Magic Mirror

This large oval gold-framed mirror stands on three thick legs. The carvings at the base depict winged lion-women supporting the mirror, and the top arch of the frame is decorated with moons, from crescent, ascending to half, to full at the top center, then descending to half and to crescent again.

Magic Mirror

Wondrous Item
level 30
3,125,000 Gold

Power (Daily, 10 minutes activation time) – Standing before the mirror allows one to cast the Observe Creature ritual without having to know the ritual or expend any components.

Power (Monthly, Standard Action) – Standing before the mirror allows one to open a magic teleportation portal to the place that is being observed by the mirror’s Observe Creature power. The mirror forms one side of the portal, and a faintly glowing doorway appears at the point being observed. As long as the portal remains open it can be passed through both ways. When opening the portal, make an Arcana check to determine how long the portal remains open:

  • Arcana DC 19 or lower – 1 Round
  • Arcana DC 20-29 – 3 rounds
  • Arcana DC 30-39 – 5 rounds
  • Arcana DC 40 or higher – 10 rounds

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Oracular Statues

Before him, on an altar of jet, was the dark, gigantic statue of Thasaidon which a devil-begotten sculptor had wrought in ancient days for an evil king of Tasuun, called Pharnoc. The archdemon was depicted in the guise of a full-armored warrior, lifting a spiky mace as if in heroic battle. Long had the statue lain in the desert-sunken palace of Pharnoc, whose very site was disputed by the nomads; and Namirrha, by his divination, had found it and had reared up the infernal image to abide with him always thereafter. And often, through the mouth of the statue, Thasaidon would utter oracles to Namirrha, or would answer interrogations.
–Clark Ashton Smith

Often great works depicting the Gods or the Lords of Hell are fashioned. On occasion the beings they represent will use their likenesses to communicate with mortals. Coveted by seekers of secrets and devoted priests, these statues are kept in warded sanctums, and sometimes are warded by the gods themselves.

These statues can be used to commune with the deities or powers that they represent by the faithful. Either through long devotion or sacrifice a supplicant can attempt to receive a message from their patrons. With a sacrifice of a nature suitable to the deity and the spending of healing surges the supplicant can ask questions of the statue as though they had cast a divination ritual such as Consult Mystic Sages or Consult Oracle, according to the DM’s discretion.

If desicrated or disrespected, these statues often become the conduit of their original’s wrath. Exploding, coming to life, pronouncing curses, or blasting with lightning and fire are all forms of vengance a powerful being may visit upon defilers through a statue of this type.

As heroes rise in power such a statue could come to be in their possession, and be used by the powers to give the heroes needful information. This could even be the foundation of an entire campaign, with the players doing the bidding of a god who communicates to them from a statue secured in a holy place.


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