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Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 9:57 am

Character Name: Nez

Spoiler:

Rufio’s Claws

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

These two tassels, one red and the other black, are joined at the end and intended to be woven into hair. The tassels incorporate orichalcum threads woven throughout their length, glowing slightly in the light. There’s also an espagra claw hanging from each knot, a “blurple” common espagra claw hanging from the red tassel, and a green colored jungle espagra claw from the black tassel.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the tassel’s Name.
Effect: The wearer gains +1 rank to Claw Shape.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wearer gains +1 rank to Resist Pain.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the common espagra claw was harvested.
Effect: The wearer gains the Rufio’s Claws ability. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the wearer’s hands turn into espagra claws until the end of the round, one blurple, the other jewel green. The wearer gains +1 to unarmed Attack and Damage tests while Wounded.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: While using Rufio’s Claws, the wearer’s eyes turn reptilian, cold and focused. The benefit from Rufio’s Claws is now +2 to unarmed Attack and Damage tests while Wounded.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the jungle espagra claw was harvested.
Effect: The wearer gains +1 rank to Claw Frenzy.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The wearer gains the following special maneuver while using Rufio’s Claws:
On the Hook (Wearer, Unarmed): The wearer can spend an additional success on an Attack test against an opponent who Wounded them since the previous round to cause a Knockdown test against the target with a Difficulty Number equal to the Attack test result.

bronzemountain · Post by **bronzemountain** » Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:50 pm

Enchanted by Dvarim

Spoiler:

Homefires

Maximum Threads: 1
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This bronze anvil-shaped amulet is an excellent example of classic Throalic craftsmanship and styling. The masterful craftsmanship has stunning engravings of Throalic architecture, presenting a feeling of both majesty and comfort. It’s always pleasantly warm and heavy feeling to the touch, and the engravings sometimes glow like tiny embers. This is particularly true when someone breathes on the amulet.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the amulet’s Name.
Deed: The owner must be a Weaponsmith.
Effect: The wearer may spend 1 Strain to eliminate the penalties when using the Traveling Smithy Weaponsmith ability.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: If the wearer uses their Traveling Forge ability, they gain a +2 bonus to Charisma-based tests with other Namegivers when used around the forge. This does not affect intimidation or fear-based abilities, or if the wearer attempts to take advantage of the other party.

Thread Rank Three
Deed: The owner must strike a deal with a fire spirit, performing a minor service for them in exchange for future services rendered.
Effect: The wearer gains the Homefires ability. The wearer performs their Karma Ritual (which cannot have been performed yet) and uses their Traveling Smith ability. They take the Strain as Blood Magic Damage and forge themselves as part of the ritual, causing their skin to glow with an inner fire. The wearer gains +2 to Physical Armor until no later than sunrise the next day. The owner can end this effect as a Free action before it expires if desired. They can heal the damage once the ability ends.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: When the wearer uses Traveling Forge, they attract fire spirits—typically flames, which look like a candle flame that produces a mouth and eyes when interacting with someone, and their color reflects their mood. Though the color to mood correlation isn’t consistent between these spirits. The wearer can invite a fire spirit to bind with them, effectively using the Aid Summoner power, and takes on some superficial characteristics of the spirit. The wearer cannot benefit from other binding effects while using this. The wearer can take 1 Strain to gain +3 to a test using their Traveling Forge.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the creator’s Name.
Effect: The wearer increases their highest Circle by 1 for determining their Karma Pool.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When the wearer uses Homefires, they can forge their pattern as well, taking an additional 2 Blood Magic Damage to gain +2 to Mystic Armor.

Thread Rank Seven
Deed: The owner must strike a deal with an earth spirit, performing a minor service for them in exchange for future services rendered.
Effect: The wearer can spend an additional Karma Point on Action tests using Traveling Smithy to create or repair something, or on an Action test using something they created. This can be done once per round.

Thread Rank Eight
Effect: When the wearer uses Traveling Smithy, earth spirits are also coaxed to the area—typically gnomes. They are shy, harmless, and very hard working. The earth spirits quietly get to work constructing a large, colorful ger. This is equivalent to the Shelter spell (Player’s Guide, p. 274). The wearer makes a Perception Step + Thread Rank test as a Spellcasting test and it always gets at least one success. Once complete, the earth spirits may silently observe the work done around them. Their hard eyes staring without blinking. It’s easy to wonder if they are judging as they watch everyone move about the area. Yes, they are judging.

The fire spirits now also hide in the fire and cooling embers, keeping the camp warm during even the coldest temperatures. Their frequently mischievous and expanded domain can put them at odds with the earth spirits and any Namegivers who don’t appreciate their antics. Which are adorable until something catches fire and they are easily offended by putting fires out. In addition, they also warn the owner of any intruders to the campsite. If anything with a Mystic Defense less than or equal to the owner’s Perception Step + Thread Rank enters within a 10-yard radius of the camp (this does not include innocuous normal animals—the spirits can tell the difference), the campfire flares to life briefly as a towering inferno. It’s not subtle, but it gets the job done.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 1:29 am

Character Name: Xeviouz

Spoiler:

Moon Breaker

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 14
Legend Point Cost: Warden

The crystal panels of this crystal raider shield appear to break when they reflect.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the shield’s Name.
Effect: The wearer gains +1 rank to Shield Bash.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The shield is Physical Defense +3.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the Name of the smith who created the shield.
Effect: The wearer gains +2 ranks to Shield Bash.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The shield is Mystic Defense +3.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the battle where the first owner defended their trollmoot.
Effect: The Initiative Penalty is 1.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The wearer gains the Moon Breaker ability. As a Simple action for 2 Strain after a successful Attack test, the wearer makes a Shield Bash test against the highest Mystic Defense in a 4-yard 180° arc in front of the wearer. If successful, the shield emits a blinding light and everyone in the area (including allies) suffers Full Blindness for 1 round per success. This is the wearer’s Shield Bash use for the round—if they already used Shield Bash, they cannot use this effect.

Thread Rank Seven
Deed: The owner must find the first owner’s trollmoot and earn their respect and permission to keep the shield.
Effect: When the wearer uses Moon Breaker, the light has an iridescent shimmer and those affected by it also suffer a -2 penalty to Mystic Defense for the duration.

Thread Rank Eight
Effect: The Moon Breaker arc is 8-yards in front of the wearer.

Very Useful Gloves · Post by **Very Useful Gloves** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:01 am

Thread Item Request: Character Name: Zil

Spoiler:

True Blue

Maximum Threads: 1
Mystic Defense: 14
Legend Point Cost: Warden

This green and gold headband is studded with varying sizes and styles of blue opals. Some smooth, while others rough. All are beautiful and create a whole despite their differences. The cloth is woven in a complex pattern of criss-crossing stripes and starbursts, a style once popular in rural Landis.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the headband’s Name.
Effect: The headband contains a Standard Matrix with rank equal to the Thread Rank.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wearer gains +1 to Social Defense.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge:[/b] The owner must learn who created the headband. [John Williamson]
Effect: The wearer gains the True Blue ability. As a Free action for 1 Strain, their magic is suffused with a green and golden glow. They can spend a Karma Point when casting a spell that targets or affects an ally to weave an additional thread. This thread does not count against the normal maximum for additional threads. This can include spells such as Heat Food which do not target an ally, but do affect an ally. While the spell can affect the wearer, it must also include an ally—you are never your own ally. This cannot be used with Chain Casting.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The wearer gains +2 to Social Defense.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the bound spirit’s Name. [South]
Deed: The owner must agree to behave honorably and treat everyone fairly. If the wearer does not, they lose access to all associated effects and must atone in the eyes of the spirit.
Effect: When the wearer uses True Blue, allies affected by a spell empowered by True Blue have a slight green and golden glow about them and gain +2 to their Social Defense for the duration of the spell.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When the wearer uses True Blue, the opals shine brilliantly. If the wearer empowers a spell with True Blue and a Karma Point, they can spend an additional 1 Strain and Karma Point to affect an additional ally in range. This cannot be used with Chain Casting and does not avoid limitations on the number of targets (e.g., binding spells).

Thread Rank Seven
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the previous owner’s Name and their fate. [Stephen Irwin and died doing what he loved]
Effect: The Standard Matrix is now an Enhanced Matrix.

Thread Rank Eight
Effect: When the wearer uses True Blue, a soft melody once popular throughout Landis in the south can be heard clearly, the opals’ lights keeping time. The additional thread from True Blue is now automatically woven by the spirit.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:04 am

Character Name: Rose

Spoiler:

Sinistral Axe

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This simple, single bit hand axe is of typical obsidiman craftsmanship: solid with no ornamentation and frills. Something more likely found in an explorer’s kit for setting up camp than wielded in combat. The oak haft and blade have dark stains on them which no amount of polishing or sanding can remove. The touched surfaces are corroded by whatever caused the stain and the patterns make it clear it was held in a left hand when they were caused.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the axe’s Name.
Effect: The hand axe is Damage Step 5.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The wielder gains +1 to Physical Defense.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn about the first owner.
Effect: The wielder gains +1 to Attack and Spellcasting tests against Horrorspawn.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The wielder gains +1 to Damage and Effect tests against Horrorspawn.

Thread Rank Five
Deed: The owner must slay the Horror who felled the first owner.
Effect: The wielder can spend an additional Karma Point on an Attack test against a Horrorspawn if they targeted it with a successful Spellcasting test since the previous round. The wielder can spend an additional Karma Point on a Spellcasting test against a Horrorspawn if they targeted it with a successful Attack test since the previous round.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The wielder gains the Sinistral Axe and Sinistral Spell special maneuvers:

Sinistral Axe (Wielder, Close Combat): For 1 Strain per success, the wielder can spend additional successes from an Attack with Sinstral Axe to give a Horrorspawn -1 to their Mystic Defense until the end of the next round. This is not cumulative with itself and cannot be used in consecutive rounds.

Sinistral Spell (Wielder, Spellcasting): For 1 Strain per success, the wielder can spend additional successes to give a Horrorspawn -1 to their Physical Defense until the end of the next round. This is not cumulative with itself and cannot be used in consecutive rounds.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:06 am

Character Name: Juniper

Spoiler:

Splintershade

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This slender flight dagger has no guard and virtually no handle, only the briefest of tang to hold in the wielder’s fingers. The craftsmanship places the center of mass directly in the middle of the blade. Other than the thin line of spidery runes running down the blade, nothing seems notable. Until a thread is attached.

With a thread attached, how light reflects from the blade in unnatural ways immediately sets this dagger apart. Anyone looking into the highly polished blade may notice it shows multiple reflections, similar to a mirror, however no are exactly the same. The reflections may be in a different pose, different lighting, shows a different emotion on the viewers face, etc. Shadows cast from the dagger are similar, but show the dagger in different shapes and positions. As though the shadows and reflections represent the infinite possibilities of what could be.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the dagger’s Name.
Effect: The flight dagger is now Damage Step 3.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The flight dagger is now Damage Step 4.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the meaning of the runes.
Effect: The wielder gains the Splintershade ability, As a Free action for 1 Strain, the dagger appears to split into multiple different versions of itself when thrown at a target, making it difficult to avoid. The wielder gains +2 to the Attack test.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: When the wielder uses Splintershade, some of the illusions begin to inflict real damage. The wielder gains +2 to the Damage test.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn what the tooth used to fashion the dagger came from.
Effect: When the wielder uses Splintershade, the daggers arc from unexpected directions. This makes it more difficult to anticipate them for those who are otherwise distracted. The wielder can use Surprise Strike against Harried targets.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When the wielder uses Splintershade, the wielder can use the following special maneuver:

Splintershade (Wielder, Throwing Weapons): The wielder can spend two additional successes on an Attack test with Splintershade, causing some of the illusionary blades to imbed around the target or circle around them, distracting them with different visions and possibilities. The target is Harried until the end of the round.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:46 pm

Character Name: Lazulin

Spoiler:

Elemental Lance

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This eleven-foot long wooden lance incorporates each of the five True Elements. The haft is woven with True Wood and infused with pockets of True Air. The lance’s metal tip is strengthened with True Earth and hardened in flames fueled by True Fire. The lance was then soaked in liquid rich in True Water. With no threads attached, it has the same characteristics as a normal lance.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the item’s Name.
Effect: The lance is Damage Step 7. It becomes immune to damage from fire and from the effects of spells or abilities that damage it. This latter property also keeps the lance from splintering when leveled against an opponent when making Charging Attacks.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The owner gains a +1 bonus to Initiative tests.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the Name of the lance’s creator.
Effect: The owner gains +1 rank to Sure Mount. The lance becomes extremely resilient; tremendous force can bend, but not break, it. Even the strength of a dragon twisting the lance in its talons cannot harm the lance.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The lance is Damage Step 8.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn what type of wood the lance haft is constructed from and where it was grown.
Effect: The tip of the lance can become glowing, red-hot. For 1 Strain, the owner rolls a bonus Step 3/D4 Flame die on the next Damage test.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The ownercan use the following special maneuver:
On the Hook (Owner, Melee Attack): The owner can spend an additional success on an Attack test against an opponent who is not significantly larger than themselves to cause a Knockdown test against the target with a Difficulty Number equal to the Damage dealt.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:29 pm

Character Name: Langren

Spoiler:

Raven’s Beak

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This spear’s haft is a glossy black wood carved with distinctive runes along the length. A slightly curved obsidian blade is affixed to the haft and adorned with various raven feathers to complete the work. A single glyph is etched into each side of the obsidian.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the spear’s Name.
Effect: The spear contains a Standard Matrix with rank equal to the Thread Rank.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The spear is Damage Step 5.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the meaning of the runes.
Effect: The wielder gains +1 to Attack tests with the spear.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The spear is Damage Step 6.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn where the spear was enchanted.
Deed: The owner must travel to the location where the spear was enchanted, entreat with the spirit who dwells there and replace the feathers.
Effect: The wielder gains the Raven’s Beak special maneuver.

Raven’s Beak (Wielder, Close or Ranged Combat): The wielder can spend 1 Strain and an additional success on a close or ranged combat Attack test with Raven’s Beak to strike at the target’s eyes. They are partially blinded until the end of the next round.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: When the wielder uses Raven’s Beak, they can spend an additional 1 Strain to upgrade to full blindness.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:11 am

Character Name: Vralino Hammer-Shield

Spoiler:

Otherworldly Ink

Maximum Threads: 1
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This tattoo kit is a variety of bone needles, small mallets, and mixing tools. A long piece of dark stained, tooled leather with pouches holds all the tools. The tools are of excellent quality, though all stained with ink, and many further decorated in a variety of styles. Many different types of bones were used to make the tools, some easy to identify, while others are unknown.

Tattoos given with the kit always seem somehow ethereal. There is some quality to them that cannot be replicated. This is even more true of the owner’s tattoo, which never turns out exactly as intended, but shows some of their intrinsic character. As the owner’s thread rank increases, the tattoo they receive begins to shift and expand. How this expresses is unique to each owner, but appropriate to their original tattoo. If the owner’s thread to the tattoo kit is severed, their tattoo becomes black and twisted.

As with all thread items, the owner must keep the tattoo kit on their person to gain the benefits from the effects.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the tattooing kit’s Name.
Deed: The owner must receive a tattoo made with the kit.
Effect: The owner gains +1 to Mystic Defense.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The owner gains +1 to Mystic Armor.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn who created the tattoo kit.
Effect: The owner gains +2 to Mystic Defense.

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The owner gains +2 to Mystic Armor.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn which tools were the original tools to the kit and where the bones came from.
Deed: The owner must use a bone from someone or something important to the owner and craft at least one new tool from it.
Effect: The owner may choose one of their talents and receive a tattoo using the new tool they crafted. This tattoo is somehow representative of the talent. The owner takes 1 permanent Blood Magic Damage, and can spend 1 Strain to spend an additional Karma Point on tests using the selected talent. The owner cannot receive multiple tattoos to replicate this effect and the selected talent cannot be changed.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The owner gains +1 Circle to a Discipline of their choice for the purpose of determining Durability.

Aegharan · Post by **Aegharan** » Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:47 am

Character Name: Xeviouz
Designed by: Dubhan

The Pale Death

Maximum Threads: 2
Mystic Defense: 12
Legend Point Cost: Journeyman

This helmet is constructed from a large, bleached espagra skull with a single glyph on the forehead. The eye sockets are filled with living crystal lenses, allowing the wearer to ostensibly see out when the helmet is pulled down to cover their face. However, the facets prevent sight unless the wearer has a thread woven.

Thread Rank One
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the helmet’s Name.
Effect: The helmet heightens the wearer’s senses, making them feel like a predator looking for prey. The wearer gains +1 rank to Awareness.

Thread Rank Two
Effect: The helmet shifts once worn, growing under the wearer’s chin so it cannot fall off. The wearer gains +2 ranks to Awareness.

Thread Rank Three
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn who created the helm.
Effect: When the wearer dons the helmet, the living crystal lenses become malleable and fit perfectly to their eyes and meld with their cornea. The wearer gains heat sight (Player’s Guide, p. 45).

Thread Rank Four
Effect: The helmet fully covers the wearer’s head, except for their mouth. The wearer can spend an additional Karma Point on Awareness tests.

Thread Rank Five
Key Knowledge: The owner must learn the meaning of the glyph.
Effect: A small section of spine grows down the back of the helmet and into the wearer. As a Simple action for 1 Strain, the wearer’s senses heighten and can be used for targeting opponents. They ignore blindness penalties until the end of the round.

Thread Rank Six
Effect: The small section of spine grows down the length of the wearer’s spine and bone begins to grow out of their shoulder blades. As a Simple action for 2 Strain, the wearer grows skeletal wings from their shoulder blades and can fly at Movement Rate 10 until their next turn. They can increase this Movement Rate by +2 for each +1 Strain. This effect cannot be combined with other abilities that increase Movement Rate. This effect can be maintained each round, but once the owner stops using it, it cannot be used again for the rest of the day.