Sacred Bundle (Magic Item)

A sacred bundle is a collection of 5-10 totemic items placed together in a pouch for the purpose of imbuing magical protection on the wearer. To create a sacred bundle, a warrior enters a trance (usually with his medicine man's help) and contacts his guardian spirit. He then asks for the spirit's help in creating this magical talisman. After carefully considering the warrior's personality and nature, the spirit selects 4-9 (1d6 + 3) items which the warrior must collect. Usually, several of these items will be difficult or dangerous to procure, such as a bear's claw, a giant snake's rattle, or a feather from the nest of an eagle.
After he has collected these items, the warrior goes to his tribe's medicine man and asks for his help in mystically binding the materials together. The medicine man then asks the warrior to gather one last rare item. Almost always, the medicine man chooses an item which he needs in performing his shamanistic duties, and when the warrior procures it, takes part of the item for his own use.
Once all the items are assembled, the medicine man performs a ceremony binding them into a sacred bundle, and from that point forward the warrior wears the bundle at all times. The sacred bundle bestows the following benefits upon the owner: +2 on all saving throws, the warrior is only surprised on a natural roll of 1, his unarmored AC becomes 2, and he subtracts one point from each die of damage when he is hit by an enemy's weapons.
If the sacred bundle is ever removed from the warrior's body, all of its benefits permanently vanish, and he can never get another. A sacred bundle never benefits anybody but the warrior who made it.
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