Inquisitive goggles are magical eye-wear used by inquisitives of House Tharashk . They are dragonshard focus items. [1] [2]
Description
The goggles are clunky and include a dragonshard mounted between the lenses. [1] [2]
Abilities
A wearer of inquisitive goggles with the Mark of Finding is able to view the trace auras left behind by living creatures, which has a number of applications. [1] [2]
First, they may study an object to identify the aura of the living being who last touched it. If they are familiar with the person, they may identify them directly. If unfamiliar, they may learn their kind, race, and sex, though transmutation magic that changes a being race or type will trick the goggles' magic, while illusion spells that merely mask it do not. Identification grows harder with the number of days since the object was last touched, but a high degree of success makes the being quite familiar for the purposes of a locate creature spell. [1] [2]
Second, the wearer may then track the identified aura as with following a trail. They must keep wearing the inquisitive goggles for this to work. [1] [2]
Third, on using locate creature on the identified aura, the wearer may also learn the path by the creature through the area up to a full day previously. [1] [2]
Finally, the wearer of inquisitive goggles gains insight into the motives and deceptions of those with whom they deal. [1] [2]
Appendix
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Keith Baker , Bill Slavicsek , & James Wyatt (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 262. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0 .
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Mat Smith (June 2004). “ Countdown to Eberron : Dragonmarks, Dragonshards, and Dynasties of Power”. In Matthew Sernett ed. Dragon #320 ( Paizo Publishing ), p. 80.