How about this?
Caltrops (Mundane Item)(Consumable)
Weight: 2 lbs.
Cost: 7 gp
Effect: As a Standard Action that does not provoke attacks of oportunity, you can create a one square zone within three squares of you in an unoccupied square. The square that the zone covers is difficult terrain until the end of the encounter. Any creature entering the square suffers a +3 attack vs Reflex. If the attack hits, the creature is slowed (save ends).
Special: If the caltrops do not make a successful attack during the encounter that they are used, they can be recovered by taking a full-round action to do nothing but pick up caltrops and place them in a container. At the end of the encounter that the caltrops are used and make a successful attack, they are consumed.
I know that it's not terribly realistic for an entire bag of caltrops to be wasted after only making one attack, but I'm trying to keep it abstract, yet still have a way to be recovered. What do you guys think?
Caltrops (Mundane Item)(Consumable)
Weight: 2 lbs.
Cost: 7 gp
Effect: As a Standard Action that does not provoke attacks of oportunity, you can create a one square zone within three squares of you in an unoccupied square. The square that the zone covers is difficult terrain until the end of the encounter. Any creature entering the square suffers a +3 attack vs Reflex. If the attack hits, the creature is slowed (save ends).
Special: If the caltrops do not make a successful attack during the encounter that they are used, they can be recovered by taking a full-round action to do nothing but pick up caltrops and place them in a container. At the end of the encounter that the caltrops are used and make a successful attack, they are consumed.
I know that it's not terribly realistic for an entire bag of caltrops to be wasted after only making one attack, but I'm trying to keep it abstract, yet still have a way to be recovered. What do you guys think?