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Message: <blockquote data-quote="zoggynog" data-source="post: 5166239" data-attributes="member: 65861">Hey Folks! DMing 4e, Need some clarification, First, the Arcane Lock  Ritual Text:                 RITUAL: ARCANE LOCKYou bind a door so that  intruders can’t easily pass. The door is  limned with amber light, which  fades to a soft glow, marking it as  impassible to anyone other than you  and your allies.Component Cost:  25 gpMarket Price: 150 gpKey Skill: Arcana Level:  4Category: WardingTime: 10 minutesDuration:  PermanentYou lock a door, a window, a gate, a portcullis, or  some other means of  ingress. You can open the door normally, but those  who don’t have your  permission to use it find it locked.Your  Arcana check, with a +5 bonus, sets the DC for Thievery checks or   Strength checks made to open the door. When you perform the ritual,  you can allow for certain other creatures  or types of creatures to pass  through the door normally, ignoring the  ward’s effect. You can choose  any or all (or none) of the following options:Password: You can set a  verbal password. If uttered within 5 squares of  the portal, the speaker  can ignore the ward for the next minute.Individuals: You can  designate up to ten other specific individuals who  can ignore the ward  at all times.Descriptions: You can describe one or more categories  of creatures who  can ignore the ward at all times, using specific,  observable  characteristics such as species, type, size, or equipment  carried or  worn.The Arcane Lock remains until you dismiss it, the  door is destroyed, or  until the ward is defeated, such as by the Knock  ritual or a  successful Strength or Thievery check. Wherever you are, you  instantly  know if your Arcane Lock is defeated by one of these methods.First  published in <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/217367200" target="_blank">Player's  Handbook</a>.     --------------------------------------------------So, Can this be put on a personal item, like a bag, or a satchel, or a  backpack, or a jar?  I know as DM I can "allow" whatever, but I'm  looking for some insight into what is most fair.At first I didn't see any problem with allowing it on a "non-passage  way" type object, but then I read:"Wherever you are, you  instantly know if your Arcane Lock is defeated  by one of these methods (Strength or Thievery)."That seems a bit unfair to a rogue in the party who wants to redivide up  the wealth of the group and makes a good roll.  Or an NPC in the street  who is clearly more a thief than the paranoid wizard is perceptive.  Wouldn't an Arcane Lock basically be fool-proof?  Even if it's defeated,  it still alerts.On the flip side, it cost the wizard component costs, obtaining the  ritual, and the thoughtfulness to use the ritual in this manner to begin  with.Thoughts?</blockquote>

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