Lead Pencil

**Lead Pencil** is a passive item added in *The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth †*.

## Effects

* After every 15 tears fired, Isaac will fire a low range burst of 12 tears at once, in a similar fashion to .
	+ Tears in the barrage deal double damage.
* Tears will fire only from Isaac's right eye.
* Fired tears have a 50% chance to be colored red.

## Notes

* Lead Pencil gives characters other than  Cain the same special properties that he has when it comes to one-eye items like .
* Tears fired from items that cause multiple tears to be fired at once e.g. , , etc. are counted.
	+ Each tear fired from  still count towards triggering the barrage, but only if Isaac does not have any tear modifying items, such as .

## Synergies

* : The tears from the barrage will always have the bonus damage from Blood Clot.
* //: All tears from the barrage split.
* : Fires a barrage of Haemolacria tears, all of which will burst.
* : Tears tend to clump together, becoming one giant tear which splits into 8 large tears. When tears burst, they can also spawn barrages of tears that can be fed.
* : Causes burst tears to remain in the room for much longer, forming a soft barrier of sorts, which enemies must survive through to reach Isaac.
* : Decreases shot requirement by 1. Lead Pencil will fire every 14th shot, with Torn Card quickly following at 15th.
* : Fires a barrage of beams.
* : All tears benefit from the damage bonus granted by The Scooper.
* : Sprinkler tears count for activation of the Lead Pencil effect. The tear burst may fire from the sprinkler or Isaac.

## Interactions

* : Overrides Lead Pencil.
	+ The effect from Lead Pencil fires as separate tears from .
* : Overrides Lead Pencil.
	+ The Lead Pencil tears fire alongside the bombs.
* : Overrides Lead Pencil.
* Lilith: No effect, as Lilith is inherently Blindfolded.
	+ Firing with  will now activate Lead Pencil.
* : Lead Pencil can fire in any of the cardinal directions if it fires at the same time as Loki's Horns.
* : The tear blinks red, but the effect is entirely cosmetic.
	+ Isaac's body will fire the lead pencil shot toward where the controlled tear is located at a regular time interval
* : Fires red tears like Blood Clot with Cain, but without increased damage.
	+ Incubus is capable of firing the barrage of tears like Isaac.
* : Overrides Lead Pencil.
	+ A barrage of tears is fired alongside  every 15 Knife throws.
* : The effect from Lead Pencil fires separately to  slashes.
* : No effect.
* : The tears from the barrage will never have the bonus damage from Stye.
* : Overrides Lead Pencil.
	+ A barrage of tears is fired alongside  every 15 shots.
* : Overrides Lead Pencil and disables normal tears entirely, even if not playing as Cain.
	+ Replaces tears with lasers similar to Technology. These are shot from the eye that shoots Technology 2, dealing damage alongside the Technology 2 beam.
* : Overrides Lead Pencil.
	+ Every 15th laser ring fired also shoots a cluster of tears.
* : The burst follows Tiny Planet's circular trajectory with minimal range, hitting the ground almost immediately.

## Trivia

* Though the pencil is in Isaac's right eye, it blocks tears from firing out of his left eye.