AV&ES- Roll those dice!

Medusa Shield

‘Goblin, goblin, goblin, kobold…oops, Vilm the elf must have been coming to help us and glanced at the shield, can you restore him?’ Jaundo asked his fellow adventurer.
‘Yes, I can,’ Uzeb the Wise replied with a sigh. ‘Please be more careful with that thing.’ the wizard said as he shuffled through his satchel and retrieved a vial and looked at the remaining potion in it and clicked his tongue, then he poured it on the stone elf.
The elf stretched out of the form he was frozen in, dusty and small pebbles falling to the ground.
‘Hey, I was coming to help!’ Vilm snorted.
Uzeb shrugged and waved his hands as Jaundo looked sheepish.

A shield with a ferocious glaring at the attacker. The eyes are always rusty red in colour.

Benefit: When held by a living being, not the undead or constructs, this enchanted shield causes all who look into the eyes painted on it in the blood of a medusa to make a Save vs Petrification or be turned to stone. The victim(s) can be returned to flesh by spell or an item such as the Medusa Sword (q.v.), although if the sword is wielded against the shield the bearer is immune to this ability, yet if the sword strikes the shield all within a 25′ radius (including bearers of weapon and shield) must make a Save vs. Petrification with a -2 modifier and both magic items forever lose their enchantment.

Usable by: Anyone who can use a shield.

Entity Chalk

The small piece of grey chalk flew from Skorbi’s hand as he stumbled backwards and grabbed his head.
‘Probably Orcus was a bad choice to experiment with?’ Bakra-do asked.
‘Definitely,’ replied the wizard, obviously shaken. ‘Maybe I should have first drawn a brownie or pixie instead.’
‘Yet you got the answer though, right?’
‘Among the threatening gestures and blast of negative energy, yes.’
Wrilk the dwarf just shook his head.

Most often found (when found at all) in a small case of three (white, grey and black) yet found in other colours as well. Rare, weird, sometimes handy.

Benefit: With a Dexterity Attribute check, one may use a piece of this enchanted chalk to draw an entity of some type, taking at least one turn (ten minutes) to render the image. This entity may react accordingly to the alignment of the ‘artist’ or maybe in a good mood even if of opposing alignments. Those drawn may use gestures, facial expressions and other soundless ways of answering up to three questions. Those of 6HD+ may, if provoked, or just on a whim, unleash an attack of force that deals 1d6 damage (with a 50% chance of being knocked prone) and causes all within 15′ to make a Save vs Fear (as the spell) or flee the area.

Usable by: Anyone.

Wand of Soot

With a curse Jaundo seemed to trip on nothing and fell to the ground. He sat up, yet seemed confused. Once is head was clear Uzeb the Wise helped the fighter back to his feet.
‘This is some foul magic,’ grumbled Jaundo.
‘Yes, coming from the bushes just beyond the stone steps before us,’ whispered Uzeb.
Jaundo shot a glance at his fellow adventurer.
‘Did you not hear the slight tittering? Probably goblins,’ the magic-user said quietly. ‘Or kobolds. Either with a wizard or shaman amongst them.’
Jaundo quickly and silently flipped the clasp on two knives so that the blades would be easily drawn.
‘Stabbing time,’ Jaundo growled as he glared at the bushes Uzeb had mentioned.
No laughter could be heard now, only a faint gasp of fear.

This wand of yew is bendy and somehow, always covered in soot that is easily wiped off. Then if builds up again, connected to the Plane of Fire or Ash?

Benefit: Write a creature’s name on the ground with the tip of the wand from up to 2′ away. The next time the subject steps on that spot, they must Save vs Wands or be knocked prone and disoriented for 1d4 rounds. Usable up to three times per day. Holds six charges, three for the purpose of knocking others down and up to three magic-user or illusionist spells of the 1^st and/or 2^nd level.

Usable by: Spellcasters (magic-users and illusionists) and thieves level 3+.

Spellstealer Potion

‘Here goes nothing!’ Wrilk said as he drank from his flask.
The enemy wizard hissed and Bakra-do raised a hand in reservation too late.
Something flew at Bakra-do that looked like the metal gauntlet of a giant. Wrilk caught this effortlessly with his hands and immediately focused it on the wizard, who, too stunned to react beyond a shriek of surprise, took the full brunt of his own magic and fell off the ledge he was precariously standing on, into the darkness below, as his henchmen scattered.
‘Does anyone recall that wizard’s name? I wanted to add it to my journal,’ Skorbi said.
‘You might have cast a spell of your own,’ Bakra-do commented.
‘Wrilk had this one, well done you!’ the mage replied, tipping his pointed hat at the dwarf.

Highly sought after by every adventurer. Swirling, chaotic colours seem barely contained in a glass vial. Because this magic is barely contained.

Benefit: The imbiber of this arcane concoction may ‘steal’ any spell cast at them (or another within 15′) with a successful Intelligence attribute check and then possesses the spell themselves, which must be cast within one turn (ten minutes) or is lost. If the spell is more than four levels higher than the subject then they need to make a Wisdom attribute check to accurately cast.

Usable by: Anyone.

Phantom Key

Jaundo winced as he saw the key fall from the hand of Uzeb the Wise, yet it made no sound as it fell to the stone floor. The wizard stooped to pick it up and both adventurers looked around just before Uzeb touched the key to the door. A barely audible click told them that the door had been magically locked, then the door opened.
‘So now we know, someone had followed us in that can magically lock a door,’ Uzeb observed.
‘Interesting,’ commented Jaundo.
The magic-user turned around and recast a spell to lock the door.
‘Let them wonder how we got out,’ Uzeb whispered as he turned towards the exit.

A key so arcane that it is barely there. Sometimes ‘themed’ so the bearer knows how to use it.

Benefit: Phantom Keys fit no lock, they are, in effect, tangible magic. These magical key make no sound; a half dozen on a keyring make no sound. To use, hold a key to a magical barrier of some kind (a Wall spell, a summoning barrier, a magically locked door, etc) and there is a 90% chance that the key allows the bearer to pass the barrier untouched; a Wall of Fire does no damage, a magically locked door unlocks. If the key works or fails it dissipates upon use. Themed versions of these keys work 100% of the time, yet only work on one type of arcane barrier (a red or key with a flame motif, for example, will allow passage through a Wall of Fire).

Usable by: Anyone.