Compass

A compass helps with navigating the landscape and may be a personal possession associated with a traveler's first independent expedition in Elaria. It may come from a harbor workshop, a family collection, or an experienced guide. Its case and an engraved inscription can tell whose concern for the traveler's safe journey mattered long ago.

It supports an Intelligence test for navigation, but does not automatically show a sought person's location or a safe route around every obstacle. Its use is best combined with observing the terrain and other information. A lost compass may begin a mission to rescue an expedition. Strange behavior from a particular compass can be a clue in the story rather than an ordinary property of all compasses.

Rules effect: +2 INT to navigating in the wilderness. The price is 2 gp. The item is reusable rather than a single-use supply. Its listed effect applies to the situation it is intended for. Additional bonuses, other forms of protection, and new magical abilities are not part of this entry.