Elytron Cloak (3.5e Equipment)
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Elytron Cloak[edit]
This cloak, when work, looks like two great, hard, curved shells attached by leather, with a clasp and body harness allowing it to be work in the Cloak magical item slot, despite the fact that it isn't magical. As a free action, the wearer can open or close the curved shells, whose shape allows, while opened, for a smooth gliding experience. While gliding, you gain a Fly speed of 40ft with Average maneuverability, but you cannot fly upwards, and fall 5ft per round while flying (If you fly directly downwards, your Fly speed is 45ft in total). This also allows you to open the wings to save yourself from a fall, by gliding instead. The shells and leather harness are designed to lock open at a set angle, meaning unlike something of a flying squirrel suit, you don't need free hands to hold it in order for it to function.
You can also use Firework rockets to propel yourself. In doing so, you hold onto the rockets or latch them onto yourself. You're subject to the rocket's ignition damage, but your flight speed increases to 200ft you can fly upwards if you like, and you no longer drift downwards, but your maneuverability drops to Poor. This is often used to fly way up high until the rocket burns out, and glide from the gained height. Running into a solid object, such as a wall, cliff face, building, or the ground, subjects you (And the object your struck) to falling damage as if you had fallen the distance you traveled with the rocket in the past round (200ft, usually, which results in 20d6 falling damage).
At the end of the rocket's duration, you have to be quick to let go of it in time to avoid being struck by its detonation. In order to let go of the rocket in time, you must make a DC 15 Reflex save; If you succeed, the rocket explodes with you just outside of its radius, sparing you its effects (With the exception of the Dazzling effect, which you must still make a save against). For every additional 10ft of radius the rocket possesses, the save DC to let go of it in time increases by +2, and if you're not aware of the radius of the rocket (I.e., if you didn't make or identify it), you suffer a -4 penalty on the saving throw.
You can choose, however, to let go of the rocket 1 round early to avoid its effects without having to make a saving throw, but this of course reduces your potential flight distance significantly.
Craft (Leatherworking): DC 35.
Market Price 225 gp. For every creature size category larger than Medium the cloak is designed for, the price is increased by half; And for every size category small, the price is reduced by 1/4.
