Dragonslayer Claws

These heavy, dark metal blades fit smoothly over the wearer’s claws like comfortable gloves.

When the wearer makes a claw attack, dragonslayer claws deal an extra 1d6 points of damage. Against a creature of the dragon type or the dragonblood subtype, the claws instead deal an extra 3d6 points of damage and are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

Although dragonslayer claws are made for dragons, any creature that has a claw attack can wear them, and they resize to fit the wearer. However, dragonslayer claws bestow a negative level when worn by any creature that is not of the dragon type or the dragonblood subtype. The negative level remains as long as the claws are worn and disappear when the creature removes the dragonslayer claws. This negative level never results in actual level loss, but it cannot be overcome by any means (not even restoration or wish) while the dragonslayer claws are worn.

Activating dragonslayer claws is a free action. The wearer can use the claws once per round, up to a maximum of three times per day. Before making an attack roll, the wearer must declare to which attack the extra damage will be applied.

A wearer that does not have claw attacks gains no benefit from dragonslayer claws.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, magic weapon, creator must be of the dragonblood subtype.

Cost to Create: 1,250 gp, 100 XP, 3 days.

Source: Complete Champion, page 93.