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Ghoul gauntlets

(Magic Item Compendium, page 104)

Price (Item Level): 10,000 gp (12th)
Body Slot: Hands
Caster Level: 3th
Aura: Faint; (DC 16) necromancy
Activation: Standard (command)
Weight: 1 lb.

These mottled leather gauntlets appear worn and threadbare.

Ghoul gauntlets have no effect when worn by a construct or undead creature. If you are a living creature, however, these gauntlets virtually meld with your flesh when you put them on, making your hands appear gaunt and rotting.
Once per round while wearing these gauntlets, you can make a melee touch attack that paralyzes the target for 1d6+2 rounds (Fort DC 13 negates). Elves are immune to this paralysis.
You can also deliver this attack as part of an unarmed strike, slam, claw, or similar natural attack made with the hand, but in that case, you must attack normally, not with a touch attack. If you die while wearing ghoul gauntlets, they revert to their normal appearance.

Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, ghoul touch.
Cost to Create: 5,000 gp, 400 XP, 10 days.