In the Advanced Race Guide there are some interesting racial only magic items. Since I'm playing a Nagaji in PFS (via a boon) I was curious about a Nagaji only item - Nagaji Scale Polish which costs 1400gp and does:
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This small clay urn contains a scintillating paste which works like imbue with spell ability, except the spell effect is not limited to cleric spells. Any caster may cast spells into the jar. The creature that applies the paste to its scales (a standard action) gains the ability to cast the imbued spells (assuming it has enough Hit Dice and the requisite ability scores). Only a reptilian creature (such as a dragon or a humanoid with the reptilian subtype such as a nagaji) can use the polish to cast spells.
I think the implication is that this is a single-use item - but it actually doesn't come out and say that.
The implication from the spell it references is that if you have 2 or lower hd you can imbue a single 1st level spell, 3-4 hd one or two 1st level spells and if 5 hd or more 1 or 2 1st level spells and a single 2nd level spell.
However it is unclear if the restriction in the Cleric version of the spell applies - namely that the spells so imbued must be
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Only cleric spells from the schools of abjuration, divination, and conjuration (healing) can be transferred
Since the item says that non-Cleric spells (indeed spells from any spellcaster) I assume that it could either be "any caster, any school" or "any caster but still only abjuration, divination or conjuration (healing) spells which can be imbued" - just not restricted to spells of those schools which are clerical.
It also isn't entirely clear if there is a penalty for the caster who imbues this item - or if the spells so imbued should be treated as being cast by the caster who imbued them into the Scale Polish - i.e. using that caster's level and ability score for duration, effects and DC if any for the spells so imbued.
If not reusable this is still a potent item but fairly limited in utility - if reusable it is a very interesting and highly flavorful element for a Nagaji use.
[rules for PFS casters imbuing spells into it probably is a topic for the PFS boards...]
