Doss Lute
Magic Item
(Magic Item Compendium, p. 156)
Price: 4,100 gp
Item Level: 9th
Body Slot: held
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Faint; (DC 17) Conjuration, Enchantment, Illusion
Activation: — and standard (command)
Weight: 3.0 lb.
This graceful lute is carved of alder and inlaid with abstract designs in copper.
This masterwork lute grants you a +2 circumstance bonus on Perform (string instruments) checks. If you have at least 6 ranks in Perform (string instruments), you can also command it to produce one of three spell effects (delay poison, hold person, or mirror image), each once per day.
If you pick up a Doss lute but do not have 6 or more ranks in Perform (string instruments), the instrument bestows one negative level on you, which persists for as long as you hold it. This negative level never results in actual level loss, but it cannot be overcome in any way (including restoration spells) while the instrument is held.Lore: See Anstruth harp (page 150).
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item , Delay Poison, Hold Person, Mirror Image , Bard.
Cost to Create: 2,000 gp (plus 100 gp for masterwork lute), 160 XP, 4 days.
