Manticore Icon

Wondrous item, very rare

Price: 18,000-40,000 gp | medium sentimentality

This icon is an obsidian statuette of a manticore. The spikes on its tail seem to twitch if you examine them closely. It can grant Aspect of Manticore for 10 minutes. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 4 days have passed.

Aspect of Manticore. Leathery wings sprout from your back and a spiked tail emerges from your tailbone. Your Strength score increases by 5 and you gain a flying speed of 50 feet. You can attack with the spiked tail in addition to your actions, choosing one of the two following actions: launch a spike as a ranged attack, dealing 1d8 piercing damage on hit, or swipe your tail as a melee attack, dealing 1d6 slashing and 1d8 piercing damage on hit.

Paid

The icon can be used again after 2 days, instead of 4 days.

Overpaid

Aspect of Manticore lasts 1 hour instead of 10 minutes.

Source: The Gray Merchant of Asphodel