Grumbling to himself and visibly humbled, Igor hobbles out of the room, happy to be away from the item. He throws it gaze over his shoulder, as if afraid of the thing before shutting the door behind him...
[MENTION=51271]Voda Vosa[/MENTION] - Vermithrax [sblock=History roll]
Igor's ritual scroll was definitely necromancy, sort of sophisticated speak with dead targeted at long dead sages. Souls commanded by these rituals are usually bound to answer truthfully if they know and as such, you are quite sure Igor got at last part of answer he asked for - 'Poke' before being poked in the eye is very unlikely.
As for amulet itself, you cannot recall mention of such items in necromantic texts - you would rule out necromantic item. It did seem to react to ritual however, so item might be linked to ritual magic in some way, but Igor's ritual was definitely not right form of ritual. Perhaps some sort of divination ritual might uncover more on its nature and purpose.
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[MENTION=87106]MetaVoid[/MENTION] - Cyr [sblock=History roll]
You cannot remember seeing anything like it before. However as you focus on memories of your past lives, it starts looking familiar. Flashes of sound appear first - clash of iron, howl of monsters, detonation of blast of fire in the distance... focusing on them, you can hear ritual chanting - was it you? Or someone close to you? Perhaps one of your companions... it seems like ages ago... as memories fade, one word remains etched into your memory, most certainly ending word of ritual: Open! [/sblock]
[MENTION=24380]Neurotic[/MENTION] - Martelai [sblock=Arcana roll]
At first item looks quite mundane - pretty thing, possibly meant for lady, barely magical... you would tell it is one of generic amulets of protection. However after turning it in your hands several times, you can feel more... familiar scent of home you haven't felt for a while... yet somehow... wrong, as if there is something else there.
Turning amulet toward The Stars, you let your gaze connect toward your 'patron' through it, carefully making sure you don't gaze The Star right into its maw lest it devour your mind and soul... sense of disgust and hostility flows from the amulet as it blocks your gaze. Item is most certainly not keyed to Realms Beyond, but rather to its opposite - realms in tune with nature - Fey realms. It is powerful thing though you have trouble determining how powerful as it seems to be surrounded by shroud of protective magic stronger then anything you have seen in a while, perhaps ever. While it reflects your attempts to identify more, few things are clear:
- its magic is dormant, as if someone or something intentionally blocks its power
- it seemed to have captured tiny speck of Igor's ritual and is channeling it in some sort of gate spell - almost as if it attempts to poke open a tiny hole in planar barriers. However, Igor's ritual seems to have been very poor match for amulet's nature... perhaps something else will do much better
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[MENTION=75065]jbear[/MENTION] - Kane [sblock=examination of amulet]
Taking a look at amulet, you are fairly sure it is linked to arcane magic, not unlike magic you use. Trying another ritual definitely sounds like good idea...
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