General Rules: Feats - Item Image

Item Image [Eldritch, Gnome] (from the Book of Eldritch Might)
You can bond yourself or someone else with a magic item by use of a tattoo.
   Prerequisite: Gnome, Intelligence 17+, spellcaster level 7^th+.
   Benefit: You inscribe a tattoo onto your flesh or the flesh of another, in the presence of a magic item that weighs no more than the tattooed character can carry. This process takes eight hours and costs ¹/₁₀ of the market value of the magic item in shillings. Once the tattoo is finished, the character can magically store the item within the image, and can call it forth again as a free action. While stored, the item remains in unchanging stasis, magically shrunk down so small that it cannot be felt. The Item Image tattoo is permanent; there is no limit to the number of times a character can call forth and re-store the magic item. The tattooed image is often inscribed on the character's hand or arm, its design flowing seamlessly from the flesh to the item being held. Further, the character with the keyed image enjoys one of the following benefits while using the specific item (chosen at the time the image is inscribed):

• +1 damage if the item is a weapon (this stacks with all other bonuses);
• +2 saving throw DC if the item requires opponents to make a save;
• +2 caster level; or
• The item inflicts 1d6 points of fire damage upon anyone who attempts to use it, other than the tattooed character.

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