Pen of Stars (5e Equipment)
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Wand, rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster) This pen is made of rowan or elder wood, with a tracery of mithril that forms a nib at the base. The nib adapts to the scribe's needs, and changes shape to suit the work being done. All text written with it looks like starlight, which makes it easy to read in low light or darkness, but difficult in bright light. This wand has 9 charges. While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast the glyph of warding spell (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the 3rd level version of the spell. You can increase the spell slot level by one for each additional charge you expend. The pen can also be used to reduce the cost of scribing spells into a spellbook, reducing the price by half per page. This expends 1 charge per page. (At the DM's discretion, this can also affect the cost of scribing spell scrolls.) The final use of the pen is that as long as it has at least 1 charge remaining, it has an endless supply of ink for mundane text. The wand regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges when the first star is visible. If no stars can be seen all night, it only recovers 2 charges. If kept in a location where stars are visible more often, it can recover charges every 12 hours. If you expend the last charge, roll a d20. On a 5 or less, the wand loses 1 maximum charge until it is cleaned, a process that costs 500 gp. If there were 2 or more maximum charges drained, the wand loses 1 permanently. When the pen has no maximum charges it sublimates into starlight. |
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