User:
JinxedBear
DCI:
Character:
Célestin "Celeste" Deneuve
Name:
The Librarian’s Seal of Vecna
Rarity:
very_rare
Location:
FR-DC-JIBEA When Names Fade Away
Table:
Result:
Included in Count?:
true
Source:
Notes:
+3 Amulet of the Devout, Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement by a cleric or paladin)
This amulet bears the symbol of a deity inlaid with precious stones or metals. While you wear the holy symbol, you gain a +3 bonus to spell attack rolls and the saving throw DCs of your spells.
While you wear this amulet, you can use your Channel Divinity feature without expending one of the feature's uses. Once this property is used, it can't be used again until the next dawn.
Secret Message.
On the stroke of the new moon, the amulet’s reverse shows a microlined verse only visible in moon-shadow: “Entries amended by the Keeper’s eye may yet be read where ink runs dry.” (A riddle pointing to a hidden archive or dry well.)
Appearance. A heavy, cold medallion of dark electrum stamped with a slashed, pupil-less eye inside a ring of tiny tally marks. The chain is stitched black thread reinforced with fine links. When turned in the light, faint lines of “ledger rulings” seem to run beneath the metal like watermark paper.
Attunement Rite (flavor). You prick your thumb and press it to the seal; the drop is absorbed without a trace. For a heartbeat, you hear a page turn. A hair-thin ink stitch appears on your palm and fades.
Manifestations (cosmetic).:
When you cast, your voice seems to arrive as written words first, then sound follows.
Sigils you conjure appear as blotted ink that snaps into sharp lines at the moment of release.
In dim light, the amulet casts a small, crisp eye-shaped shadow.
Vecnan Devotion Oath (optional). Inscribed on the back in microscopic script:
“Truth belongs to the Keeper. All oaths are entries; all entries may be edited.”
Speaking it aloud (no mechanical change) causes the medallion to briefly smell of old vellum.
Drawbacks (narrative only). The Seal occasionally “corrects” paperwork around you: a misspelled name mends itself, a line in a wanted poster vanishes, a ledger entry comes up blank. This is omen, not rule text—use it for mood.