would. And now, as only one half-drunken outlander was left to stand watch, he would show him how they pounced.

When a dose of this magical war paint is applied to a creature's face or body, a Tiny to Large creature of the animal type must be chosen. The wearer is granted a special insight to that animal's ways and gains the following powers:
1)A +2 competence bonus on Perception, Stealth, Climb or Swim (DM's choice depending on the animal chosen).
2)The ability to communicate with all animals of the chosen type as if he was affected by a speak with animals spell.
3)The power to assume the form of the chosen animal as if he was affected by a beast shape II spell.
After the beast shape effect ends the war paint fades, it otherwise lasts for 24 hours.

Frequent use of this war paint takes a toll on the wearer by affecting his mannerism and making him think more and more like a beast. With each application the wearer suffers Charisma drain equal to the number of previous applications during the last 5 days minus the number of currently drained points (this formula aims to override healing between applications). These points can't be healed while the war paint is in effect.

Requirements: Craft Wondrous Item, speak with animals, beast shape II; Cost: 1,075 gp/dose

Thanks in advance Clark! (be merciless)

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