Deadly Gardens on it) Animals affected by tempting rawhide defend themselves normally (ignoring the rawhide afterwards) if attacked and damaging a living creature with the weapon, the wielder can poison the target with a pain-inducing venom as a free action When poisoning a target in this manner, the spines on the weapon’s head momentarily surge in length This deals an extra 1d6 points of piercing damage and imposes a –2 penalty on the target’s initial saving throw to resist the weapon’s poison (the extra damage is not multiplied on a critical hit) Urchin star venom: Injury; save Fort DC 14; frequency 1/round for rounds; effect 1d2 Str and staggered for round; cure save CONSTRUCTION Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, calm animals; Cost 250 gp TREANTSEED Aura moderate transmutation; CL 11th Slot none; Price 3,300 gp; Weight lb DESCRIPTION As a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, the bearer of a treantseed plants the item in an area containing at least one inch of soil The seed produces a rapidly growing oak tree At the beginning of the planter’s next turn, the tree animates and acts as a treant with the young creature template The treant follows the planter’s orders, except for obviously suicidal commands At the beginning of the planter’s next turn, the treant grows enough to lose the young creature template The creature remains for 10 additional rounds before taking root and turning into an ordinary oak tree CONSTRUCTION Requirements Craft Magic Arms and Armor, freedom of movement, poison, touch of the sea, creator must have ranks in Craft (alchemy); Cost 10,308 gp VERMIN BAIT FLASK Aura faint transmutation; CL 5th Slot none; Price 500 gp; Weight lbs DESCRIPTION This fragile crystal flask contains an enchanted mixture of molasses, mealworms and broth that vermin find irresistible Treat the flask as a splash weapon with a range increment of 10 feet and a splash radius of feet Any creature or square that takes a direct hit is covered in the putrid mixture, as are any squares or creatures within the splash radius (on a hit or miss) Creatures in the splash radius that succeed on a DC 14 Reflex save avoid being covered Removing the sticky substance from a creature is a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity Once exposed, the mealworms in the foul-smelling mixture wriggle and squirm for minute During this time, creatures with the vermin type that come within 30 feet of any square or creature covered in the flask’s contents must succeed on a DC 14 Will save or be fooled into treating the covered area or creature as if it were an easy-to-get, nutritious meal This is not a mindaffecting effect—the mixture simply fools the senses of creatures with the vermin type For the duration, an affected vermin moves toward and attacks the nearest square or creature covered with the flask’s contents, though it avoids any obvious danger along the way and defends itself normally Each round that an affected CONSTRUCTION Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, liveoak; Cost 1,650 gp TWIGMAN FETISH Aura faint transmutation; CL 3rd Slot none; Price 300 gp; Weight 1/4 lbs DESCRIPTION A twigman fetish is a tiny man-shaped figurine made out of twigs and bound together with grass or strips of bark When activated as a standard action, the twigman fetish quickly grows to Medium size wooden construct (AC 12, hp 10, hardness 5, speed 20 ft.) As a move or swift action the activator of the fetish can direct the construct to move and attack (1 slam +3 (1d6+2 damage)) Unless directed the construct will stand idly After four rounds, or if reduced to zero hit points, the construct collapses into a pile of sticks A twigman fetish can only be used once and then loses its power CONSTRUCTION Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, wilderness soldiers; Cost 150 gp URCHIN STAR Aura moderate transmutation; CL 7th Slot none; Price 20,308 gp; Weight lbs DESCRIPTION The head of this driftwood-hafted +1 seaborne morningstar is an alchemically hardened sea urchin with 3-inch-long spines Three times per day, upon striking 37