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Wrapped tower

(Magic Item Compendium, page 24)

Price (Item Level): 6,180 gp (10th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 12th
Aura: Strong; (DC 21) necromancy
Activation: Immediate (command)
Weight: 45 lb.

This tower shield is partially swathed in the funerary wrappings of a mummy. Atop it is a crest modeled to depict the creature’s horrifying, unwrapped visage.

Once per day while using this +1 tower shield to gain total cover (PH 125), you can activate its special property. At your command, the mere sight of the shield’s mummylike facade requires each viewer in front of it to succeed on a DC 16 Will save or be paralyzed with fear for 1d4 rounds.

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, create undead, Knowledge (religion) 5 ranks.
Cost to Create: 3,000 gp (plus 180 gp for base item), 240 XP, 6 days.