Item: Compass of Transpositional Awareness

Level10
Rarity
Rare
Price950 gp
UsageHeld in one hand
PublicationPathfinder Dark Archive (Remastered)

The silver face of this glass-encased compass is etched with dozens of esoteric symbols, obscure icons, and inscrutable abbreviations.

Activate—Track Teleportation 1 (concentrate, manipulate)

Frequency once per minute


Effect You point the compass of transpositional awareness at an extant teleportation effect (such as a magical portal) or the site of a teleportation effect that existed within the last 1 minute (such as the space where a creature just cast Translocate). Attempt an Occultism check to determine to where the effect leads or led. The DC of this check is the effect's counteract DC. On a success, you know roughly the destination of the teleportation effect (for example "the Plane of Fire," "north," or "Avistan"). On a critical success, you ascertain the exact destination within mere feet for local effects (such as translocate) or within a few miles for long-range effects (such as Teleport, Interplanar Teleport, or interdimensional portals).

Activate—Triangulate 1 (concentrate, manipulate)

Frequency once per day


Effect You use the compass of transpositional awareness to triangulate your current coordinates and those of your intended destination using teleportation magic. For 1 minute, whenever you cast a teleportation spell that has a range, increase that spell's range by 30 feet. If the spell normally has a range of touch, extend its range to 30 feet.


Trait Effects

Invested: A character can invest only 10 magical items that have the invested trait. None of the magical effects of the item apply if the character hasn’t invested it, nor can it be activated, though the character still gains any normal benefits from wearing the physical item (like a hat keeping rain off their head).

Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.

Teleportation: Teleportation effects instantaneously move something from one point in space to another. Teleportation does not usually trigger reactions based on movement.


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