Showing posts with label treasure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treasure. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Treasure: Lepta's Leaden Dagger


This is the peculiar blade carried by the aspiring young fiend-magician Lepta Ironstone.  The hilt is beautifully ornamented with brass and electrum depicting a tusked creature breathing fire. In contrast to the hilt the lead blade is rather dull and short. She keeps this piece on her person while doing abyssal rites for blood-letting and, as a last line of defence, against her conjurings lest things go awry. Though of uncertain origin Lepta found it amongst the belongings of the Gnomish warlock Carnelian and kept it for herself along with his collection of scrolls.

Stats
vs non-fiend d4-1 damage
vs fiend +1 to hit, d6 damage

Value
10 gold bits as a curiosity

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Neck Ornament With Concealed Scrolls


Amulet Containing Magic Scrolls

When squeezed these silver cylinders release tiny scrolls bearing incantations which bring forth the spell effects of "bears' strength" "cats' dexterity" "serpents' guile" and "polymorph into a mangy dog for d6 hrs"

Considering the craftsmanship and precious materials  this piece is valued at 50 gold bits, slightly more to a collector of Oamnoi artifacts.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Silver Hoard

Silver Hoard, Tumulus Trap Trigger
Within a dusty tumulus there can be found various items that the deceased owned in life. The items are all arranged neatly along the walls of the low ceilinged chamber and at the end is a panel carved in low relief depicting a hunting scene, a ritual involving a giant tree, and some sort of civic looking ceremony (perhaps an induction to public office). Without difficulty a player will notice that the panel is covering a niche which houses the silver hoard containing a number of silver rings, bars, armbands and coins. A careful player will notice that there are a number of coins laid in a geometrical shape to the fore. Detect-magic will show glowing lines connecting the coins in the front. If their arrangement is disturbed the spirit of the deceased will be roused (use poltergeist stats from the 5e monster manual). The primary attack of the poltergeist will be to throw things so be sure to have already described lots of heavy grave furnishings.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Enchanted Head-Vessel

The Head of Olnaxle
This magical lead vessel has as its primary use a very powerful seal. The lid will only open when the name of the person whose visage it bears is spoken. The fact that its construction is of lead should be a tip to players that its contents are of a magical nature as lead is often used in magic resistant materials. This particular lead head contains most likely Saurian Pitch which leaches poisonous gases (con save 15 or contract Saurian flu) and may be used in abyssal rites. It value to the right magic user (one with an abyssal pact or a Saurian adept) could be as high as 1000 gold bits whereas to anybody else it would fetch no more than 200 silver bits as a collectors item.

The name belonging to the visage could either be revealed by having a separate piece of ephemera in the compound with it, the face could appear in a scroll in a library in a different location, or  there could be a rebus scribed onto the bottom of the head somewhere. 

A detect magic won't penetrate the lead unless the magic user is of a higher level (say 5 or higher e.g.) but an aura of enchantment will appear around the ears as a residual of the magic locking system.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Scrying Vase


Oamnoi Scrying Vase
An artifact of the Oamnoi nation, findable in the tumuli of the blood plains. Excellent silver craftsmanship portraying the leaves of  vedwort bush.
Appraise: 
materials value: 300 silver bits
to a collector worth 90 gold bits
to a magic user who knows how to use it 300 gold bits
Arcana/History Check
The inside lip has engraved upon it "rau" on one side and "waellu" on the other. One familiar with coastal human languages cognate with Oamnoi will deduce that this represents weal and woe.
The only clue as to how to use the scrying vase is the leaves in the decoration. To use fill the vase with vedwort leaves and shake, the leaves will statically cling to either the rau or the waellu. If its being held by a character with any magic ability it has the chance to telepathically give a vague indication of the source of the weal or the woe.

Requires no attunement to use and only emits the faintest magic aura. Any scrying vase found in an Oamnoi tomb is likely to have no more than 1d6 charges left.