Manacles (Simple)

Level 1 / Equipment / Equipment

Level1
Item TypeEquipment
CategoryEquipment
Price3 GP
BulkNegligible
Usage

Held In Two Hands

Equipment Description

You can manacle someone who is willing or otherwise at your mercy as an exploration activity taking 10-30 seconds depending on the creature's size and how many manacles you apply. A two-legged creature with its legs bound takes a -15-foot circumstance penalty to its Speeds, and a two-handed creature with its wrists bound has to succeed at a any time it uses a manipulate action or else that action fails. This DC may be higher depending on how tightly the manacles constrain the hands. A creature bound to a stationary object is immobilized. For creatures with more or fewer limbs, the GM determines what effect manacles have, if any. Freeing a creature from simple manacles requires three successful checks.

Source, license, and attribution

Source: Pathfinder Player Core (remaster-core-2026-08-10)

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