Amulet of Vass

Items: Unique: Items

Spell Defence: 8
Threads: 2

This is a variation on the thread item amulets. A nethermancer by the name Hinkulsir Agrebe used to experiment with improving these items, and produced a few sorts, the Amulet of Vass being one of them.

Thread Ranks

Rank 1

Cost: 100
Key Knowledge: he wearer must learn the Name of the amulet.
Effect: +1 Social Defense.

Rank 2

Cost: 200
Effect: +2 Social Defense, +1 Spell Defense.

Rank 3

Cost: 300
Effect: +2 Social Defense, +2 Spell Defense.

Rank 4

Cost: 500
Key Knowledge: The wearer must learn the name of the horror that ravaged Hinkulsir Agrebe's kaer during the scourge, leaving only him and 2 others alive. (SHIFTER)
Effect: +1 PER Step.

Rank 5

Cost: 800
Deed: The wearer must slay a horror in combat.
Effect: The amulet can act as a Horror Fend blood magic amulet.

Rank 6

Cost: 1,300
Key Knowledge: The wearer must learn from which of the towns that comprised the kaer of Urupa came the amulet's creator. (EW'RAT, AN ORKISH VILLAGE)
Effect: The amulet can detect horrors and their constructs. It only detects their presence and distance by giving off light and humming loudly as the entity gets nearer. It does not detect the direction nor the type of the horror/horror construct. The use of this ability costs the wearer 2 points of Strain, and lasts for Rank rounds (six rounds).

Creators Notes

Okay, maybe I should add another key knowledge or deplete the defense bonuses a bit... Or make the +1 PER into a +1 to Spellcasting Talent. The item does seem too easy ro rise Ranks in -- 600 LP get you +2/+2...
Originally, the amulet is found on the body of a dead man at the entrance to a sealed kaer near the Tylon mountains, along with a torn manuscript that has some of the letters of the dead man's name.

Final note: I have no idea why I chose to call the Amulet by this name. I have no objections to naming it differently, as long as it is not something like "Amulet of Defense" or "Horror Detection"...

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