Aqueous Slipskin (3.5e Equipment)
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Aqueous Slipskin[edit]
Alchemically treated leather formed from the skin of aquatic creatures, aqueous slipskin has water simply run off it with no friction or resistance. It's so effective at running water off one's body, water can't even touch it at all.
Not many weapons can be made of aqueous slipskin, only fabric and flexible weapons like saps and whips can be made this way. Such weapons take no penalties when used underwater.
Much more common is an "aqueous slipskin wrap", a sheathe which wraps around a weapon and is bonded to the material of the weapon. It the properties of aqueous slipskin while retaining the properties of the original material (such as adamantine). However, because the extra mass is covering the business ends of the weapon, it lowers the effective damage of the weapon by one size category. Shields count as weapons for the purposes of interacting with aqueous slipskin.
Meanwhile aqueous slipskin armors have a much more unusual property. You gain a +6 circumstance bonus on AC and saves against [Water] effects. Because water cannot touch you, water cannot support you. You fall through water as if it were air (though you cap fall damage to 10d6 due to a lower terminal velocity). You can move freely underwater by walking or flying with no penalties, but cannot make any swim checks. This does not grant you the ability to breathe water. Aqueous slipskin can only be applied to leather or cloth armor.
However like weapons, metal armor can be given a "aqueous slipskin wrap". This has the same benefits as normal aqueous slipskin, but increases the armor check penalty by +2 and the arcane spell failure by 10%.
Aqueous slipskin wraps of both varieties can be removed after it is applied with the application of universal solvent. If you keep the aqueous slipskin and apply it to a different weapon or armor, you reduce the price by a third of normal.
Aqueous slipskin is so costly that weapons and armor made from it are always of masterwork quality; the masterwork cost is included in the prices given below. Thus, aqueous slipskin weapons and ammunition have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls, and the armor check penalty of aqueous slipskin armor is lessened by 1 compared to ordinary armor of its type. Some have taken to using it on projectiles to fire bolts and ballistas underwater with no resistance.
Aqueous slipskin has 5 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 2.
| Type of Aqueous Slipskin Item | Item Cost Modifier |
|---|---|
| Ammunition | +15 gp |
| Armor (normal and wrap) | +1000 gp |
| Weapons and Shields (normal and wrap) | +750 gp |
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