A Fist Full of Magic Items:
Magick Talismans, Foci and Fetishes
The FFM spell casting system opens up the potential for new
types of magick items and spells. I have my own ideas for different kinds of
magic items and spells. One of these ideas for items is that magic can be
classified into two distinct classes, expendable and durable. The items then
could be sorted according to five distinct ranks.
To date I have avoided putting any setting or campaign
information into the rules I have written in order to keep them generic enough
that anyone can use them. With magic items, I can no longer avoid it. Others
are more than welcome to change or alter these items to meet their needs.
- Petty – The least of all the magicks, the most common remnant since The Fall. Many of the items can still be recreated today by many casters, from hedge wizards to great seers.
- Minor – The next most common type of magicks, they are coveted by many casters. Only serious practitioners with the resources to spare can recreate these types of items.
- Major – These types of magicks are highly coveted and are difficult to find. During the Great War, a great many of these items were used and lost. Only the wealthiest and most powerful casters can recreate these kinds of magic.
- Grand – The great magicks of the Elder Races fashioned and formed some of the most powerful spells. Parties of treasure hunters have risked life and limb to retrieve these items. The mysteries and the skill to craft such things have been lost and no one has the ability to recreate them.
- Exalted – The rarest of all magicks, each one of these items is unique. Some of these items fell from the hands of angels and devils during the Great War. Wars have been fought and kin have slain kin to possess such items.
Petty Magick
Potion of Purified Aethyric
– This thin watery purplish mixture smells faintly of jasmine. When imbued by a
caster it rejuvenates him. Regain 1d4 Power Dice up to the casters maximum.
Tapti Globe – This
small sphere is made from thick glass and filled with salt water. Floating in
the water is a small snail called the Tapti. If the globe is shaken vigorously
and the snail shell is cracked it dies secreting a chemical that makes the
water glow with a blue luminous light. The light illuminates an area of 20’ in
radius and lasts for four hours.
Strike-Fire Stick –
This slender wooden stick has a red tip on one end. If the red end is struck
against a hard surface a small flame will appear and will last for 2 rounds.
The stick can be used a dozen times before it stops working.
Blue Poppy Powder –
This elven made drug if taken grants the user heightened senses. The user can
see the auras of magic, of hidden things and people. It is very addictive and
Minor Magick
Talismanic Scroll of
Counter-Spelling – A caster with this scroll can use it to dispel a
spell that is being cast or that is in effect. It will work on a Roll of 4+ on
a d6.
Potion of Condensed Aethyric
– This thick purplish mixture smells strongly of jasmine. When imbued by a
caster it rejuvenates him. Regain 2d4 Power Dice up to the casters maximum. The
caster’s eyes will turn purple for a week after drinking.
Wand of the Nine Lores
– Each wand is attuned to one of the 9 Lores of Magic. Each wand grants the
caster two additional PD to use with a spell from that lore. The PD recharge at
sunrise each day. (Substitute Lore for Level if not using Lores)
Major Magick
Potion of Distilled Aethyric
– This syrupy purplish mixture smells strongly of jasmine with a hint of
vanilla. When imbued by a caster it rejuvenates him. Regain 3d4 Power Dice up
to the casters maximum. The caster’s eyes, hair and teeth will turn purple for
a week after drinking.
Ivory Wand of Ling Foo
– A slender wand of yellowish ivory engraved with mystic runes. It stores 3
Power Dice that can be used once a day. If the caster possesses the Jade Wand
of Ling Fang the wand also generates 2 Dispel Dice that can use once a day.
Jade Wand of Ling Fang
– A slender wand of milky jade engraved with mystic runes. It stores 3 Dispel Dice
that can be used once a day. If the caster possesses the Ivory Wand of Ling Foo
the wand also generates 2 Power Dice that can use once a day.
Grand Magick
Staff of the Dwarven Rune
Lords – This staff is made from a amalgamation of different metals.
Carved in to the staff are ancient runes of dwarven magick. The staff has four
runes of counter-spelling which can dispel a spell on 4+ on a d6 up to four times
a day. If the wielder has not used any of the four runes of counter-spelling he
can expend all of them to cast the Greater Rune
of Disruption. This drains every Power Dice from every caster and magic
item within 100 yards of the staff.
Emerald Ring of Tor El
– This ring is carved entirely from a single emerald. It grants the wielder 12
Power Dice to the user to cast one of the following spells
- · Emerald Bolt (4+) – A blazing shard of emerald shoots forth (up to 50’) striking an opponent for 1d6 damage.
- · Emerald Fire Wheel (8+) - A spinning wheel of emerald fire five feet across shoots forth (up to 60’) causing 2d6 damage to all in the path.
- · Emerald Shard Storm (16+) – A giant emerald appears in the sky. It explodes in a fiery explosion everything in 30’ radius takes 6d6 damage.
Exalted Magick
Sacred Ordnance of the Supreme
Mega-Death – One of the most feared weapons from the Great War. Used by the warriors of the heavens to reduced
cities and armies to pillars of salt. There are rumors that some may still
exist. If it is exploded everything within 5 miles is turned into salt.
The Epistle of the God Who
Laughed - Written by a long departed prophet of a dead god of mirth,
this small book contains the greatest joke ever written, also known as the
Killing Joke. Whoever reads this book will die laughing, literally. There is no
save for this.
