Shadows of the Last War Question.Please help

[Nightingale 7]

Hi guys.

Our group has just finished playing through the Eberron module mentioned in the title.
Things have gone pretty well,and our group of adventurers,consisting of an elven rogue,a half-orc cleric,a halfling barbarian/ranger and a half-orc druid has just cleared Whitehearth.(yes people,a group with no humans,the best front-liner being a halfling,and both casters being half-orcs.A rare specimen indeed! )

The thing is,that when looking through the enormous amounts of loot(thank you HHH!) we found a vial of silversheen,and an essence node.Problem is,we have absolutely no idea what these items do,and neither does the DM!(I'm the half-orc druid player by the way)
In light of this problem,I thought to tap the collective knowledge pool of the nice,helpful Enworlders(yes,I'm talking about you,people! ).So,can anybody help out here,without any heavy spoilers,if at all possible?I'm only a player,but the DM's pc is trashed,so it falls to me to unveil the mystery of the items!

Thanks in advance for the replys.

 

[Len]

Silversheen is in the DMG.

Silversheen: This substance can be applied to a weapon as a standard action. It will give the weapon the properties of alchemical silver for 1 hour, replacing the properties of any other special material it might have. One vial will coat a single melee weapon or 20 units of ammunition.

I don't know what the essence node is. I think it's something specific to Eberron. I'll be playing in Eberron a couple of weeks from now, I'll let you know if I find out.

 

[Nightingale 7]

Well,that's what happens when you spend all that time reading the 3.0 DMG,and then only briefly skim the 3.5 one!

Thanks a lot for the help Len.I eagerly await your help about the essence node,but maybe we have any other takers?The only node reference I can recall,are from the Underdark supplement,but those were places of power mostly,and nothing close to item-like.

 

[Kesh]

I'm about to go shopping, but I'll check my copy of the Eberron CS later tonight.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Essence Node is from Eberron campaign setting. Attachs to a warforged. Books not handy though, so can't go further than that. I think the one we found blinded people or something.

 

[dravot]

Essence Node is from Eberron campaign setting. Attachs to a warforged. Books not handy though, so can't go further than that. I think the one we found blinded people or something.

WotC put out an errata for SotLW: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/SotLW_Errata12032004.zip

The errata replaces the essence of blinding with the essence of the scout. It's essentially a warforged amulet granting +5 to hide and move silent checks.

Info on essences can be found in ECS on page 268-269.

 

[Nightingale 7]

Thanks a lot for the info guys!
It is pretty humiliating for me,since I own both books,and pride myself on being a pretty meticulous reader/rules-lawyer.Oh well,again,thank you all for the timely response.We're off to divvy the loot now,hehehe...(rubs hands).