Day 11 – The Skis of Travail
Merry Eleventh Day of Christmas!
Ug. I’m tired. Today was my first day back on campus after Christmas vacation (which, the observant among you will have noticed, once again ended early as there are still Days of Christmas left). I like to make a big splash after an extended time away from school, so my students got class/homework, reading assignments, and a new poem to memorize. Huzzah.
So, if you’ve not seen The Last King, you owe it to yourself to watch it. It’s a hoot, and it has without a doubt the best scenes involving good guy medieval warriors on skis fighting to save the baby heir to the throne from bad guy medieval warriors on skis. Seriously. Check out the trailer at this link.
And now a new magic item.
Skis of Travail
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
These finely crafted wooden skis are each about five feet long. It requires an action to don or doff the skis, and the magic of them makes poles unnecessary. While wearing the skis, you not only treat ice and snow as normal terrain, but you gain a +10 foot bonus to your speed. You also enjoy these abilities:
- You can use your bonus action to Dash across ice and snow.
- When using the skis to move across ice and snow, foes make opportunity attacks against you with disadvantage.
- As part of your move when skiing across ice and snow, you can jump three times the normal distance, but no farther than your remaining movement would allow.
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