Gauntlets of the Blood-Lord [Relic]

These heavy spiked gauntlets are made from overlapping metal plates. Blood drips slowly from the junctures, coating the surface of the gauntlets with a thick, red ooze.

Said to harbor the blood of a thousand victims, each pair of these gauntlets has a long and grisly history. They function as +1 spiked gauntlets if you are lawful evil, lawful neutral, or neutral evil.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, gauntlets of the blood-lord grant you a +2 luck bonus on melee touch attacks while you wear them.

To use the relic power, you must worship Hextor and either sacrifice a 4th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat and at least 7 HD. If you sacrifice a 6th-level divine spell or have the True Believer feat and at least 11 Hit Dice, every 3rd-level or lower melee touch spell that you cast is automatically empowered as by the Empower Spell feat (although such a spell doesn’t use a higher-level spell slot and the casting time of the spell isn’t increased).

Lore: The first pair of these gauntlets was worn by a priest of Hextor who mercilessly slew entire villages to make way for the Blood-Lord’s approaching army (Knowledge [religion] DC 15).

Upon the priest’s death, Hextor reclaimed the gauntlets. Since then, he has given a pair to a favored follower at least once every century (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Maximize Spell, Sanctify Relic, inflict serious wounds.

Cost to Create: 2,250 gp (plus 620 gp for pair of masterwork spiked gauntlets), 180 XP, 5 days.

Source: Magic Item Compendium, page 102.