Sidebar: Adventure Seed (Levels 17 to 20

possible to intentionally transmit messages with such a potion. The memory remains with the imbiber permanently.

Faint divination;caster level3rd;Brew Potion,creator must be 7th level or higher;Price 150 gp

Potion ofPenetration: This concoction adds a +1 competence bonus to a caster’s level check to overcome any target’s spell resistance for an hour.The user may have multiple targets. Faint abjuration;caster level3rd;Brew Potion, creator must be 7th level or higher;Price 300 gp Rods Forcehammer: This plain-looking rod can project a blast offorce energy three times per day.The blast inflicts 3d6 points ofdamage, though a successful Reflex save (DC 15) allows the target to avoid the blast completely.A victim struck also must make a Strength check as though he were opposing a bull rush by a Large opponent with a Strength check of30.If the force pushes the victim up against a wall or similarly large surface or heavy object,it holds him there as though grappled for 1d6 rounds or until he breaks free of the grapple or uses Escape Artist (DC 30).

Moderate evocation;caster level 6th;Craft Rod, forceblast‡‡; Price 21,600 gp Illusionslayer: Lead completely coats this plain wooden rod. Iftouched to an illusion,it immediately dispels the illusion. Moderate illusion;caster level7th;Craft Rod, slay illusion†; Price 85,000 gp Spell Lord: This iron rod is pointed at one end.Ifa spellcaster grasps it and casts a spell into the rod,the wielder Adventure Seed (Levels 17 to 20) gains spell resistance 30 against spells oflower level than the The player characters learn, perhaps in an one just cast for the next 10 minutes.For example,ifan 8thancient book or from talking to a wizened sage, level cleric casts inflict critical wounds into the rod,she has SR that the caves of ice and the Tomb of Frozen Dreams were originally the creation of a power- 30 against spells of3rd level or lower for 10 minutes.The ful gelugon devil, Sarkur, a high-ranking wizard inflict critical wounds spell is lost and has no effect.Only the in his own right. Although Sarkur is long dead, his actions in that place, which served as his spell’s actual caster gains the immunity—she cannot cast a lair, created the frozen dreams and the rumored spell to activate the rod,then give it to someone else.Also, portals to other places and planes found in the deepest reaches of the winding icy catacombs. the rod must remain in hand to function. What even the Hedrudal do not realize, how- Moderate abjuration;caster level 9th;Craft Rod, spell ever, is that there is a deeper tomb—the Tomb resistance; Price 41,000 gp of Dark Dreams. This place plays host to exclusively evil thoughts, desires, secrets, and worse. Finding and braving this dire chamber becomes necessary when the PCs realize that, according to their information source, Sarkur left a contingency that is about to come due. This legacy shall unleash the dark dreams upon the world by melting them all at once, threatening the purity—and, in fact, the sanity—of every living being. The characters must overcome the guardians the devil left behind and stop the dark dreams from melting.

Wondrous Items

Glass ofFrozen Dreams: This plate ofglass is bound in etched,bluish silver.When held up in front ofa frozen dream,it not only identifies it as such (distinguishing it from normal ice) but it also identifies the type offrozen dream,from one that stores standard memories,thoughts, or emotions for one to experience to one that bequeaths special powers like those described on page 71.

Faint divination;caster level 1st;Craft Wondrous Item, identify; Price 1,500 gp;Weight —

Robe ofForce Resistance: This long blue robe is decorated with clear,hardened resin studs,protecting the wearer against 20 points offorce damage per round.It also allows the wearer to move freely through a wall offorce as ifit were not there. Moderate abjuration;caster level9th; Craft Wondrous Item, overcome force†; Price 100,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.