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Athenaeum Arcane:

Magic Items of the senses

Introduction

Odds are that your character is a stan-

dard humanoid with each of the five basic

senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.

Should he look out across an open field, he

will see the lush greens of the tall grass,

hearing the sound of wind hissing over

them as they sway back and forth, feel the

same cool breeze blowing over his face,

catch a breath of pollen in the air, and enjoy

a cool drink from the nearby pond. These

five senses are so basically intoned to our

own way of life that we take them for grant-

ed…but why have just those.

For as long as there have been spells

woven into physical items, there has been

research into enhancing those basic senses

into some better; twelve of those items are

presented below.

the whim of its wielder, while some require

a long-term, permanent commitment from

the character. In these cases, they impart a

permanent sensual modification to the

character, requiring those wishing to

endow themselves with its power to make

an irreversible sacrifice or to have suffered

from a devastating impairment prior to its

discovery.

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About the Author

Todd Crapper is the Head Honcho for

Emerald Press ( www.emeraldpress.net ),

another PDF publisher, and author of

Campaign Options: Mazes, Combat

Options: Initiative, and the upcoming

Living Nights Campaign Setting. He lives

in Ottawa, Canada with his dog, Rusty, and

invisible cat, Markus

D IVIDED

BY S ENSES

Each of these twelve magic items are

divided into groups of senses, including the

“sixth sense” of premonition, for easy con-

venience in research and presentation.

Some of these items are handy add-ons that

can be used just as any other magic item at

The Items

V ISION

Lens of Darkvision

The ability to see in the dark is a power-

ful one indeed, particularly for those who

professional lives are spent within deep dun-

geons and underground mazes. They appear

as leather strapped goggles with lenses as

dark as midnight, almost impossible to see

through until they are placed over the user’s

eyes. The strap must be tightened firmly at

the back and create a strong suction over the

user’s skin or else it will completely ineffec-

tive and the user will be considered blind

until handled properly. Once they have been

tightened, the lens convert to a dark rose

color and the user is granted darkvision.

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For each hour that the lens are worn, the

user will require 1 round of concentration

after they are removed before he will be

able to see normally again, thereby consid-

ered stunned for the duration of time. Each

positive Constitution modifier of the user

can negate this penalty at a rate of 1

round/modifier.

Moderate transmutation; CL 6; Craft

Wondrous Item, darkvision ; Price 2000 gp

Faint transmutation; CR 3; Craft

Wondrous Item, light ; Price: N/A

Periapt of Auras

While many might not realize this,

vision is not just used to witness events:

they are an access to an individual’s soul or

spirit. We are all able to “see” into some-

one personality by observing body move-

ments; unconscious twitches in behavior,

facial expressions, and so forth. The peri-

apt of auras , however, takes this process of

information a bit further and provides its

wearer with a visual presentation of an indi-

vidual’s aura.

The periapt appears as an ovular glass

shard encased in a silver frame lined with

five symbols, one for each of the key align-

ment phases: good, evil, neutral, lawful,

and chaotic. To function, the wearer must

firmly hold the periapt in hand and concen-

trate on the subject of his query until he is

able to witness an aura (or “glow) sur-

rounding the individual. The color of this

aura dictates their alignment combination

as demonstrated below:

Headband of Light Absorption

In many worlds, elves and humans have

long stood on similar sides of the same bat-

tle, and there have been numerous gifts

exchanged in those battles. Among them

have been the headbands of light absorp-

tion , appearing as nothing more than an

intricate cloth strap worn across the fore-

head, adorned with a pair of tiny, shimmer-

ing leaves to be placed directly between the

eyebrows of the wearer. The elven people,

cautious of sharing their innate ability with

others – even those who may have made

great sacrifices in the continuation of the

elven species – and consider these

emblems of remarkable ancestry for those

that wear them. They ask that those who

receive these gifts do not sell them, but

pass them down to upcoming generations

as a tribute to the event that allow for the

passing of such a gift. Anyone found in the

possession of one without this reason will

suddenly find it missing from their pack

the morning after their encounter with a

troupe of elves.

When worn, the headband grants the

wearer low-light vision, as the leaves

(which are the part of this item that are truly

enhanced) absorb all excess light and pass

the information to the wearer’s brain – this

does not mean that the wearer can see

through the leaves, but that they provide a

boost to any character with normal vision.

Alignment

Aura Colour

Chaotic Good

Sparking gold

Lawful Good

Silver

Neutral Good

Purple

Lawful Neutral

Blue

Neutral

Grey

Chaotic Neutral

Blue

Neutral Evil

Emerald green

Lawful Evil

Orange

Chaotic Evil

Blood red

Outsiders will always have a stronger

aura than those born on the Material Plane,

with a radius that is twice as large. In fact,

any outsider with 10+ HD that is observed

with the periapt will cause a burst of radia-

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tion so strong that the wearer must make a

Fortitude save (DC 10) or else become

blind for 1d4 rounds.

The periapt can only reveal the aura of a

living creature: undead, constructs, vermin,

and plants are immune to the powers of the

periapt as if they were inanimate objects. Its

powers do not perform as a detect evil or sim-

ilar spell in that they do not project a presence

in the room – the periapt cannot reveal a trail

from the aura of a creature that was previ-

ously in a room at an earlier time. The wear-

er must have a clear line of sight on the crea-

ture in order for its power to work.

Strong divination; CL 10; Craft Wondrous

Item, detect evil, detect good, detect law,

detect chaos ; Price 10,000 gp; 1 lb.

Eye Patch of Many

There are dangerous times in which an

adventuring party must split up and this is a

risky venture: communication within your

party is crucial to survival. Years ago, a

half-orc rogue named Yarl Slashmouth lost

an eye when a silence spell prevented the

rest of the part from screaming out the dan-

ger coming around the corner towards him.

After being forced to wear an eye patch to

conceal the gaping hole (that wasn’t as

appreciated by others as it was by himself,

once it had healed over), he decided to put

it to good use.

The eye patch is actually a set of four

black, cloth woven eye patches, each of

them identical to the other asides from an

invisible arcane mark designating one from

the other by a number, symbol, or any other

means of separation determined by its cre-

ator. When the eye patch is worn, it pro-

vides a visual relay from the wearer from

any other eye patches that are currently

worn. While such a massive relay as four

eye patches can cause, it is quite simple to

adapt to and only requires that the user can-

not take 10 or 20 on a Spot or Search check

for as long as the eye patch is in use. If only

one of the eye patches are in use, it does

not provide any visual relay at all and can

only be successfully used when placed over

the eye of a living creature.

Moderate conjuration; CL 12; Craft

Wondrous Item, scrying ; Price 3500 gp (set

of four)

S MELL

Feral Mask

Those creatures and animals that are

born with the ability to track another crea-

ture by scent can read much more than just

body odors and path markings: the inner

workings of such creatures have been stud-

ied greatly, with numerous specimens dis-

sected and put to rigorous study in order to

create this next magic item.

The feral mask is commonly made from

the skin of any creature or animal with the

scent ability, with the fur instead removed

and painted over in any numerous depic-

tions that are deemed necessary. For exam-

ple, a feral mask created from a canine

might represent such a creature with a pair

of ears painted over the side of the mask,

while one taken from a minotaur will have

long horns painted from the temple towards

the back of the head. The mask stretches

over the head and stops around the nose,

where it must fit tightly in order to function.

When worn, the feral mask grants the user

the scent ability.

The risk of wearing such a mask comes

with offending a similar creature that it

depicts. Using the minotaur example

above, encountering another minotaur

while wearing the mask could cause it to

become agitated.

Moderate transmutation; CL 10; Craft

Wondrous Item, alter self ; Price 25,000 gp

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T HE S CENT S KILL (W IS )

The ability to track down a subject by its

odor is something normally relegated to ani-

mals and beasts, along with a few monstrous

humanoids that are primordial in comparison

to the standard races of any world.

The Scent skill represents such a crea-

ture’s ability to detect odors for the purpose

of tracking and locating. By treating it as its

own skill, the user will be able to train them

self in the art of tracking to a new degree and

grant them the possibility of honing this trait

at the cost of lowering some others.

This skill is limited only to those crea-

tures that are listed as having the scent abili-

ty (including the following creature types:

animals, beast, magical beast, and monstrous

humanoids).

Check: Any opportunity that a character

has to make a Spot check, the character can

make a Scent roll as a substitution. Similar

rolls that are listed as requiring a Wisdom

check can be replaced with this skill so long

as they utilize their sense of smell. The crea-

ture can detect targets by their scent within an

ordinary 30-foot radius.

This increases to 60ft. if the target is

upwind and decreases to 15ft. if the target is

downwind. Incredible scents, considered

those that are detectable to ordinary creatures

without this skill, can be found at twice the

range. Overpowering scents - including

those that may require a Constitution roll to

avoid sickness - can be picked up at three

time’s normal range.

After picking up a creature’s scent, the

user cannot pinpoint the target’s exact loca-

tion at any distance greater than 5 feet.

Anything within this range can be discerned

and located by scent alone. A successful

check can reveal whether or not the trail is

getting stronger or weaker and assist the user

in pinpointing its exact location.

If the user has at least 5 ranks in this skill,

it can be used in the same manner as the

Track feat, except that the user ignores all

penalties for surface conditions and poor vis-

ibility. Water and false odors can throw off

the scent and increase the base DC for track-

ing to 20 instead of 10.

Recognizing a target’s identity by scent

alone is a possibility with this skill as long as

the user makes a successful roll by using a

partial action.

If the user has at least 10 ranks in this

skill, he can do so as a free action.

Armour check penalties can hinder the

Scent skill just as it does with others skills

such as Balance, Escape Artist, etc.

Retry: Yes. Just as with the Spot, Listen,

and other similar skills, a character can make

as many attempts as long as he is willing to

try.

Special: If you have 5 ranks in Survival,

you get a +2 synergy bonus on Scent checks.

With 5 ranks in Scent, the same character

gains a similar bonus to Survival.

Adapting the Scent Skill

Any creature listed as having the Scent

ability can deduct ranks from its Survival

skill and transfer them to the new skill. If the

creature does not have any ranks in Survival,

then it may deduct ranks from either Spot or

Search instead.

With the Track feat, it does not change.

This feat allows a character (normally intelli-

gent with a score of at least 6 or higher) to

visual chase down an opponent.

A synergy bonus may be granted to the

Track feat of +2 per 5 ranks of the Scent skill.

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