This three-stringed bandore is carved of striated maple and set with tiger’s-eye stones.

This masterwork bandore grants you a +2 circumstance bonus on Perform (string instruments) checks. If you have at least 2 ranks in Perform (string instruments), you can also command it to produce one of four spell-like abilities (flare, light, mending, or message), each once per day.

Lore: A wise and powerful bard named Falataer reportedly created the first of these instruments, which he used to test and reward the students at all seven levels of his bardic college. Others have since copied the designs but honored Falataer by keeping the name Fochlucan bandore (Knowledge [arcana] or bardic knowledge DC 15).

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, flare, light, mending, message, bard.
Cost to Create: 500 gp (plus 350 gp for base item), 40 XP, 1 day.