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<blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 7818803" data-attributes="member: 10778"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Ghost Table</span></strong></p><p><em>This device is sometimes seen in the possession of a fortune teller or seer. Along with </em>crystal balls, <em>these magical devices are the mainstay of the seer profession. Most often made by clerical liches and found in their lair, </em>ghost tables<em> offer essentially a free </em>commune<em> with their god (Nethrancor) once a week.</em></p><p>This is a small wooden table (about a 3-foot cube) with an ornately carved top. The carvings are a raised design of two teardrop-shaped swirls forming a circle; one swirl inset with ebony, one swirl inset with ivory. Touching the ebony swirl and saying the command word activates the power of <em>speak with dead</em> usable once per day. Touching the ivory swirl and saying the command word activates the power of <em>contact other plane</em>, usable once per one to five weeks.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Ghost Table</span></strong> <strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Abilities</span></strong></p><p>Moderate Divination and Necromancy - <em>speak with dead</em> 1/day, <em>contact other plane</em> once per 1 to 5 weeks*. The table operates at 12th level for either spell effect (allowing up to 6 questions). Either ability requires concentration for 1 round per question. Both effects use the owner’s voice to answer the questions.</p><p></p><p>For <em>Speak with Dead</em>, the answers come from the closest corpse* within 30 feet, or; if no corpse is nearby, a random ghost (on the ethereal) is the target. Such a ghost will take one minute to locate and encounter the owner.</p><p>*Corpses that were formerly non-intelligent are ignored by this effect. </p><p></p><p>For <em>Contact Other Plane</em> the answers also use the wielder's voice but come from some more powerful entity. The time until the wielder can use <em>Contact Other Plane</em> again is exactly the same as the duration of Intelligence and Charisma loss (whether the wielder fails the save or not), unless the wielder contacts Nethrancor (which is always only a 1 week wait until this function can be used again). Furthermore, contacting Nethrancor with this ability has no chance of Intelligence and Charisma loss.</p><p></p><p><strong>Location: </strong>within 5 miles of an Infernal Cesspool with an open gate to Nethrancor (<em>gate </em>spell or a very old Infernal Cesspool)</p><p><strong>Time:</strong> The Witching Hour</p><p><strong>Requirements:</strong> Craft Wonderous Item, a jasper altar prepared with <em>unhallow</em>, one sacrificial victim, 17 chanters, an appropriate amount of ghost oak wood, an appropriate amount of ebony and ivory, a woodworker or carpenter, a woodcarver or sculptor (and their tools),<em> speak with dead</em> and <em>commune </em>or <em>contact other plane</em>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The Ritual: </strong>The table must be made of ghost oak (size of intended owner determines amount of ghost oak wood needed: Medium-25 lbs., Large-50 lbs., Huge 100 lbs., and the amount of ivory and ebony needed: Medium-3 lbs. of each, Large-5 lbs. of each, Huge-10 lbs. of each) and the crafting must take place within 5 miles of an Infernal Cesspool. Crafting the table requires a Craft (woodworking, or carpentry) check DC 15 and 8 hours of time; then a further 8 hours and a Craft (woodcarving or sculpting) check DC 15 to inset the ebony and ivory. The only requirement of the ritual, besides the chanters, is a sacrifice of an intelligent creature at the start of the crafting to fuel the magic; means of death is unimportant.</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Each failed craft check adds 8 hours to the construction time as pieces have to be adjusted (<em>i.e. </em>carving, planing, <em>etc</em>.) to fit.</p><p></p><p><strong>Caster Level:</strong> 12; Craft Wondrous Item, <em>commune</em> or<em> contact other plane</em> and <em>speak with dead</em>;</p><p><strong>Price:</strong> 70,000 gp; <strong>Weight:</strong> (Medium user) 25 lbs; (Large user) 50 lbs; (Huge user) 100 lbs.</p><p><strong>Special:</strong> Using <em>Contact Other Plane</em> to ask questions of a powerful creature has all the alignment components of the creature contacted (<em>i.e.</em> if Nethrancor is contacted, the spell effect is Lawful and Evil).</p><p></p><p>Ghost Oaks only grow in unconsecrated graveyards, near mass graves, or around the edges of an Infernal Cesspool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElectricDragon, post: 7818803, member: 10778"] [B][SIZE=6]Ghost Table[/SIZE][/B] [I]This device is sometimes seen in the possession of a fortune teller or seer. Along with [/I]crystal balls, [I]these magical devices are the mainstay of the seer profession. Most often made by clerical liches and found in their lair, [/I]ghost tables[I] offer essentially a free [/I]commune[I] with their god (Nethrancor) once a week.[/I] This is a small wooden table (about a 3-foot cube) with an ornately carved top. The carvings are a raised design of two teardrop-shaped swirls forming a circle; one swirl inset with ebony, one swirl inset with ivory. Touching the ebony swirl and saying the command word activates the power of [I]speak with dead[/I] usable once per day. Touching the ivory swirl and saying the command word activates the power of [I]contact other plane[/I], usable once per one to five weeks. [B][SIZE=4]Ghost Table[/SIZE][/B] [B][SIZE=4]Abilities[/SIZE][/B] Moderate Divination and Necromancy - [I]speak with dead[/I] 1/day, [I]contact other plane[/I] once per 1 to 5 weeks*. The table operates at 12th level for either spell effect (allowing up to 6 questions). Either ability requires concentration for 1 round per question. Both effects use the owner’s voice to answer the questions. For [I]Speak with Dead[/I], the answers come from the closest corpse* within 30 feet, or; if no corpse is nearby, a random ghost (on the ethereal) is the target. Such a ghost will take one minute to locate and encounter the owner. *Corpses that were formerly non-intelligent are ignored by this effect. For [I]Contact Other Plane[/I] the answers also use the wielder's voice but come from some more powerful entity. The time until the wielder can use [I]Contact Other Plane[/I] again is exactly the same as the duration of Intelligence and Charisma loss (whether the wielder fails the save or not), unless the wielder contacts Nethrancor (which is always only a 1 week wait until this function can be used again). Furthermore, contacting Nethrancor with this ability has no chance of Intelligence and Charisma loss. [B]Location: [/B]within 5 miles of an Infernal Cesspool with an open gate to Nethrancor ([I]gate [/I]spell or a very old Infernal Cesspool) [B]Time:[/B] The Witching Hour [B]Requirements:[/B] Craft Wonderous Item, a jasper altar prepared with [I]unhallow[/I], one sacrificial victim, 17 chanters, an appropriate amount of ghost oak wood, an appropriate amount of ebony and ivory, a woodworker or carpenter, a woodcarver or sculptor (and their tools),[I] speak with dead[/I] and [I]commune [/I]or [I]contact other plane[/I]. [B] The Ritual: [/B]The table must be made of ghost oak (size of intended owner determines amount of ghost oak wood needed: Medium-25 lbs., Large-50 lbs., Huge 100 lbs., and the amount of ivory and ebony needed: Medium-3 lbs. of each, Large-5 lbs. of each, Huge-10 lbs. of each) and the crafting must take place within 5 miles of an Infernal Cesspool. Crafting the table requires a Craft (woodworking, or carpentry) check DC 15 and 8 hours of time; then a further 8 hours and a Craft (woodcarving or sculpting) check DC 15 to inset the ebony and ivory. The only requirement of the ritual, besides the chanters, is a sacrifice of an intelligent creature at the start of the crafting to fuel the magic; means of death is unimportant. [B]Note:[/B] Each failed craft check adds 8 hours to the construction time as pieces have to be adjusted ([I]i.e. [/I]carving, planing, [I]etc[/I].) to fit. [B]Caster Level:[/B] 12; Craft Wondrous Item, [I]commune[/I] or[I] contact other plane[/I] and [I]speak with dead[/I]; [B]Price:[/B] 70,000 gp; [B]Weight:[/B] (Medium user) 25 lbs; (Large user) 50 lbs; (Huge user) 100 lbs. [B]Special:[/B] Using [I]Contact Other Plane[/I] to ask questions of a powerful creature has all the alignment components of the creature contacted ([I]i.e.[/I] if Nethrancor is contacted, the spell effect is Lawful and Evil). Ghost Oaks only grow in unconsecrated graveyards, near mass graves, or around the edges of an Infernal Cesspool. [/QUOTE]
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