Price (Item Level): 10,000 gp (12th)
Body Slot: Hands
Caster Level: 5th
Aura: Faint; (DC 17) abjuration and evocation
Activation: — or standard (mental)
Weight: —
This small red dragon scale resembles a false fingernail for a finger or claw. It is decorated with a flame pattern in delicate gold leaf and magically adheres to cover the wearer’s existing nail.
A crimson claw grants its wearer resistance to fire 5 and a +1 enhancement bonus to natural armor. In addition, the wearer can use it to produce a burning hands effect once per day as a standard (mental) action.
A DC 15 Search check reveals that the crimson claw isn’t simply a painted part of the wearer’s body. Anyone donning a crimson claw receives mental instructions in Draconic on the effects of the item and how to activate it.
This item is a dweomered dragon scale.
Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, barkskin, burning hands, resist energy.
Cost to Create: 5,000 gp, 400 XP, 10 days.
Source: Dragon Magic, page 99.