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Magical Tools

Pen of the Art

The Pen of the Art is fine tool used by magician to inscribe their secrets upon parchment or hide, or in the aether itself in more esoteric circumstances. It is not used to write love notes to succubi or scribe monographs, even to the most esteemed circles of sorcerous academia. The shaft of the pen should be made of ash or hazel, cut while both moons are visible in the sky. Some say the feather should be plucked from a pregnant crow, but true sorcerers know this is a blind. The feather is purely ornamental, but the nib must be of bronze. The whole item, once complete, should be consecrated in rat’s blood with an invocation of Hielil, Chlendi Spirit of the Word.

Resevoirs

Resevoirs are charged items used to store magickal energy. Commom forms include:

• Glyphs - inscribed in portable items or on meaningful locales (such as carven pentacles)
• Shrines - non-portable - offerings left may eventually charge the area. Many shrines are often built in proximity of ley lines.
• Magical tools - items that have a function to the practitioner in addition to reservoir capacity. Many items obtain a magical charge through years of ritual use.
• Eyes - Chlendi Tradition - Often the eyes of practitioners or magical creatures, they are preserved then enchanted for storage.

Foci

Items used to focus existing magical energy, increasing the power/effect/success rate of rituals and spells.

• Foci are often indistinguishable from magical tools or reservoirs.
• Exist as general, or specific to a particular arcane knowledge, cyraptii, magical tradition, or even individual rites.