Lyre of Orpheon (4e Equipment)
Lyre of Orpheon[edit]
The Lyre of Orpheon is appropriate for bards in the middle of the Heroic tier and upward. The Lyre functions as a Implement (Musical instrument) with an enhancement bonus equal to one-fifth your level +1.
Lyre of Orpheon Heroic Level
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| This lyre has been crafted of the wood of a sturdy oak tree. A pattern of black and white circles has been drawn on it. |
| Enhancement: Damage rolls. |
| Properties |
| ♦ When using the Lyre as a focus for a ritual, you gain a +1 bonus to the skill check required. |
| ♦ You gain a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and Streetwise checks. |
| Power (Healing) ♦ Encounter (Minor Action) |
| One ally adjacent to you can spend a healing surge or make a save against an effect a save can end. |
Goals of the Lyre of Orpheon[edit]
- Be reunited with his long-lost love.
- Purge the world of sadness.
- Spread the worship of Corellon.
Roleplaying the Lyre of Orpheon[edit]
The Lyre was once in possession of the musician Orpheon. When his great love died, he travelled to the afterlife and asked if he could take her back to the land of the living. He played on his harp, and even the Raven Queen herself was impressed. She said: `You are allowed to take her back with you, but don't look backward, or she will remain here forever.' Orpheon took her with him, but wanted to make sure that she was walking along, and looked backward. At that moment, she faded away and he was pushed back to the regular world. He spent his remaining years in sadness, and when he died, his soul became one with his lyre. He now travels from owner to owner, seeking to let no-one experience such sadness as he had. The lyre communicates with his owner in the form of sad, happy or other music, that can only be heard by its owner.
Concordance[edit]
The lyre can be found in every place where music can be heard, lying on the ground. If the person who lifts the lyre of the ground is a bard, this person will learn its name and nature, and the lyre will help him and accompany him or her on his or her quest. If this person is not a bard, the lyre will do nothing, and wait for a worthy person to pick it up.
| Starting Score | 5 |
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| Owner gains a level | +1d6 |
| Owner worships Corellon | +2 |
| Owner uses the lyre as arcane implement or ritual focus (maximum 1/encounter) | +1 |
| Owner completes a quest | +2 |
| Owner or ally kills a worshipper of Corellon | -2 |
| Owner uses another musical instrument as an arcane implement or ritual focus (maximum 1/encounter) | -2 |
Pleased (16-20)[edit]
"I and the lyre will destroy sadness"
The lyre is very pleased with its owner, and together, they travel the world. Everywhere they go, they are seen as the great Orpheon returned from the dead and his lute.
| Property: The bonus to checks for rituals increases to +3. |
| Property: The bonus to Diplomacy and Streetwise checks increases to +5. |
| Property: Allies adjacent to you get a +2 bonus to Diplomacy checks. |
Satisfied (12-15)[edit]
"The lyre is helping me, and I help the lyre"
The lyre trusts its owner, but still wonders if this person is worthy enough to gain all of his powers.
| Property: The bonus to Diplomacy and Streetwise checks increases to +3 |
| Property: The bonus to checks for rituals increases to +2. |
Normal (5-11)[edit]
"I know what to do"
The lyre is wondering if it should give more of its powers to its owner, and wants to see more before it decides what to do.
Unsatisfied (1-4)[edit]
"I think that I have done something wrong"
The lyre is not content with its owner. It does not believe that it will accomplish its goals with this owner, and will soon move on. However, the owner gets one more chance to use the lyre.
| Property: The owner loses the bonus to checks for rituals. |
| Property: The bonus to Diplomacy and Streetwise checks drops to +1. |
| Property: The enchantment bonus of the lyre drops to 1, no matter which level the owner is. |
Angered (0 or lower)[edit]
"I don't think the lyre will remain in my possession for long."
At this point the owner of the lyre is hearing terrible music all the time. The lyre is angry to have met such a bad bard and can move on at each moment.
| Property: The owner of the lyre takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls. |
| Property: The owner loses all bonuses granted by the lyre, except for the enhancement bonus. |
Moving On[edit]
"The lyre must move on to accomplish its goals"
When the lyre thinks that it should move on, it raises high in the sky and disappears in a orb of light. if the lyre is Satisfied or better, the owner gains a permanent +1 bonus to Diplomacy and Streetwise checks.
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