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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grimgrin" data-source="post: 6403706" data-attributes="member: 78830">Technological marvels are not limited to gentlemen's attire, but have revolutionized ladies fashions as well. The well dressed femme fatale may avail herself of any of the technological items below artfully complementing the fashions of the day. Atomizer Accelerant: The cheap perfume held by this atomizer is highly flammable. Creatures spritzed from a squeeze of the rubber bulb suffers 50% more damage from the next fire based attack to hit it within a minute. This touch attack from the atomizer only strikes adjacent targets (5ft range) and inflicts no damage by itself. Science: simple combustion, EL: 1st; REQ: Knowledge (engineering): 1 rank, Craft (alchemy): 1 rank; Wt.: 1 lb., Price: $2,000Harridin’s Hatpin: Harridan’s Hatpin is a jeweled steel needle (+2 to conceal) that functions like a +2 wushu dart. It is magnetized and will point north when floating in a dish of water or puddle. It also doubles as masterwork thieves tools, and the squeezable lobe holds one dose of poison that can be applied as a swift action. Science: advanced electromagnetics, EL: 6th, REQ: Knowledge (engineer): 4 ranks, Craft (weapons): 4 ranks, Wt.: na, Price: $9500Holster Muff: This fur or wool muff can conceal a pair of hand sized weapons such as a knives, knuckle dusters, or pistols. The muff provides a +4 bonus to conceal the weapons and allows the wearer to draw these two weapons together as a swift action if both hands are already inside the muff for surprise attacks. The lining of the muff is designed to block x ray vision, metal detection, and will hide any magic aura from the weapons as well. Science: simple polymerization, EL: 1st, REQ: Knowledge (engineering): 1 rank, Profession (tailor): 1 rank; Wt.: 2 lbs., Price: $2000Hover Hoop Skirt: This heavy bell shape garment extends from the waist of a female to the floor and is often modeled on ball gowns and morning garb. The cloth exterior conceals a rubber baffles and powerful fans that create an air cushion between the wearer and the ground. Grease, mud, snow, sand, water, ice, and even lava can be traversed unimpeded, since the subjects' feet hover an inch or two above the surface, but radiant energy still damages the wearer. If activated underwater, the wearer will rise at 60ft per round until it she bobs on the waves like a cork. The hover effect lasts up to one hour per day, but the noise of the fans prevents stealth. The retracted rip cord used to activate the hover hoop skirt requires a standard action to pull. Science: advanced combustion, EL: 5th, REQ: Knowledge (engineering): 5 ranks, Profession (tailor): 5 ranks, Wt.: 20 lbs., Price: $30,000Iron Corset: This concealed corset is lined with flexible plates that protect vulnerable areas of female anatomy. When worn under ordinary clothes an opponent scores a critical threat against the wearer, treat the wearer’s armor class as +4 higher than normal for the confirmation roll. An iron corset can’t be worn with material armor. Science: simple relativity, EL: 2nd; REQ: Craft (armor): 2 ranks; Wt: 10 lbs, Price: $4000Powder Compact: This oval tin holds a pocket mirror and cosmetic powder. In addition to is aesthetic charms, the powder can be used in a variety of ways to facilitate disabling traps and finding secret doors (+3 bonus). The fine white powder can also be used to reveal fingerprints, cause a sneeze (15ft cone, ‘daze’ one round, Fortitude DC: 12), locate drafts, dust floor to capture footprints (5ft square), mark invisible creatures for 1d4 rounds (15ft cone, Reflex DC: 12), and negate ‘grease’ effect (one object or square) as a full round action. The compact can be used 50 times before it is depleted. Science: simple polymerization, EL: 1st; Wt: 1lb. , Price: $2400 Silk Stockings, Artificial: In Ullera, no well-dressed woman is seen in public without hose, and silk or rayon stockings are an obligatory part of every woman’s wardrobe, but they have many nefarious uses as well. They can be used as garrotes or bindings as many cheating husbands have discovered. Stockings will stretch into the equivalent of 50 ft of Silk Rope or a unconventional Sack, Mask, or pair of mittens. If set alight the stockings become a 2d4 round fuse. A more prosaic use is a filter or strainer of liquids, powders, electric lamps, or vacuums. A body stocking costs twice as much and stretches twice as long, but may also be given armor enhancements at the standard armor enhancement costs ($300 plus cost of enhancement). Alchemical Item (Craft DC: 30); Wt.:na, Price: $50.Spring Bustle: This metal cage worn at the hips under crinoline ballgowns or formal dresses has several defensive benefits. If a creature makes a successful push or bullrush combat maneuver against a woman wearing a spring bustle, the target can immediately attempt the same combat maneuver to reverse the effect. On the underhand, the character must make an Dexterity or Acrobatics check (DC:15) to stand up if they fall prone and must 'squeeze' through normal 5ft doorways and vehicle doors. Science: simple relativity, EL: 5th; REQ: Craft (armor): 3 ranks; Wt: 10 lbs, Price: $6000Stiletto Heel Boots: These lace up boots have a sharpened heel that converts unarmed strikes into lethal piercing damage. Furthermore the boots can be treated as a weapon for further technological enhancements of unarmed strikes. On the negative side the tall heels reduce foot speed by 5 feet.Science: simple polymer, EL: 1st, REQ: Craft (weapon): 1 rank; Wt: 2 lbs, Price: $500Riding Habit: A riding habit consists of a tailored jacket or vest, and shirt, and a matching divided skirt allowing a lady to ride astride a mount or vehicle without loss of dignity or modesty. The fashionable habit functions as +1 Padded Armor but grants a +4 riding bonus.Science: Polymerization; REQ: Craft (leatherworking) 3 ranks; EL: 3rd; Wt.: 15 lbs., Price: $4750Woolen Combinations: In the harsh Northern winters, the a set of woolen underwear is worth its weight in gold for men and women working outdoors. Beneath down or oilskin the woolens trap heat preventing frostbite so long as they stay dry. In the summer the are often worn while swimming to prevent indecent exposure to the opposite sex. Woolen combinations can be worn beneath clothes or armor prevents frostbite, hypothermia, and non-lethal cold damage so long as they remain dry, but inflict a -4 penalty on saves against lethal and non-lethal heat damage. Science: Polymerization; REQ: Knowledge (engineering): 2 ranks, Profession (tailor): 2 ranks; EL: 2rd; Wt.: 2 lbs., Price: $1010</blockquote>

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