Wight Hide Shield

This shield is covered in the hide of a wight, and in its center is a grotesque mockery of a humanoid face. When held, it seems to throb and pulse with unholy hunger.

A wight hide shield functions as a +1 light steel shield. When you use a shield bash attack with a wight hide shield to deal damage to a living creature, the target must succeed on a DC 14 Fortitude save or gain one negative level.

A wight hide shield can bestow no more than three negative levels per day.

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, create undead, Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks.

Cost to Create: 4,500 gp (plus 159 gp for masterwork light steel shield), 360 XP, 9 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 23. Originally published in Libris Mortis, page 77.