Tourmaline TurtleLevel 23 Uncommon

On your command, the carving swells in size to become a mighty turtle that can carry you wherever you wish to travel.

Wondrous Item        425,000 gp

Property

While conjured, the tourmaline turtle is considered a navigation focus for the Plane Shift ritual. When traveling to other planes using that ritual, the tourmaline turtle must move from one large body of water (or other liquid) to another. After transporting, the tourmaline turtle disappears and it cannot be conjured again until after the conjurer takes an extended rest.

Power (Conjuration) ✦ Daily (Standard Action)

Use this figurine to conjure a massive turtle capable of carrying you and your allies on its back (see below for statistics). There must be a body of water adjacent to you in which the turtle can appear; otherwise you cannot use this power. As a free action, you can spend a healing surge when activating this item to give the creature temporary hit points equal to your healing surge value.

Tourmaline Turtle
Gargantuan natural animate (aquatic, mount)

Initiative as conjurer        Senses Perception +17
Airy Water aura 5; allies within the aura can breathe normally and speak normally while underwater.
HP 28; Bloodied 14
AC 34; Fortitude 35, Reflex 30, Will 32
Speed 1, swim 4

⚔ Bite (standard, at-will)

Reach 2; +21 vs AC; 2d8+9 damage.

Multiple Riders

The tourmaline turtle can carry up to twelve Medium or Small characters weighing no more than 14,400 pounds. If more than 14,400 pounds are placed on it, the turtle disappears and cannot be conjured again until after the conjurer takes an extended rest.

Tourmaline Shell✦ Mount

Creatures riding the tourmaline turtle are protected from environmental effects.

Alignment Unaligned        Languages -
Str 28 (+20)      Dex 21 (+16)      Wis 23 (+17)
Con 26 (+19)      Int 2 (+7)      Cha 6 (+9)

Description: Among the most powerful figurines is the coveted tourmaline turtle. The figurine is not so much prized for its considerable power in battle, but for the utility it offers to its conjurer. The turtle, when called forth from the small carving, is enormous, with a mighty structure on its back offering shelter and comfort to those permitted entry. Furthermore, the device also functions as a vehicle, allowing passengers to cross the planes with but a single command.

Published in Dragon Magazine 384, page(s) 23.