Item: Wind-Up Widget (Thieves' Friend)
These simple constructs are often created for children or as proof of concept for larger tools. Despite their resemblance to clockworks, wind-up widgets are animated by magic rather than complex internal mechanisms. They lack power sources, however, and must still be wound up before use.
The thieves' friend resembles a small thieves' toolkit with clockwork legs. Once activated, at the start of each of your turns, it moves up to 30 feet in a straight line toward the nearest locked object within 120 feet of it, then attempts to Pick a Lock with a +10 Thievery modifier. The thieves' friend can detect locked objects hidden in mundane ways but not those Concealed by magic.
Activate 1 minute (manipulate)
Frequency once per day
Effect You turn the widget's crank for 1 minute, and it comes to life. The widget operates autonomously—as described in its entry—for 10 minutes, then curls into a small metal ball until your next daily preparations.
Trait Effects
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.
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