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Steven D. Russell

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Richard Biggs Jr.

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Corey Graham

Special Thanks: David Paul and Soren Keis

Thustrup.

Playtesters: Miranda Gray, Mike Holt, Doug

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Items Evolved: RitualsWordsmith (Design & Development):

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and Soren Keis

Miranda Gray, Mike Holt, Doug and Chris

Miranda Gray; who is to be my Lady Russell in our

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Lore: Characters with Delve Into

Collective Memory or ranks in (Magic) or other listed skill can learn more about a magic items background. When a character makes a successful check, the information listed in the lore section revealed, including the information from lower DCs. Characters that gain an akashic class level or put a rank into the appropriate skill automaticallylearn more about the magic itemsbackground (This does not count against any uses per day)

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Price (item level): 17,460 gp (14th)

Body slot: - (held)

Caster level: 17th

Aura: Overwhelming necromancy (DC 26)

Activation: 1 minute (Perform check DC

10)

Weight: -

Three runes mark the top of this vellum sheet

where a dirge appears in Common. A successful

Knowledge: runes check (DC 15) reveals they

represent ”bound”, “execution”, and “ceremony”.

Lore: Delve Into Collective Memory,

Knowledge: magic/ceremony

DC 25: The Executioner’s Song is often sung at state sponsored killings. It has seen widespread use by the dragons, especially Krovacatharis the Seeker. The Order of the Axe and the Diamond Throne reserve this only for those who have escaped execution though being raised or finding undeath.

Abilities: It only functions when all of the following conditions are met:

• The individual is helpless or is cooperating with their execution.

• Has been found guilty by the local legal authority with no other legal appeal.

• Has been sentenced to death for their crime.

• Has been given time to perform a final minor ceremony (such as a farewell ceremony, but not a power ritual).

• Has been allowed to speak their final words.

Once met, the song can be sung. When it ends, the person is executed. It binds the body and spirit so that person can never be raised or transformed into the undead (no save).

Prerequisites: Craft Single Use-Item (learn

truename, heightened permanent rest)

Cost to Create: 8,730 gp (698 xp)

OBJECT LORESIGHT

1. It was created 7 year ago. 2. The last person to touch the object was

Ezrekaelia.. 3. The last person to touch the object was a

shuyarn. 4. The name of the creator of the object was

Faevor Greyportal. 5. The creator of the object was a faen. 6. The purpose of the object is to keep executed

criminals dead. 7. The object is made of vellum. 8. The object was created in the Brightborn School

in Thayn. 9. The most recent owner of this object was

Ezrekaelia. 10. The magical function of the object is (see

above).

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Body slot: - (held)

Caster level: 11th

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Aura: Strong Transmutation (DC 21)

Activation: standard (ritual)

Weight: -

This appears to be a white clear oil or lotion that has a

faint luminescence.

Lore: Delve Into Collective Memory, Alchemy,

Knowledge (magic/mojh), or Heal

DC 20: Discovered by a gifted greenbond, this elixir of legendary properties became highly sought after. The secret has spread far and wide. Its far-flung notoriety is due to a well-known mojh akashic explorer who kept “her” human family name. “Her” stories of adventure and derring-do that cover her transformation into a mojh were spread far and wide by the Song of Heroic Deeds.

Abilities: If you cover yourself in this oil and then immerse yourself in naturally flowing fresh water (river, stream or natural spring), all conditions except

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death are cured, dispelled, and removed from you.

Prerequisites: Craft Single-Use Item (remove curse)


OBJECT LORESIGHT

1. It was created 1 year ago. 2. The last person to touch the object was Benerra

priestess of Xyphon. 3. The last person to touch the object was a verrik. 4. The name of the creator of the object was

Lifekeeper. 5. The creator of the object was an akthar. 6. The purpose of the object is to act as a cure all. 7. The object is made of tempered glass and oil. 8. The object was created in the ankheg tunnels

within the Barrens of Serathis. 9. The most recent owner of this object was

Pelgoth Bevindottir. 10. The magical function of the object is (see

above).

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Price (item level): +10,500 gp (13th)

Body slot: - (held)

Caster level: 9th

Aura: Moderate Divination (DC 16)

Activation: standard (ritual)

Weight: -

This weapon is extremely beautiful, highly ornate,

gilded and inlaid nearly to the point of being

gaudy.

Lore: Delve Into Collective Memory, Knowledge

(magic/verrik)

DC 15: A powerful mind witch gives these rare gifts. The most prominent was given to a blind verrik bat totem warrior, said to challenge anyone he encountered to a duel, the loser forfeiting his weapon. It is not known if the strange totem warrior still retains this weapon.

Abilities: This weapon has 4 special abilities. It is a swift action to change which ability currently functions at the beginning of an encounter. After that it cannot be changed until the beginning of the next encounter.

• First Blood: +6 to initiative,

• Do you Yield: +2d6 non-lethal damage and all damage dealt by weapon is nonlethal,

• One Shot: +5 insight bonus to your first attack roll in an encounter,

• To the Death: +4 bonus to confirm critical hits.

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Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor

(lesser learn secret)

Cost to Create: 5,250 gp (420 xp),

OBJECT LORESIGHT


Xa-Marask, Master of the Hidden Fang Strike.

3. The last person to touch the object was a giant.

4. The name of the creator of the object was Lidousa.

5. The creator of the object was a medusa. 6. The purpose of the object is to help win

formal duels between warriors. 7. The object is made of steel, gold and

silver. 8. The object was created in Tarthalas within

the Underforest beneth the Barrens of Serathis.

9. The most recent owner of this object was Morvesh.

10. The magical function of the object is (see above).

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Price (item level): +1,800 gp (+2, 5th),

+7,200 gp (+4, 11th) 16,200 gp (+6, 14th)

(5th)

Body slot: - (held)

Caster level: 5th (+2), 11

th (+4),15

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Aura: Minor Transmutation (DC 17)

Activation: -

Weight: -

This weapon is overly gilded with gold and

heavily inlayed with silver with the same rune

on both sides. A successful Knowledge: runes

check (DC 15) reveals the rune to be “rite”.

Lore: Delve Into Collective Memory or

Knowledge (magic/faen)

DC 20: Oddly, these were not originally

created by the giants, however they

gained wide acceptance when a quickling

faen unfettered used one to masterful effect

fighting spined grapplers on the sky isles of the

Floating Forest within sight of the town of Far-

rough. He fell to his death, taking all the

remaining spined grapplers with him, his

weapon lost in the deepness of the waterfall lake

known as Fanormere.

Abilities:

For the purposes of learning and gaining combat rites only, your Wisdom score increases to +2, +4, or +6. This increase is considered an enhancement bonus.

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor (ability boost) Cost to Create: 900 gp (72 xp), 3,600 (288 xp), 8,100 gp (648 xp)

OBJECT LORESIGHT


Cala the Loyal, Mistress of the Thousand Bulwark Parries.

3. The last person to touch the object was a sibbecai.

4. The name of the creator of the object was Krovacatharis the Seeker.

5. The creator of the object was a dragon. 6. The purpose of the object is to experiment

with the rituals of the giants. 7. The object is made of steel. 8. The object was created in the Dragon’s Lair

of Serathis. 9. The most recent owner of this object was

Ryin Windsword. 10. The magical function of the object is (see

above).

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As a knight armed with “Pyncharsson” you will see, endure, remain true, find balance, and become one with your axe. You can become a living incarnation of the virtues of the Order of the Axe.

This regalia of magical augments was created as a quest for those seeking to become Knights of the Axe. It promoted the Code of the

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Order, and created a near religious relic that would inspire all the Knights of the realm. LORE: (Collective Memory or Knowledge (History, Nobility and courtesy)) DC 15 this is part of regalia of the Order of the Axe. With each piece gathered, you gain more of the power and virtue that the knights symbolize. DC 20 it was created at the command of the founder of the knights in a chapterhouse that was later plundered by the Knights of the Diamond. The regalia was lost. The Knights of the Axe will pay twice its value if a piece is returned to a chapter house. DC 25 Knights of the Axe consider “Pyncharsson” the property of the order and will seek its return though any honorable means. They consider looting after your death in honorable combat quite acceptable.

REGALIA BENEFITS You cannot combine effects on an

already enchanted weapon, but when you are able to combine two of these regalia items together, a rune on the weapon glows. a faint red. When all of the regalia items are combined, there is a burst of red light. It reveals itself as“Pyncharsson”.

2 items: If used together on an unenhanced masterwork weapon, it gains a +1 enhancement bonus and the runic special weapon quality.

5 Pieces: if used together on an unenhanced masterwork weapon, it transforms into an intelligent artifact axe (type chosen by you) named “Pyncharsson”. Any weapon feats are changed to this axe type (example Weapon Focus: longsword would become Weapon Focus: battleaxe) and you gain proficiency with this axe.

This axe head is always composed of crystal-laced

layered black steel with a red crystal eye. The rune

for truth sits on one side of the axe head. That haft

is made of crystal-laced gassar wood fluted with

spiral grooves. The wood is engraved with a knight

standing atop the blades of a double-bladed axe,

that ends in a crystal pommel in the symbol of the

Order of the Axe.

Pyncharsson is a sentience that embodies a paradox, dedicated to gaining self rule for all creatures in the realm (including dracha and even sibeccai). He has an unbridled hatred and bloodlust for both giants and sibeccai. He believes in following the dictates of both order and chapterhouse, but also in you staying true to your own conscience.

Int 10, Wis 19, Cha 19; Common, Telepathy, 120’ darkvision and hearing. Pyncharsson can use total transfer woundsonce per encounter. The DC for the peace effect is based on his +4 Charisma Modifier (unless yours is higher).

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Body slot: - (augment)

Caster level: 5th

Aura: faint transmutation (DC 17)

Activation: -

Weight: -

“This appears to be a crystal inside of which can

be seen an eye staring out from the head of an

axe.”

This crystal can be attached to any weapon.

Gain a +5 competence bonus to Sense Motive

and Gather Information

Prerequisites: Craft Constant Item, (canny

effort)


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Caster level: 15th

Aura: Overwhelming transmutation (DC 23)

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Activation: Standard (Command)

Weight: -

“This appears to be a crystal inside of which can

be seen a set of lips kissing the blade of an axe.”

This crystal can be attached to any weapon.

The weapon gains the crystal-laced template.

Once per encounter, when a charge is

expended, it casts a heightened total transfer

wounds spell (10 charges).

Prerequisites: Craft Charged Item,

(heightened total transfer wounds)


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Caster level: 3rd

Aura: Minor enchantment (DC 17)

Activation: Standard (Command)

Weight: 1 lb.

“This appears to be a common whetstone. On one

side is the rune for truth, on the other side is the

image of an axe blade.”

If you sharpen your weapon with both sides of the stone, it gains abilities that can affect you and creatures who share the same oath, conviction and/or belief system you do (Example: Knights of the Axe). Its augmentation can only affect one weapon at any one time.

• You and those who share the same oath, conviction or belief system as you gain a +2 resistance bonus to Will saves when within 30’.

• 1/day 3d6 agitated creatures find themselves relaxed and unwilling to engage in hostile activity upon a failed will save (DC 12 + your Charisma Modifier). They must be within a 130’ range and less than 30’ apart. They immediately stop fighting and cannot take violent actions

(although they can defend themselves) or do anything destructive for 3 hours. Any aggressive action against or life-threatening damage dealt to an affected creature immediately breaks the spell for all affected creatures.

Prerequisites: Craft Constant Item, (peace,

saving grace)


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Price (item level): 950 gp (4th) Body slot: -

(augment)

Caster level: 2nd

Aura: Minor transmutation (DC 15)

Activation: skill use

Weight: 1 lb.

“This appears to be a common woodworking knife,

however within its crystal handle is the image of

an axe’s haft”

If you shave but a piece of your weapon’s pommel or haft, the weapon suffers no damage, instead it magically transforms,

You gain a +2 competence bonus (or two virtual ranks if you do not posses ranks in the skill) to all the following skills (now considered class skills): Balance, Climb, Craft (any one), Diplomacy, Knowledge (Local, Nobility and Courtesy), Jump, and Ride.

Prerequisites: Craft Constant Item, (canny

effort)


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Price (item level): +18,000 gp (14th)


Caster level: 12th

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Aura: faint conjuration (DC 17)

Activation: -

Weight: -

“This appears to be a cord of crystal laced rope.

Inside the crystal the image of a human knight

wielding an axe shifts back and forth.”

When you tie this cord to you and your weapon

and perform a ceremony of attunement

(knowledge ceremonies DC 15), the weapon

gains two Bane special qualities (Subject to DM

adjudication; usually Sibeccai and Giant), and

you gain the bonded item feat with the weapon

even if you are Unbound.

Prerequisites: Craft Constant Item, Bond Item

(conjure energy creature)


OBJECT LORESIGHT (all the regalia share the loresight information of Pyncharsson the Axe of Anointing, rather than individual loresightinformation)1. It was created 297 years ago. 2. The last person to touch the object was

Sage of Verdune. 3. The last person to touch the object was a

human. 4. The name of the creator of the object was

Orlen. 5. The creator of the object was a construct. 6. The purpose of the object is to create a

quest relic for the Knights of the Axe. 7. The object is made of wood, crystal and

steel. 8. The object was created in the Stormhold

chapterhouse of the Order of the Axe. 9. The most recent owner of this object was

Harsted of Ghostwatch March 10. The magical function of the object is (see

above, Pyncharsson).

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