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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terath Ninir" data-source="post: 1992633" data-attributes="member: 47">Actually, the image on the shroud is a photo negative.  Since it's *at least* 700 years old, no one knew what a photo negative is and never would have painted it that way.  Not to mention that the image has conclusively been proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, to NOT be paint.The most likely theory is that the shroud was laid flat.  A heated metal statue, most likely bronze, was set down on the shroud, which was then folded over on it.  The negative image was then created by scorch marks from the statue.There are numerous holes in this theory.  What happened to the solid metal statue afterwards?  Why would anyone keep the shroud afterwards, when it gave a kind of faint negative image?  Why would anyone go to all this trouble for a fake?As an adventure idea, one could use the "standard paranormal" explanation: it is radiation from the body of some being, be it celestial or infernal.  In a D&D world, that radiation would be magical in origin, of course.  The shroud would then be imbued with magic tied to whatever Outsider was covered with the shroud.  The properties of the shroud could be tied to the nature of the Outsider in question.If you want to get funky, you could have the item actually *be* a shroud -- the "Shroud" of Turin is actually just a long piece of cloth and was not placed on a body like a shroud -- that gives its powers only when worn like a shroud.  Include some undead in your campaign that are in shrouds, get the PCs this item, and watch the good clerics and the paladins go after them!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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