Imperial Implements

Imperial implements are magical-technological wonders manufactured in the Mazrian Empire, powered by magical jewels. They’re far too intricate to craft and must be purchased with credit. All imperial implements are powered by resonant jewels with a limited energy supply. There are two types of jewels: dark and light. Jewel Dice. Each time you use an implement, roll its Jewel Die as an action. On a 1, the device yields a more powerful effect—but its jewel runs out of energy! The device becomes inert and can't be used again until its jewel is recharged. If you have advantage on an action that calls for a Jewel Die roll, rolling a 1 on the Jewel Die still counts as a 1, regardless of what your advantage die result is.Jewel arrays. You can recharge a spent implement with a dark or light jewel array, which takes about ten minutes and consumes the array’s stored energy. A jewel array of either type costs 1 imperial credit. The Scrolls of the Sorcerer lore enables you to recharge implements as a rest endeavor, without using a jewel array.

No ideals for Jewel Dice. You can’t invoke an ideal when you roll an implement’s Jewel Die to perform an action. Ideals are meant to push your own actions and abilities, not pushing a magical gadget’s buttons!

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Dark Implements

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Dark Implements

Answering Doll

JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d6 COST 2+𐤑 WEIGHT 1This plaster doll is about the size of a small child. Underneath its plaster shell is an articulated wooden frame with dark magic jewels set into the joints. Glyphs engraved around its waist channel the magic and also spell the doll’s name, which is usually Yu-Shabti. The doll is dressed or painted like a Mazrian servant. Its face is stylized and indistinct in feature, often lacking a mouth, and looking more human than animal, as Mazrian children do. Custom dolls with different names and appearances cost 3 credits.Roll d6 to command the doll by speaking its name and describing a simple task for it to perform. Your command must be in Mazrian. If the doll understands your command, it emits a high, monotone voice in answer, also in Mazrian: “So you have spoken; so it shall be done.” The doll only obeys direct commands and can’t answer questions. If the doll doesn’t understand your command, it stares blankly. The task must be something a child could reasonably do, and can take no longer than ten minutes, at which point the doll stops moving. The doll also stops when the task is complete.Songs. You can command the doll to sing a song during a rest. The doll knows many Mazrian folk songs and its voice, while strange, is not unpleasant. See the Song lore and treat the Jewel Die result as the doll’s attempt to sing a Song of Heroes. Funerary doll. If commanded, the doll can Help a dying person Survive if it’s nearby. The doll uses its Jewel Die to Help. On a 1, the doll performs the task for up to an hour. If you’ve told the doll to sing a song, or if it’s helping someone Survive, treat the result as a 6.

The doll can move slowly if commanded, but it’s designed to remain in a single household. Many Mazrian families had an answering doll tasked with menial chores like washing dishes and doing laundry. Some older answering dolls are styled to look like Shinarians, oddly enough.

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JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d10 COST 1𐤑This elegant bronze crafting tool carves, cuts, levitates, rotates, scrapes, and slices on command. Roll d10 as part of an action or endeavor that involves crafting or shaping material like wood, stone, or clay. Use the result as an advantage die. On a 1, treat the result as a 10.

Black Gauntlets

JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d10 COST 4𐤑These articulated black-painted bronze gauntlets are inset with numerous small black gems, which project dark magic. The gauntlets work as a pair and share a Jewel Die, and can't be used if you hold anything in either hand. The gauntlets are intricate and require The Hand lore to use effectively. If you don’t know this lore, you can take -1 awareness to clumsily bend gravity in a trivial way—levitating a cup, for instance, or making someone feel lighter or heavier for a moment—which produces the telltale wohm-wohm-wohm sound of dark magic.

Dark Parasol

JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d6 CARRY Belt COST 2𐤑This sword-length parasol has a dark, translucent canopy. Roll d6 as an action to unfurl the canopy, which shimmers and pulses with dark magic. While you hold the parasol with one hand, you remain suspended, hovering in mid-air. The parasol’s magic lasts for as many minutes as your result, after which you fall. On a 1, treat the result as 6, and you can hover there indefinitely, so long as you keep holding onto the parasol and don’t close its canopy. Reaction. You can take -1 awareness and use the parasol as a ↻reaction to avoid taking falling damage, but you don't rise or hover, and the parasol automatically loses its charge. To use it this way, you must be carrying the parasol on your back, belt, or leg and have a hand free to draw it.

Fate-Folding Faience

JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d6 COST 4𐤑This translucent glasslike cube is the size of your palm. Roll d6 to activate the faience and cast ⧨Tesseract. On a 1, you and your allies automatically act in the first round when you emerge from the tesseract. ⧨ Tesseract You enfold space and time around you and up to 6 characters close to you. You appear inside a cube-shaped room with floor, ceiling, and walls made out of translucent material. You can only see blurred light from outside. You spend about 60 seconds inside the tesseract—plenty of time to catch your breath—after which the glassy walls fade and you reappear in the same place outside. To outside observers, only a second passes while you’re in the tesseract, during which they might notice your form(s) blurring and shifting unfathomably. If you were in battle when you entered the tesseract, you and your allies must Act First as you exit it to act in the first round.

Featherweight Scarab

JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d10 COST 1𐤑This beetle-shaped amulet, engraved with an image of an ostrich feather, is meant to be worn over your heart. It’s said to lighten your heart and keep you true to your ideals. Roll d10 as an advantage die when you Survive (Brace). On a 1, treat the result as a 20, and you gain +1 overflow spirit.

The scarab is useless to Shinarians and other heartless beings.

Flying Chariot

JEWEL ⧨ Dark CHARGE d10 COST 10𐤑This chariot seats a driver and passengers with a combined Weight of 12 talents or less. The driver activates the implement’s main jewel to fly it. Loud, whirling gyroscopic arrays of dark jewels propel it in any direction.Roll d10 to activate the chariot. The chariot wohm-wohm-wohm’s to life, lifts itself on high, and remains flying for as many hours as your result. You can deactivate the chariot at any time (ideally after you’ve parked it).On a 1, the chariot flies for 10 hours.Driving the chariot. Take -1 awareness and Maneuver yourself to drive the chariot. Gain chariot-focus equal to your result. Spend 1 chariot-focus to:

Take any action while driving the chariot
Evade with d10 advantage (your result applies to all passengers)
Land safely at a point you designate

If you don’t spend focus, the chariot continues either circling or flying straight on its current course.

The chariot moves about as fast as a helicopter, with a similar range of motion. Not much else in the Skysea is faster or more maneuverable over short distances. But unlike skyships or balloons, a flying chariot isn’t suitable for long-range travel: its jewel won’t last more than a few days, and it can’t be recharged mid-flight.

Light Implements

Knowledge Faience

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d20 CARRY Leg COST 2𐤑This palm-sized, glasslike icosahedron holds a wealth of general information within its facets, compiled by the Mazrian Empire's encyclopedists about countless subjects.Roll d20 and ask a general reference question. The Guide reveals the closest answer to your question, taking into account your literacy—the faience projects detailed information from its facets in the form glowing Glyphs, but can also display helpful holographic images for the illiterate. On a 1, you can ask two more questions before it loses charge.The faience reflects the broad sweep of knowledge gathered by the Empire at its height. It can provide accurate background knowledge about any subject in the Mazrian lore list, though it’s not a substitute for expertise in the lore. For example, you can use the faience’s information about the Scrolls of the Sorcerer to ask the Guide questions about geometry, physics, and high-magic spells and effects—as described in the lore entry—but the faience doesn’t grant you the lore’s Kotharian Theorem ability.You can consult the faience for information beyond Mazrian lore—for example, about well-known Kananite islands or imperial history. However, the faience is sometimes biased, euphemistic, or outdated, especially about subjects beyond the civilization of Mazr. For example, the faience's information about the Zordin is short on specifics, dismissive of their culture, and lacks any information about the Zordin's recent attacks on the Empire. The Guide determines what the faience can tell you about a subject.

Studying the faience. If you know how to read Glyphs, you can study the faience as an endeavor when you rest to gain 1 revelation about any Mazrian lore. The faience only provides background knowledge; you can’t gain more than 1 revelation for any given lore from it. The faience loses its charge after you use it to study.

Lightning Scarabs

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d4 COST 2𐤑This pair of metallic beetle-shaped amulets are designed to be placed on either side of a dying person’s chest. When you Help a person Survive: Roll d4 to activate the scarabs, which deliver an electric shock. Add the result to your Help roll. On a 1, treat the result as a 6. If you know the Medicine lore or the Light Sorcerer ability ✪Gray Magic, you have Maneuver advantage on your Help action when you use the scarabs.

The scarabs don’t work on Shinarians, wraiths, or monsters.

Mageblade

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d4 COST 5𐤑This starmetal dagger is enchanted to obey its holder's thoughts. Roll d4 with Compel advantage while holding the dagger, take -1 spirit and -1 awareness (or more). You cast ❍Awaken Blade and gain blade-focus equal to your result. On a 1, you don’t have to take -1 spirit. ❍ Awaken Blade Take -1 spirit and -1 awareness (or more) and roll the d4 Jewel Die with Compel advantage. You gain blade-focus equal to your result. The blade awakens with the awareness you spent and rises menacingly.

You can’t regain awareness while you have blade-focus. Until you spend blade-focus, the blade hovers close to you and follows you around. Spend 1 blade-focus to mentally command the blade to take an action. You can do this immediately after casting the spell and on any subsequent turn. The blade acts as a separate character. It can move freely through the air in any direction, Attack foes, and Outflank (for -1 awareness), but can’t take any other actions. It doesn’t suffer life damage and has no other statistics besides those listed on the table, plus the Awareness you gift it. Duration. When you run out of blade-focus, the blade falls and becomes inert and the spell ends. You also lose all blade-focus if the blade’s grace or awareness fall to zero. You can only have one awakened blade at a time. Lore Synergy. If you know The Dagger, the awakened blade can use abilities from the lore, provided it has awareness to spend.

Magelight

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d4 COST 1𐤑This implement comes in many shapes and sizes—some look like glowing stones, while others are sconces built into walls. Roll d4 to activate the magelight and cast ❍ Illuminate. The light lasts for a day and a night or until you dismiss it.On a 1, the light lasts for four days and nights. ❍ Illuminate You conjure a light source that emanates from your hand or head. It can take the form of a halolike aura, a narrow beam, or a diffuse glow, bright enough to comfortably light a large room.

Pale Robe

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d8 COST 4𐤑This gossamer, silvery robe is woven with light jewels. Roll d8 as your Spell Die to cast ❍Vanish. On a 1, treat the result as a 10. ❍ Vanish You weave light into a shimmering robe, then drape it over yourself, bending light around you. As part of casting this spell, take the Evade action and add your d8 Spell Die result to your Evade result. .You don’t need cover to hide when you Evade with this spell. However, this spell doesn’t help you hide from characters who can see through illusions or rely on senses other than sight. As with nonmagical hiding, the effect ends after you take any action.

Repulsion Scarab

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d8 COST 4𐤑This pendant has a metallic sheen. When attacked with a metal weapon, take -1 awareness and roll d8 to cast ❍Repel. On a 1, treat the result as a 10.❍ Repel Take -1 awareness and roll d8 as a ↻reaction and subtract the result from an incoming Attack with a weapon or projectile with a pointy end made of metal.

Resplendent Nemes

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d8 COST 2𐤑This beautiful nemes, a Mazrian headdress traditionally worn by the nobility, is woven with brightly-shimmering light jewels. Roll d8 to cast ❍Flash. On a 1, treat the result as a 10. ❍ Flash Roll d8 to conjure a brief, blinding light. Compare your result to the awareness of all characters in front of you who can see you. If you beat a character’s awareness, inflict -1 grace and -1 awareness. Characters unaffected. Your allies aren’t affected by the flash, assuming that you’ve warned them not to look.A character in front of you who is distracted and focusing their attention elsewhere—such as fighting with one of your allies—might not be affected by the flash, as determined by the Guide.

Sorcerer Helm

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d4 COST 5𐤑This bronze-and-silver helmet provides the same protection as a regular bronze helmet. However, light magic jewels inset around the eye socket project helpful glyphs which the wearer sees unobtrusively out of the corner of their eyes, negating the helmet’s usual -1 max Awareness penalty. Roll d4 to activate the helmet’s magic, which lasts as many hours as your result. While active, you don’t suffer the helmet’s usual -1 max Awareness penalty. During battle, you can activate the helmet before you act on your turn by taking -1 grace or awareness.On a 1, the helmet’s magic remains active for a day and a night.

Sorcerer Staff

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d8 CARRY Back COST 5𐤑This spindly bronze-and-silver staff can be used as an armament like a normal staff. Take -1 awareness and roll d8 as an action. Gain light-focus equal to the result. You can use this focus to cast ❍Blue Spear as a ➟following action. You can gather more light-focus this way on multiple consecutive turns. You can’t use this focus to cast other light magic spells, even if you know them. On a 1, you gain 20 light-focus.Light Sorcery. If you’re a Light Sorcerer, you can Gather Light while holding the staff to gain light-focus, rolling the d8 Jewel die as advantage. But this focus can only be used to cast ❍Golden Arrow or ❍Blue Spear. ❍ Blue Spear 4+ lightA beam of blue-white light streaks toward a foe and terminates in a blast.

Spend between 4 and 20 light-focus.
This focus determines the size of the Spell Die you roll for both the beam and blast attacks (round down to nearest polyhedral)

Beam. Make a Ranged Attack (-2 penalty) with your Spell Die instead of your Move die. On a lethal hit, the beam inflicts –8 life. On any hit with the beam, the blast automatically hits the target too. Blast. As a ➟following action, make a special Attack with your Spell Die that targets everyone close to the point where the beam terminates— including the beam’s original target if you missed them. On a hit, the blast inflicts –6 grace.If a foe blocks the beam with a shield, the shield loses 6 durability. Missing wide. If your beam misses a target above you, the beam shoots straight up past them and out into the Sea of Heaven, without a following blast. The Guide has final say if and where the blast occurs.

Sorcerer Wand

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d8 CARRY Leg COST 3𐤑This elegant wand is tipped with a light jewel. Take -1 awareness and roll d8 as an action. Gain light-focus equal to the result. You can use this focus to cast ❍Golden Arrow as a ➟following action. You can gather more light-focus this way on multiple consecutive turns. On a 1, you gain 6 focus and can cast a quick burst of three consecutive Golden Arrows, rolling a d4, d8, and d12 in that order.Light Sorcery. If you’re a Light Sorcerer, you can Gather Light while holding the wand to gain light-focus, rolling the d8 Jewel die as advantage. But this focus can only be used to cast ❍Golden Arrow. ❍ Golden Arrow 1 lightYou draw back your hand and conjure a shaft of glowing yellow light, then release it at a foe. Spend light-focus equal to ¼ the size of your Spell Die: 1 focus (for a d4), 2 (d8), 3 (d12), or 5 (d20).Make a Ranged Attack (-2 penalty) with your Spell Die instead of your Move die. On a lethal hit, the arrow inflicts -1 grace and -6 life.The spell inflicts no damage of any kind if guarded.

Speaking Scarabs

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d8 CARRY Leg COST 1𐤑This pair of scarab-styled jewelry can take the form of rings or earrings. The pair are attuned to each other. If you and another character split the pair, you can communicate over any distance. The rings absorb and project your voices, so you must hold the ring near your face when you speak or listen. Roll d20 to activate both rings (either character can do so). The result is roughly the number of minutes you and the other ringholder can speak to each other. The Guide determines when time runs out.On a 1, you can speak to each other for about an hour. The scarabs only work as a pair, and both pieces must be in close proximity to recharge with a jewel array.

Timepassing Board

JEWEL ❍ Light CHARGE d12 COST 2𐤑You and up to five allies can play this magical Mazrian board game as an endeavor during a rest. This game’s surface consists of 30 squares, arranged in three rows of ten. The board represents a person’s life as a winding path that travels up one row (childhood), then down the middle row (adulthood), then back up the third row (old age). The board’s light magic projects moving imagery of each player’s life as they progress along the squares, in distinctly Mazrian fashion—gaining their animal head as a child, graduating from school, starting a career and a family, and so on. The last five squares of the life path have special markings signifying auspicious deaths. How to play. Your hero rolls five dice, each representing a significant moment or threshold in a typical Mazrian’s life—d4, d6, d8, d10, and d12. After rolling, add the results together. The sum determines how many squares you advance. The d12 is special—it's the implement’s Jewel Die.The board’s magic confers blessings—or curses—on your character, depending on how they “die” in the game:

After summing your dice, you can either end the game and accept your death, or roll the dream die, a d20. Add the dream die’s result to your sum, potentially advancing to a more auspicious death—at risk of suffering a horrific death!On a 1 (d12 only), the player(s) who rolled it can choose to reroll all of their dice (and the dream die, if desired)—but they must use the new result. After the game ends, the implement loses its charge if any player rolled a 1 on their d12.

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