Garrote Buttons

An easy way to get a weapon past even the most conscientious guard is to have it be a part of one’s clothing.

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

Author Greg Lynch, J. C. Alvarez
Publisher Mongoose Publishing
Publish date 2005

Garrote buttons accomplish exactly that, and can be added to any piece of clothing, so long as the piece of clothing has two or more buttons. Garrote buttons tend to be large, about the width of the index and middle finger put together, to provide an adequate handle to use the garrote itself.

They replace two of the normal buttons on an article of clothing (for example, on a doublet that buttons up the front, they would replace the top and bottom button). The wire of the garrote runs along the inside of a seam of the garment between the two buttons. When the wearer of the garrote buttons wishes to use the weapon, he simply detaches one of the buttons from the wire, pulls the other button and wire out of the clothing, and reattaches the first button (a full round action). With both buttons attached, the garrote is ready for its deadly work

Garrote Buttons: 25 gp