Finder's Compass

Collectors are never swayed by an impossible to find artifact. Nothing will stand between them and their quarry be it a cliff, an ocean, or an enemy. Finder's Compasses are a bit of unique Magitech and most would frown upon its creation as Magic and Technology are two opposing forces. Each is unique, but each has the common quality that it helps them through anything.

A Soution to Every Problem

A Finder's Compass comes loaded with at least 5 standard features. There is always room for improvements and many wielders spend their entire lives improving the design. More features will be discovered as you use this item.

The User Manual

The compass comes with 3 passive and 2 active effects. Passive effects are always in use while the Active features must be triggered.

Passive Effects

  • True North - The compass naturally points North and cannot be affected by spells that would try to change its direction.

  • Encompassing Aura - The compass can affect any object or creature it is in contact with. This means it can be affixed to a cart and the cart as well as those within it are affected as well. Up to 4 people can touch the object and be affected as well. If more than 2 people try to touch the compass at the same time their movement speed is reduced to 5ft and they have disadvantage on Dex saves, they also cannot attack with a two-handed weapon and have disadvantage.

  • Engraved Spells - The compass is always tuned to one of the following spells. The spell can be changed with a 10 minute ritual.

    • Water Breathing
    • Spider Climb
    • Darkvision
    • Endure Elements*

Endure Elements - A creature protected by endure elements suffers no harm from being in a hot or cold environment. It can exist comfortably in conditions between -50 and 140 degrees Fahrenheit without having to make saves. The creature’s equipment is likewise protected.

Endure elements doesn’t provide any protection from fire or cold damage, nor does it protect against other environmental hazards such as smoke, lack of air, and so forth.

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Active Effects

  • Heart's Desire - By focusing on what you want to find you can force the compass to point to where it is instead of pointing north. The compass will point to the path you should take to get to it. It takes 1 minute to focus enough to active this ability and once you do it functions like a concentration spell for 1 hour. You may use your Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom or Charisma as your ability for concentration checks.
  • Return Home - You may tie a single location to this compass that it can teleport to. This only effects yourself and can only be used once per week. After it is used the compass function as a normal compass until the week has passed. Attuning it to a new location requires a 1 hour ritual.