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Old 01-22-2014, 05:04 AM   #25
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Default Re: Treasure from the Sheikh of the Grinning Skull Oasis

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OK, here's a few more:
Very good.

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Despoiling Bean:
Unquestionably something Abu Jafar would make using his Herbalism and Quick and Dirty enchantment.

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Sand Shaper:
Do you imagine that it is something they found in old ruins, stole through raiding or something constructed by Al-Warrakh or Abu Jafar?

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Desert Striders:
Sounds like a useful scouting item and well within Al-Warrakh's scope to enchant.

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Carrion Maw: An enormous skull, probably giantish, which has been worked into an goblet/cauldron.
This sounds like Abu Jafar's work. The nearby giants are mostly stone giants, but I presume that they have blood within their matted stone skins.

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Razorthrift: A light scimitar, matte black everywhere but its gleaming edge (which glints even in perfect darkness). Any attack which would cripple the target instead automatically dismembers the relevant body part - a solid hit to any extremity separates it cleanly. On the plus side (for the diminished victim), such wounds bleed very little. Season with damage and holdout bonuses to taste.
It's very cool, but I've described the weapons carried by the Sheikh, his bodyguards and several of the lieutenants.

It could be Abu Jafar's sword, but he's not all that good with a sword any longer.* Of course, it could be Al-Warrakh's blade. He was a fine swordsman, even if he didn't get to draw a sword in the battle.

*While he may once have been a tall and handsome man, his body is now twisted and torn from some unimaginable torture.

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Heart of the Lion: This desiccated heart of a desert lion allows the user to track prey across even the featureless sand. [...] If it is possible to give up a hunt before killing the target it's not clear how this would be accomplished - the heart can track one thing at a time.
Unless it's an artifact created by more powerful beings than Abu Jafar, there probably ought to be a way to cause the heart to lose its attunement. If nothing else, a Dispel effect that temporarily suppresses its magic would probably return it to inactive form.

If it was made by a dark genie, demonic power or some unholy servant of a wicked deity, however, that doesn't necessarily apply. In that case, it would be able to 'see' through all known illusions, scryguard, scryfool and similar spells.
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