Scepter of the Mists (Artifact) - Magical Item - D20 Supplemental
Scepter of the Mists (Artifact)
Caster Level: --
Prerequisites: --
Market Price: Priceless
Weight: 5 pounds
The scepter of the Mists is an item of incredible power. It grants its possessor the ability to call upon the power of the mists to do a number of different things.
Three times per day, it can summon forth creatures under the control of the Scepter holder just as the sorcerer/wizard spell Summon Monster V.
Three times per day, the wielder of the scepter may call upon the mists to move him or any living target to any domain within the Domains of Dread. If targeting a creature other than himself, that creature is sent to a random domain.
The wielder can create an armor of mists at will and supplement this with a shield of mists. These function as the sorcerer/wizard spells Mage Armor and Shield, but with unlimited duration, so long as the wielder holds the scepter.
Once per week, the wielder may have the mists return a soul to a body dead no longer than one week just as the cleric spell Raise Dead.
The scepter also grants the wielder a stronger hide, making him much harder to harm (damage reduction 10/+2) and resistant to spells (SR 25).
There is however a drawback to the powers of the scepter, the wielder is immediately, irrevocably, and completely corrupted from the very first use of the scepter (becomes Neutral Evil). If the wielder is unable to hold the scepter for longer than three days, then the wielder dies.
(Originally published on Halfling.org apx 2002 - Phillip “HowToPhil” Rhoades)