Places in Limbo: The Universal Encyclopedia (D&D/Planescape)

THE UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
All things are retained in the Universal Encyclopedia. The Encyclopedia looks like a tower of arches on a spiraling, ramped pathway. It is on every plane and there are many ways in, but the primary entrance is on Limbo, in the Funeral of Logos, amid plains of failing words that burrow into the skin like rot grubs and burst novel and useless vocabularies from your corpse, whose moldy paper hills and drab watercolor trees are stalked by bands of thought thieves and of course, the Jabberwocky.

The Encyclopedia is a bit like a pin piercing the planes, and like the proverbial pin, is nearly impossible to find until you step on it. 

Inside, it's stacks and shelves and cages and cases. Marble floors, columns, walls. Water runs down (sometimes up) most walls in sheets from somewhere far above (theory: it's coming from "Dam, Broken" or maybe its "Lake" or "Ocean"). There are endless rooms and cubbies and reading nooks, stairs up and down. If there is top or bottom, it hasn't been sounded.

The use of fire and lanterns is strictly prohibited and the halls are unlit but for the holding cages, whose lights blink and fluid glows softly (treat as a candle).

There are books but also scrolls and tablets and nearly every other media on which words may be printed. Some writing has been transcribed from older texts into newer media - there are, for example, holographic lexicons of Sumerian cuneiform - and other clever or desperate or capricious lexographers have recorded languages not yet spoken in places not yet made on scrimshaws. There are animals in cages and animals roaming about and everywhere is cluttered with the trophies of Nimrod's glory days (strange animals, stuffed). Every kind of thing is there, literally (people that lived, people that will live all of them sleeping on all planes and in all ways, unable to wake or do anything while in the Encyclopedia), everything but magic.

Accordingly there aren't spell books here, because magic is selfish and secretive and not a part of anything/something else entirely. Wizards could still probably find spell books because Wizard's minds are a mess.

Everything is cataloged, but Nimrod (the guard/docent/custodian) can't remember where the catalog is (it is, of course, under "C").

GOD LOCUS
The Universal Encyclopedia ("Oh, Ark of Knowledge, Oh Sum of Forms") is worshiped by academic-clerics, priest-librarians and mathologizers and idolized by knowledge pornographers. Worship grants clerics either Knowledge or Trickery Domains. 

DIEGITIC LICH
Entries in the Universal Encyclopedia are diegetic lichs: their form may be carried out (borrowed) but their essential substance remains in the Encyclopedia. Destruction of an Entry requires destruction of the idea/substance of the Entry.

Destroying anything in the Encyclopedia removes it from all existence everywhere for all time until someone else invents it again. Destroying things like hunger and hatred and evil never do much as we just immediately re-invent them. Pacifist-terrorists, Chaos Catholics, revolutionaries, and other persons and peoples intent on reality schism still try, from time to time, and their corpses litter the hills of Limbo.

Cleaver terrorists will hire saboteurs to destroy apex predators or a single person in an attempt to destabilize ecosystems or powers.

There are, of course, a great many things in the Encyclopedia that destroy ideas/substances either purposefully or as a byproduct - fascist logic engines, parasites that devour ideas using language or other ideas or art as vectors, a machine that makes new things by crushing up old things completely and entirely. 

BORROWING
When attempting to carry an Entry out of the Encyclopedia, the borrower finds themselves drawn inevitably to the exit guarded by the Encyclopedia's guard: Nimrod. The exact mechanism is any mechanism that works, usually through a kind of suggestion  or mass illusion or, if those fail, the Encyclopedia just shuffles its page-floors so you wind up at Nimrod's exit.

The rule of the Encyclopedia, as is clearly stated in all languages on the walls, column, floors and molecules in the primary entrance/exit hall and, for the ease of the visitor, in all possible sizes, colors and spectrum as well as in thoughts, ideas, songs and images, require three things for the borrowing of an item:

1. a deity's permission
2. an item of equal value (meaning: you have to create a new idea or a new kind of thing of equal value [according to Nimrod] to be able to take the thing you want with you)
3. one must not acknowledge in any way the thing one is borrowing (cannot speak to, cannot look back at) while still on Limbo

(there used to be two rules but Limbo didn't like people taking potshots with just-borrowed cross-planar mortars or releasing loaned planar mites into its flesh, so it poked through truth and fact and added a third rule)

IT ROTS AND THESE HALLS ARE FULL OF DUST
Time passes and entropy reigns and the lich fails and an Entry must be restored by its substance. Husks of Entries, empty book-forms like brittle chrysalis crunch underfoot and the leathery shed skin and rotten guts of the animals and people lay at the feet at the Entry's current incarnation.

Dust reaches the waist in places, often at least the ankle. At its deepest, the dust has formed sediment and even ossified into rocks.

These leavings, being the ruined diegesis of a pure form, are a sort of incomplete, nearly universal language, the near total expression of all forms. 

DUST OF TONGUES
per snort, 30% chance its useful, 70% chance its obscure words or conjugations of irregular verbs or morphemes and phonemes fallen out of use or illogical combinations of idea-flesh-sound, and DC 20 Wis Save or spend an hour vomiting words from your own language (you're disadvantaged while communicating for the remainder of the session)

SLUDGE OF TONGUES
may be smeared onto a text to make it legible in your language (this literally changes the language and can deform the original meaning and may ruin magical texts (10% chance per level of magic as well as relative complexity). Can be used on the tongue or dropped on the eye to have the same effect as the Dust of Tongues (DC 25 Wis save required, however). Used by certain torturers, spies and demons to concoct Gabber (see below).

ROCK OF TONGUES
May be used as an ebenezer/arcane focus for casters. Can be crushed to have the same effect as the Dust of Tongues. Swallowing a fist-sized rock causes one to be proficient in any language relatively common language and have advantage when trying to read or communicate in an obscure or dead or magical one and when making any History or Arcana check. After eight hours, a massive headache (exhaustion level 1) and disadvantaged when communicating for the remainder of the session (at least).

Gabber (DC 15/20 Con Save poison)
Weak Gabber forces the user to speak without stop for d4 days. There is an attending risk of starvation and dehydration, and, as the victim cannot sleep, exhaustion is guaranteed. The victim has control over what they say, however.

Stronger, lethal Gabber makes speaking sublimates all bodily functions to speaking. Everything will try to communicate meaning, hands signing, toes pointing. Death is usually cause by asphyxiation - speaking without trying to breather, the victim gasps like a fish suffocating.

OTHER ITEMS AND MONSTERSThe Voice of Nimrod
A recurve bow 5' tall, unstrung and snapped in half, requiring attunement, STR 12 to use. Any arrow shot from this bow strikes to the truth in addition to whatever other damage or effect it causes. The first blow, dispelling any one illusion (DC 30 dispel), the second any one lie (DC 25 command to not not lie) and the third any planar distortion (displacement/phasing/brings ethereal and astral beings into this plane, gives flesh to the incorporeal).

to repair:  the gut of librarian-wyrm unkilled (ancient dragon) to re-string and a set of tools from a divine bowyer and a dwarven smith to repair its delicate mechanisms and rune-filigrees. 

The Foot of Nimrod
Tarnished, now used as a bed, once a grand sky-steel chariot. Once hitched, moves at great speed for twice as long without tiring mounts, can be used to fly at the same speed (which will freak out terrestrial mounts) but is built for a being greater than you (at disadvantage until attuned and without STR 18). 

The Night Crown
An Assyrian-style crown looking like a pale gold cylindrical tower. The first crown worn by a mortal, composed of the night sky, a moon and several stars. Inherently magical, an ancient symbol of status and respect in all outer planar courts. Extremely cold. 

Gorm & Glot
There is a guard dog in the Encyclopedia (the Gorm) and a parasite eating its diegetic lichs like a bookworm (the Glot). The Gorm is never around because it's chasing the Glot. Both will try to recruit help if anyone looks able.

More on them later.

attribution: Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Bad Evangelists, a magic item, a Hex/Hex layout

There are three parts to this post as I continue to work through my hex-y 5e thing. 1 is a how I'm doing hex keying. Thoughts very much welcome. The second is an item, which is how I'm seeing a lot of smaller, random magic items work out (in my head, at this point). The last is more on the Evangelists of Torment.

A LOCATION/HEX LAYOUTS
The general format is intended to leave space on the left for notes or to refer to other locations (a la Carcosa) and the space on the left delineates when something is available. Entries in the same row, separated by a semi colon are usually something more specific or a different visual "beat" in the description. The options thus far for the conditional/right hand column are:

always   is whatever is evidently here when you're just passing through

careful   is stuff happens when the players spend time carefully poking around

time       is stuff that happens only at a certain time (first time here, night, day being the three                      I've used thus far)

DC X     being a gate behind which things are put. Rolled stat/skill is determined by context.


Here is an actual example:

005	former farm house, mostly just its stone walls and floor and rotten ceiling boards and walls; the grass thins and reaches the knees rather than shoulder in large rectangular spaces around the house	always
	child’s voice singing backwards under the flagstones	at night
	the flagstones don’t sit quite evenly (under is the dolorous poppet)	DC 15

AN ITEM
the dolorous poppet. a child’s doll stuffed with soft blond hair and little teeth. an arcane focus granting advantage 1/session on any check relating to infernals or deep places or far places.

EVANGELISTS
I posted the Evangelist of Torment 5e stat block at the bottom of this post. Something in between dragon and deity. I think I need to up their CR a bit and maybe give them a recharge power. Part of the below is for figuring out who is around when you com calling the first time and part of this is for clerics.

THE NAMES OF THE EVANGELISTS

roll d6+1 to determine the number of Evangelists

roll d10s that number of times to determine which Evangelists. Multiple rolls indicate a greater presence.

roll d6 to determine which nest is where. if there is increased presence, they are currently in residence at more than one nest/palace (roll again).

/1/	Mag
as a bird	a snub, jagged beak, slightly erratic from parasites in its inner ear that occasionally peek out and tries to tell it what to do.
as a humanoid	an old woman of crooked aspect and prodigious hair under which she hides her clawed feet. Often talks to her parasites
desires	the fingers of painters or doctors, the beak of Lugh to wear over its own
hates	Kutkh, anyone asking too many questions, anyone disturbing its near-constant naps
/2/	Indra
as a bird	its body crackles with bolts of energy, like storms beneath its feathers
as a humanoid	drunk, occasionally gripped by paralytic spasms, winged, bloody-mouthed
desires	to drink, to fight until no one sober is left living and everyone living is dying of drink
hates	Mag, Lugh, Huginn, the sun, seriousness, questions
/3/	Na’Satja
as a bird	vicious, scabby-eyed, beak split down the middle, opens as normal or along split
as a humanoid	one head bearing two faces that speak simultaneously (only one is audible at a time, the other speaks thoughts. Na’Satja has no thoughts other than when it speaks)
desires	the tongues of lawyers and bureaucrats, the brains of scientists and philosophers, the moon hiding behind our moon
hates	books, maps, paintings and other records, science, philosophy, civilization, Indra
/4/	Naunghaithya
as a bird	all 343 of its eyes have been bound or pierced or spiked with an inscribed silver pin
as a humanoid	arthritic, swollen hands and knees, blind-looking eyes (that see just fine)
desires	the wealth of kings and merchants, the simplicity of beggars
hates	everyone and thing
/5/	Verethreghana
as a bird	three-headed, razor-sharp feathers slice whatever they touch, leaving cuneiform behind
as a humanoid	monstrously proportioned sex organs, pregnant, decked in an infinity of weapons
desires	endless destruction, endless birth
hates	Lugh, celibates, opposition
/6/	Sauru
as a bird	emaciated, its claws are black, wrought iron
as a humanoid	robed in feathers growing from it, magisterial, crowned in human bone, scepter is a smooth, slim arm
desires	everything is to be taxed (breath, dreams, thoughts, battles, births, deaths, names)
hates	justice, kindness to the poor, order, safety, comfort
/7/	Huginn
as a bird	leaves ink stains where it rests, appears as one bird or several or your mother or a king
as a humanoid	wears a crimson silk blindfold, ink-stained fingers, trails catalog cards and charts, writes using a brush of eyelashes
desires	the cessation of time until it has caught up
hates	time, fiction, imagination, sleep
/8/	Lugh
as a bird	flaming with negative light, clattering with bones
as a humanoid	gigantic, wreathed in a halo of black flame, armed with a spear and a clawed right hand, wears bodies from hooks around its waist like scalps
desires	order, power, the humiliation of others, empire
hates	weakness, Sauru, opposition
/9/	Kutkh
as a bird	body laced with torcs and it’s wings tingle from chimes of bronze and steel
as a humanoid	wind-burned, rugged, moustachioed or bearded or wild-haired, always with a black horse and a white horse and sword that always drips blood, usually at the head of a multitude
desires	conquest, the spread of its seed regardless of the subjects willingness or capacity
hates	everything not of its host
/10/	It Shits In the Water
as a bird	as any other, also appears as a black monkey or grinning, pregnant dog
as a humanoid	usually a young man or woman with a bulging sack or pack, always grinning
desires	to finish telling the joke that ends the world, to make the world again
hates	serious things like anything that isn’t strictly animal, including civilization, language, and the other Evangelists

attributions: Lucas/Richard Windsor, Wilfried Satty

Q&A 1 Inventory, Encumbrance

This is the first one of these that I've done and it may be disastrously unsuccessful... The idea is I ask a question and try to get as many answers/discussions as possible from as wide a spectrum as I can. 

Question 1: Why is it that encumbrances and inventory management can be such an interesting element of tabletop roleplaying games and it's generally such a non-meaningful element of video (RP)games?

Like, this has meant a lot of fun and anxiety around the table:

And this has mostly meant I need to buy some more town portal scrolls:

attributions: OD&D (Volume 1), Diablo 2

100 Minor Magic Items for D&D (from Numenera)

black mask with ribbon, usable once as per roll 60 on the table

Here are the 100 cyphers from page 281 of the core Numenera book, re-cast for older D&D. 

These replace scroll, potion and, if you want, map results in the OD&D treasure tables. Like potions and scrolls, they're 1 use items. Rarely (about 1 in 10), they're reusable, at 1/session. Each uses up at least one of the 10-12 spaces a character has in their inventory and don't stack.

Not everything here is expressly magical. Weird chemistry or just the ingenuity of the locals could account for them as well.

Intending to use a variation of this with my Dark Souls D&D game.

100 (possibly) magical things
roll	thing it does	what it could be
1	adhesive, +1 to climbing for d4 turns	gloves, clothing, claws, paper
2	use immediately after a failed Save v Poison to re-roll	potion, poultice, relic
3	pull one palm-sized thing toward you at slow speed this turn	glove, wand, mitt, sack, magnet, bit of rock
4	temp weapon enchant- an enemy struck by this weapon must save v stone or be knocked back, out of melee	oil, whetstone, polishing cloth, herb bundle
5	temp armor enchant- when wearer is struck, they teleport out of melee to a random area within short range	oil, polishing cloth, relic, holy writ
6	use immediately following infection with a disease and make a Save v Poison to fight off infection	crystal, vial of sacred water, potion, treated leech
7	heat vision for d6 turns	crystal, glasses, wand, potion, helm, headband
8	save v poison or fall into fevered dreams, sweat may be gathered and used as a Spell Component (Save at -4 penatly if you intended the effect)	potion, pill, mysterious wine
9	read languages for a turn	piercing to be pushed through skin, plug to be inserted into ear
10	temp armor enchant- when wearer is struck, they teleport out of melee to an area of choice within short range	oil, polishing cloth, relic, holy writ
11	can speak to* for d4 turns	vial, headband, crystal, helm, stone placed under tongue
12	temp weapon enchant – next attack adds momentum to your swing (when using momentum to attack, roll damage twice and pick higher)	oil, whetstone, polishing cloth, herb bundle
13	explodes in melee burst for d6 damage (when rolling damage: 1-2 is shrapnel, 3-4 is fire, 5 is heat drain and 6 is acid)	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
14	explodes in melee burst and atomizes water in the area, making mist	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
15	explodes in melee burst, all in short range must Save v Devices or be blinded for a turn	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
16	explodes in melee burst and forces Save v Stone or knocked down/crushed flat/pinned	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
17	explodes in short range burst, Save v Breath Weapon to halve damage	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
18	explodes in melee burst; if target isn't alive after damage is applied, their body is re-arranged in some novel way	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
19	explodes in melee burst and pushes anything in affected area out of the area (Save v Stone)	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
20	two turn effect: first turn, pulls everything in short range closer, second turn explodes	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
21	explodes in melee burst, deals no damage but deafens all within short range. Loud.	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
22	explodes in melee burst, dealing d4 damage and then spitting out smaller explosions, effecting all those within melee of burst for another d4	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
23	burst above single human-sized target and drops net, Save v Stone or be snared	bomb, flask, vial, potion, keg, stick bound with wires and relic
24	temp weapon enchant – next attack against living tissue +2 dam	distilled green slime, oil, whetstone, polishing cloth, herb bundle
25	see twice as far for d4 turns	glasses, eyedrops, forehead salve
26	temp object enchant – anything against which this is applied gets to make a Save against fire damage to halve	salamander oil, polishing cloth
27	creates a translucent, penetrable, gelatinous wall that consumes flames for d4+1 turns	vial of extracted and treated gelatinous cube
28	hold portal for d6 turns	helm, nail, hammer, bundled herbs
29	temp armor enchant- +2 AC until next struck this combat	oil, polishing cloth, relic, holy writ
30	creates an invisible wall roughly 10' by 10' and 6” thick, about as tough as wood (for d8 turns) or iron (for 1 turn)	belt buckle, glass marble to be bit, solution to be gargled and spit
31	creates an ablative shield, +1 AC until struck	belt buckle, ring, wax or candle
32	greases a 20'x20' flat, solid surface for d4 turns	flask, vial of oil, ring
33	creates a translucent, penetrable, gelatinous wall that causes d6 cold damage to all that pass through it for d4 turns	vial of extracted and treated gelatinous cube
34	explodes in short range burst, granting cover to any within range (1 in 6 chance of causing temporary neurological damage, affecting area as sleep)	flask of pixie wings
35	user floats 6 inches above solid ground, and skims the top of liquids for d4 turns	feathers of a magical creatures, powdered or rendered drinkable
36	a short-sword-sized item is now considered one increment lighter for the purposes of encumbrance	oil, salve, crystal
37	temp weapon enchant – next attack counts as magical fire	oil, whetstone, polishing cloth, herb bundle
38	flies to target and imbeds itself, is ruined, deals damage, may travel up to long range	a glass and brass flying insect
39	light as torchlight for 6 turns	wand, burnt stick, vial, taper
40	creates a translucent, penetrable, gelatinous wall that causes d6 fire damage to all that pass through it for d4 turns	vial of extracted and treated gelatinous cube
41	crawls up to 20' away, fast, records a bug-level picture, looking up at 45 deg. Angle and returns the following turn to report to user	a glass and iron beetle
42	independent familiar performs 1 task that takes no more than 1 turn	whistle, calling drum
43	creates a tent that houses 4, with bedding. Denatures after a day.	canvas square, vial
44	bonus of two on next Int test (declare before roll)	vial, crystal, headband, helm
45	temp armor enchant- renders armor invisible until struck	oil, polishing cloth, relic, holy writ
46	get to make a check to see if you know something about the matter at hand	pill, potion, wand, crystal, helm
47	creates a translucent, penetrable, gelatinous wall that causes 2d6 lightning damage every other turn (wall flashes when dangerous) for d4 turns	vial of extracted and treated gelatinous cube
48	a light green slime that devours 1 cubic foot of material in a turn and then is rendered inert (chance to re-invigorate on a random encounter)	vial or flask of treated pudding
49	can speak to objects made by humanoids for d6 turns (speaking to an object made by a Mind-Flayer requires a Save v Sanity)	vial, headband, crystal, helm, stone placed under tongue
50	thrown object that deals d6+1 damage	crystal, vial or glass drop
51	can bend or twist a palm-sized iron object held in hand	gloves, herbs, tincture
52	protection from iron for 1 turn	chalk, sprig of hemlock, leaf from an elf's home
53	“records” thirty seconds of information, which can then be played back once	glasses
54	touch a target and you and the target must Save v Device or be paralyzed for 1 turn or stunned for 2	gloves, glass marble crushed between teeth
55	renders a cubic foot of metal brittle	oil, polishing cloth, salve
56	a brittle filament held between two hands that may slice through roughly 6” of non-magical substance, lasts a turn	garotte, spool of thread
57	embed this small, fleshy egg sac in the back of your head and it will burst when it feels threatened (ie, when you're about to get surprised from behind)	palm-sized egg-sac
58	minimizes the effect of one environmental threat (reduces the source of most damage by one die size, gives an extra turn to hold breath, etc)	hood, maniple, incense
59	pops you into a ghostly form for 1 turn (immunities and mobility as ghost, but likely to attract things not desired)	censer, pill of powdered femur
60	Turn 2 cubic feet ghostly for 1 turn	small flensing knife, tiny hammer
61	Save v Poison or become addled by emotion (cannot communicate without weirding everyone out) for d4 turns	vial, needle, weapon oil
62	Save v Poison or take a die of damage from internal hemorrhaging	vial, needle, weapon oil
63	Save v Poison or be effected as charm for d4+2 turns	vial, needle, weapon oil
64	Save v Poison or stare into space, thoughtless for 1 turn	vial, needle, weapon oil
65	whisper into this device no more than five words that are transmitted to the first person that puts the device to their ear	bottle, jar
66	long range beam of either necrotizing or holy fire that lasts 1 turn and deals d6 damage, split between all hit	wand, scepter, crystal, skull, ring
67	long range beam of cold that deals d6 damage split over all targets	wand, scepter, crystal, skull, ring
68	long range beam of lightening that deals d6 damage split over all targets	wand, scepter, crystal, skull, ring
69	door-sized space spiked with this halve the speed of any ghostly egress	piton-looking spike, paper charm hanging from end
70	minor healing (re-roll HD and take the higher of current or re-rolled result)	bright red potion, pill, herbs
71	healing (re-roll HD +2 die and take the higher of current or re-rolled result)	bright red potion in large bottle, pill, herbs
72	see what someone else is seeing for 1 turn	pairs of: glasses, crystals, monocles, headbands
73	in lieu of healing, spend a full rest repairing broken gear	portable anvil, bellows, hammer, etc
74	temp armor enchant- whenever struck this turn (OR next turn) deal 1 lightening damage to all characters in melee range of you	oil, polishing cloth, relic, holy writ
75	creates a shell that grants a temporary d4 HP this turn	belt buckle, glass marble to be bit, wand
76	temp weapon enchant – next attack counts as magical lightning	oil, whetstone, polishing cloth, herb bundle
77	deal a die of lightning damage	wand, scepter
78	bonus of two on next Dex or Int test to see if your character can accomplish some feat of nimbleness or acuity (declare before roll)	girdle, bracer, bandolier
79	you and another target within melee range are affected by sleep	gloves, packet of powders
80	no sound within melee burst may be heard	ear trumpet, candle of ear wax, black stone
81	no sound within a stationary cubic foot of space can be heard	ear trumpet, candle of ear wax, black stone
82	reduce range penalties by one step	telescoping lens, monocle
83	bonus of one to next Initiative roll	potion
84	bonus of one to next save	charm, incense
85	bonus of two to next save	charm, incense
86	bonus of two to next Str test	potion
87	creates a translucent, penetrable, gelatinous wall lasting d4 turns. Anyone passing through the wall must Save v Magic or be stunned.	vial of extracted and treated gelatinous cube
88	permits communication with... something else	spike to be driven into skull
89	transport one palm-sized thing across a melee range area	ring, wand
90	transport one palm-sized thing across a short-range area	ring, wand, bowstring
91	a message from someone who came before, scrawled in incandescent blood	paper, on the environment
92	temp armor enchant- +1 AC until end of combat as your image warps and refracts	blood of a displacer beast, seasoned
93	temp weapon enchant – this combat, +1 attacks until you miss	weapon oil from displacer beast urine
94	place on a willing subject. For the next d8 hours, you know in which direction they are	glass mosquito
95	bonus of two to a Cha test	mask, fake beard, feather to be placed in cap
96	give another +2 AC versus one target until struck	mirror, telescoping lens, crystal, smokey glass
97	the next thing you said is comprehensible to a single target, regardless of differences in language (target must fail Save v Device)	collar, book of letters, tonic
98	get to make a Save v cold damage to halve	charcoal, censer, blanket
99	use to get another turn of held breath	vial, empty bladder/drinking skin
00	can see through up to two feet of a single non-metal substance this turn	lens placed against subject