Oil of Neutral Scent (Magical Liquid)

This magical oil's volume and duration resemble the oil of monster repulsion, but unlike that oil it doesn't make the user emit a special scent. Rather, it neutralizes all scents that the wearer and his coated equipment emit, making him effectively odorless. While this could have some bad effects (for instance, the user's pet dog may not recognize him), it is generally helpful, preventing the wearer from being sniffed out by giant ants, carrion crawlers, griffons, minotaurs, rust monsters, wolves, snakes, and other creatures dependent on scent to hunt or track. Even if such a monster blunders upon the wearer accidentally, the lack of a scent is likely to make it hesitate in combat (-2 on initiative rolls). Unless the user can bathe a monster's entire body in oil of neutral scent, this oil is useless against the crippling scent attack of troglodytes and other smell-emitting monsters. When the effects wear off, the wearer is instantly assailed with his or her own normal scent. It takes 1d4 turns before he or she is again so used to his scent as to be unaware of it. 
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