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<blockquote data-quote="Telperion" data-source="post: 1396567" data-attributes="member: 15711">Okay, here's my suggestion: create a pair of magical items, which don't function if they aren't activated by a command word on consecutive rounds while worn by the same person. Once the activation is done properly one item can command the other item to send non-stop visual imagery from the other's location. It only works one way though, and that's why the items should look a little different. You can also add a small amount of icing on top, just to make those magic items a little bit more attractive. The characters will notice that there are two auras, but probably won't succeed in activating the rings in a proper way for a good long time. If this isn't too powerful, then I would go with two rings. You keep one on both of the BBEG's hands, and if anyone checks them with Detect Magic then they emit a moderately strong aura of Divination + of course the other aura as well. For that little bit of interest I would duplicate the effect of a Ring of Protection +X for one, and Ring of Sustenance for the other one. For a spell casting BBEG these are actually fairly good options, as you can most likely see, so it doesn't even seem unreasonable that he might have added these secondary effects (that are always active) once he finished with the linked Arcane Eye effect.EDIT: of course if one of the character's can cast Identify then this won't work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Telperion, post: 1396567, member: 15711"] Okay, here's my suggestion: create a pair of magical items, which don't function if they aren't activated by a command word on consecutive rounds while worn by the same person. Once the activation is done properly one item can command the other item to send non-stop visual imagery from the other's location. It only works one way though, and that's why the items should look a little different. You can also add a small amount of icing on top, just to make those magic items a little bit more attractive. The characters will notice that there are two auras, but probably won't succeed in activating the rings in a proper way for a good long time. If this isn't too powerful, then I would go with two rings. You keep one on both of the BBEG's hands, and if anyone checks them with [I]Detect Magic[/I] then they emit a moderately strong aura of Divination + of course the other aura as well. For that little bit of interest I would duplicate the effect of a [I]Ring of Protection +X[/I] for one, and [I]Ring of Sustenance[/I] for the other one. For a spell casting BBEG these are actually fairly good options, as you can most likely see, so it doesn't even seem unreasonable that he might have added these secondary effects (that are always active) once he finished with the linked [I]Arcane Eye[/I] effect. EDIT: of course if one of the character's can cast [I]Identify[/I] then this won't work. [/QUOTE]

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