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== Pale Birch ==

[[Summary::A rare specimen of tree growing in cold, holy forests. The wood of a pale birch is soft, very pale and is said to possess qualities which make it baneful to undead]]. This wood is prized among undead hunter, as it is able to pierce their varied resistance and can even function as a defensive tool.

A pale birch weapon is soft, and thus deal 1 less damage than a normal wooden weapon. However attacks made with such a weapon pierce the DR of any undead creature except DR/epic and DR/-. While fighting defensively or taking the total defense action with a Pale Birch weapon, all undead creatures of a CR of 2 or less are [[At Bay (3.5e Condition)|At Bay]] from you. A creature with undead ancestry or origin, such as a character with the [[Dhampir Blood (3.5e Feat)|Dhampir Blood]] feat, count as undead whenever it would disadvantageous when struck by a attack made with a pale birch weapon. 

If pale birch is turned into paper, any books or scrolls made of it gain protection against undead or creature with undead ancestry or origin. If such a creature attempt to use the item they will be unable to, thus a spellbook or scroll made of pale birch cannot be used by a lich. In addition each round the creature handle the text, it take 1 point of damage which cannot be resisted or healed until the text is discarded. 

Pale Birch has 10 hit points per inch of thickness and hardness 4.

{| class="zebra d20"  
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! Type of Pale Birch Item !! Item Cost Modifier 
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| align="left" |Ammunition || +30 gp
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| align="left" |Paper (Book) || +50 GP
|-
| align="left" |Paper (Scroll) || +150 GP 
|-
| align="left" |Weapon || +1,500 gp
|}


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Author	Leziad +
Identifier	3.5e Equipment +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Summary	A rare specimen of tree growing in cold, holy forests. The wood of a pale birch is soft, very pale and is said to possess qualities which make it baneful to undead +
Title	Pale Birch +