String, Darkmantle Hide

Ultimate Equipment Guide II

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

Strings made of Darkmantle hide resemble a supple, dark-coloured leather and are as rare as the beasts from which they are taken. Though they provide no bonuses to the Perform skill, or to any abilities linked to bardic music, Darkmantle hide strings have saved the lives of more than a few bards who have taken up a life of adventuring. Properly prepared and alchemically treated, Darkmantle hide strings offer the bard playing an instrument strung with them a portion of the creature’s most impressive power. When played, an instrument with Darkmantle hide strings produces a low vibration, inaudible and imperceptible to anyone but the musician. This vibration gives the bard playing the instrument a limited amount of Blindsight, allowing him to ‘see’ through the Blindsight out to a range of 30 feet. This ability lasts only so long as the instrument is played; the moment the music stops, so does the Blindsight.

Darkmantle Hide: 75 gp per string