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Tabard of the disembodied [Relic]

(Magic Item Compendium, page 140)

Price (Item Level): 6,000 gp (10th)
Body Slot: Torso
Caster Level: 20th
Aura: Strong; (DC 25) transmutation
Activation: Standard (mental)
Weight: 1 lb.

This misty gray tabard is silky soft to the touch. It is embroidered with small sequins in a skull motif.

A tabard of the disembodied is connected to the Ethereal Plane, the realm where ghosts hold sway. Once per day, you can activate this tabard to become ethereal for 1 round, provided that you are neutral evil, lawful evil, chaotic evil, or neutral.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, you can activate a tabard of the disembodied to transport yourself to the Ethereal Plane (as the ethereal jaunt spell) for up to 10 rounds per day. This duration need not be continuous, and the effect is dismissable with another standard (mental) action. While you are on the Ethereal Plane, the spells you cast affect the Material Plane normally, unlike those of spellcasters who reach the Ethereal Plane by other means.
To use the relic power, you must worship Nerull and either sacrifice a 7th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat and at least 13 HD.

Lore: The first of these tabards is said to have been among the burial raiments of Shedlazzar IV, a legendary wizard-king who haunted his castle for decades after his death. His grandson, a noted necromancer in his own right, wrested the secret of the tabard’s creation from his ancestor’s ghost using an exceptionally cruel torture technique designed to psychically flay the spirit (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).


Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, Sanctify Relic, ethereal jaunt.
Cost to Create: 3,000 gp, 240 XP, 6 days.