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Originally shared by Craig “Tezrak” Hatler

Scroll-Caster

This silver tube, engraved with an intricate artistic pattern, appears at first glance to be an elaborate scroll case. The caps on either end are each set with a roughly-hewn onyx, bound in silver wire. When a common scroll is in the tube, and both ends caps are fastened, the wielder can sense the arcane energies present and harness them as if they were a spellcaster.

When you gesture with the scroll-caster in hand and speak the command word, roll+INT. On a 10+, the spell scribed onto the scroll is successfully cast (as if it were castable by you or on your class’s spell list). On a 7-9, the spell is cast, but choose one:

• You draw unwelcome attention or put yourself in a spot. The GM will tell you how.

• The spell disturbs the fabric of reality as it is cast—take -1 ongoing to using the scroll-caster until you wait for a minute or two and let reality settle back into place.

• After the scroll’s spell is cast, the scroll is depleted, leaving behind an ordinary sheaf of parchment.

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Maker’s Map

Not uncommon amongst Archeologists and Historians, when the map is placed flat and any type of hand crafted item is placed upon it, the map will then show the location the raw material(s) used to make the item were gathered from, if the map encompasses those locations.

The Map will make it clear where each material came from if it can, i.e. obsidian for an axe might be mined far from where the wood for the handle was cut.

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Silver Gauntlet

There was an old dwarfen hero. A Thief really. He decided to woe a dwarfen girl and as it was tradition the dwarf that brought the biggest treasure would win her heart. Together with his human friend he went out and had many adventures. So rich was he, that he created a whole magical armor of gleaming silver to prepare for robbing the hoard of the biggest and strongest of the elemental dragons. This Gauntlet here looks a lot like this design.

The wearer of this Gauntlet can open any lock with ease and the simplest of tools. Just get the Gauntlet in proximity to it and it will go to work. However, it has a mind of it’s own and shouldn’t be close to valuables. It will reach for them and palm or pocket them without it’s wearer knowing about it. When the Guards catch them later, they will loose the Gauntlet AND the hand.

What happened to dwarfen thief you ask? Well, that is another story.

The Sound rod

This metal rod is maybe as long as your hand and made from a silvery material. When you push its one and only button the light at the top starts to glow and the rod emits a buzzing noise. Depending on the model the light might be blue or green. Just point the rod at the thing you want to manipulate, think what it should do and press the button. After having scanned an energy source or magical effect you can read out it’s potence and strengh by extending the rod.

For unknown purposes the rod might not work on wood and can only be used an arbitrary number of times.

At the beginning of the session, roll+INT

On a 10+ hold 3, on a 7-9 hold 2.

You can spend your hold 1 for 1 to make the rod do something. Reading energy outputs does not require an expenditure of hold.

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The Nominate Repeater

Said to be the favoured weapons of the Crimson highwaymen, although where they acquired them is unknown. The weapon requires neither powder nor shot; but in place of a flintlock apparatus is space to slot a single coin (of most denominations.)

The pistol will not fire unless a ‘donation’ has been made recently. It’s been observed that coins of lower value will provide no more than half a dozen shots; when a jade doubloon (a high value coin from the Xi empire) was donated, the gun continued to fire for over 5 months.

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The Whispering Cloak

A paranoid Lordqueen of the Golden Plains wished to know everything that happened, be it in her kingdom or her court. She payed 5 astromagicians their weight in gold and diamonds to create this cloak for her. While she was wearing this deep blue cape and hood with the embedded silver stars she could hear every whisper as loud as if it was spoken with clear voice. When she was alone with someone she could even hear what the people thought.

Of course it drove her insane after years of use.

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Orb of Ostrychian Arcana

0+ weight

Discovered amongst the ruined pyramids of their once-great empire, the Orb is a typical Ostrychian artifact – its power comes with a heavy cost. When the Orb is near a spellbook or scroll, it will be drawn to it as if by powerful magnetism. Once in direct contact with the item it will absorb the entirety of its contents and burn right through the original, consuming it completely. The Orb starts as a marble-sized sphere of impossibly reflective silver. With each spell that it absorbs it grows in diameter by about 1mm.

Evidence gleaned from tablets found at various Ostrychian sites suggest that the orb once grew to the size of a city. No mention has been found of how this situation was resolved; but popular theory surmises that the Orb released all of its arcane energies in a single cataclysmic blast, putting an abrupt end to the empire.

When you spend uninterrupted time (an hour or so) in quiet contemplation of the Orb, you can hold up to a total of +X, where X equals your spellcasting level.

When casting a spell while holding the Orb, you cast any spell of your spellcasting level or lower that has been absorbed by the Orb. Spend 1 hold and roll+INT, • On a 10+, the spell is successfully cast, • on a 7-9, the spell is cast, but the GM will tell you one:

• Use of the Orb draws unwelcome attention.

• The Orb requires some form of compensation for its service.

• You grow more dependent on the Orb’s power.

It’s weight starts at 0, but will increase proportionately with it’s size; a grapefruit-sized Orb will have 1 weight.

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So as I drew up the DW version of the Scroll-Caster, I had to look at the Common Scroll from the Magic Items section…

So as I drew up the DW version of the Scroll-Caster, I had to look at the Common Scroll from the Magic Items section of the book. I noticed two things:

1. The spell on the scroll has to be castable by you or on your spell list, but do you actually roll the Cast a Spell move when you use the scroll? “The spell takes effect, simple as that”?

2. The spell remains on the scroll after it’s first used? The spell/scroll isn’t consumed in the casting?

(I am referring to using the scroll without my Scroll-Caster; just sharing its original post for ease of reference).

Originally shared by Craig “Tezrak” Hatler

Scroll-Caster

• You draw unwelcome attention or put yourself in a spot. The GM will tell you how.

• The spell disturbs the fabric of reality as it is cast—take -1 ongoing to using the scroll-caster until you wait for a minute or two and let reality settle back into place.

• After the scroll’s spell is cast, the scroll is depleted, leaving behind an ordinary sheaf of parchment.

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Tetanus, Iron Dirk of the Giants

close, two-handed, forceful, 3 weight

Found frozen in the Great Ice Shelf, North of the Cloudspear Mountains, Tetanus was first believed to be the exceptionally large two-handed weapon of Goram, the giant-killer. Badly corroded, it remained on display at the university of Hammerfall for decades, until a scholarly visitor noted that the notches on the rusty iron blade suggested it was used to stab, not cut. After renewed research, it was discovered to be Tetanus, the Iron Dirk of a legendary giant thief.

Tetanus counts as a two-handed sword in the hands of any (roughly) human-sized creature. It increases the damage die of the wielder to d12, and has the forceful tag.

When the Iron Dirk deals damage, the target will be stricken with the shaky debility until healed by a rare runic spell found only in the Northern villages of Enuflheim. When wielded with bare hands, the same effect may apply to the careless swordsman.

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Scroll-Caster

• You draw unwelcome attention or put yourself in a spot. The GM will tell you how.

• The spell disturbs the fabric of reality as it is cast—take -1 ongoing to using the scroll-caster until you wait for a minute or two and let reality settle back into place.

• After the scroll’s spell is cast, the scroll is depleted, leaving behind an ordinary sheaf of parchment.

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Repelent Armor

This armor made out of pure glass scales, infused on a light leather cuirass is a sight to behold. Forged and enchanted by the Alfar it is only given out to the elite squad of Glass Knights. Each and every glass scale is etched with a mystic rune.

When something pierces the armor a shockwave of arcane energy repels the attacker and throws them some 5 paces across the room. Everything else around the wearer of this armor get’s hit by the energy too but bracing against it should stop you from getting knocked down. Everyone wearing such armor is immune against the effect of another of it’s kind.