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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 6478562" data-attributes="member: 52734">Must it be something evil?&nbsp; To turn this on its head, it could be something good, sealed away from an evil entity that has been in pursuit of the creature or item.&nbsp; The undead and other negative effects have been the residual power of an evil entity driving away competition and raising minions to locate and retrieve the object while its primary attentions are focused elsewhere.At the very least, if you are considering Ravenloft ...[sblock]It's an artifact powered by an onyx gem.&nbsp; The gem Strahd is looking for as one of the &quot;Fortunes of Ravenloft&quot;.&nbsp; [/sblock]Perhaps it is the Black Tear of the Raven Queen - a solidified&nbsp; tear shed by the goddess of death when she was forced to take the life&nbsp; of a lover.&nbsp; It has a side effect of raising the nearby dead into a&nbsp; semblance of life (Thus why the miners pretend to go about their daily&nbsp; lives), but gives no control over said undead.&nbsp; It's true powers invoke&nbsp; healing and can prevent an individual touched by the stone from dying&nbsp; (as per Spare the Dying).&nbsp; It has a major power that once per&nbsp; owner (or up to 3 times if you're generous) to revive a recently&nbsp; deceased individual.&nbsp; It's final power is if someone has the skill to&nbsp; replace their heart with the stone, it grants them a form of immortality&nbsp; - which is what the bad guy wants it for.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 6478562, member: 52734"] [I]Must[/I] it be something evil? To turn this on its head, it could be something good, sealed away from an evil entity that has been in pursuit of the creature or item. The undead and other negative effects have been the residual power of an evil entity driving away competition and raising minions to locate and retrieve the object while its primary attentions are focused elsewhere. At the very least, if you are considering Ravenloft ... [sblock] It's an artifact powered by an onyx gem. The gem Strahd is looking for as one of the "Fortunes of Ravenloft". [/sblock] Perhaps it is the [I]Black Tear of the Raven Queen[/I] - a solidified tear shed by the goddess of death when she was forced to take the life of a lover. It has a side effect of raising the nearby dead into a semblance of life (Thus why the miners pretend to go about their daily lives), but gives no control over said undead. It's true powers invoke healing and can prevent an individual touched by the stone from dying (as per [I]Spare the Dying[/I]). It has a major power that once per owner (or up to 3 times if you're generous) to revive a recently deceased individual. It's final power is if someone has the skill to replace their heart with the stone, it grants them a form of immortality - which is what the bad guy wants it for. [/QUOTE]

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