Broom of Animated Attack: This is indistinguishable from a normal broom, except by means of detection of
its magic. It is identical to a broom of flying by all tests short of attempted use. Using it reveals that a broom of animated attack is a very nasty item:

If a command word (“fly,” “soar,” etc.) is spoken, the broom will do a
loop-the-loop with its hopeful rider, dumping him on his head from 1d4 + 5 feet off
the ground. The broom will then attack the stunned victim, swatting the face
with the straw/twig end to blind and beating with the handle end.

The broom gets two attacks per round with each end (two swats with the straw,
two with the handle). It attacks as if it were a 4-Hit-Dice monster. The straw
end causes blindness for one round if it hits. The other end causes 1d3 points
of damage when it hits. The broom is Armor Class 7 and takes 18 hit points to
destroy.

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