Guiding Star Orb (Artifact)
Item 20This Item may contain spoilers from the Spore War Adventure Path
Unique Apex Artifact Intelligent Invested Magical Source Pathfinder #212: A Voice in the Blight pg. 73Hands 1;
Usage held in 1 hand;
Bulk L
Perception +33; precise
low-light vision and hearing within 30 feet
Communication telepathy (partner only)
Skills Arcana +35,
Architecture Lore +35,
Society +35
Int +7,
Wis +5,
Cha +6
Will +33
The stoic echo of Candlaron the Sculptor, architect of the aiudara network, infuses the
Guiding Star Orb. As long as you have him invested, the
Guiding Star Orb orbits your body instead of needing to be held in one hand. You can stow the
Guiding Star Orb with an
Interact action, and he can be snatched out of the air with a successful
Disarm action against you. When stowed, the
Guiding Star Orb remains invested, but if he’s removed from you via Disarm, your investment ends if you don’t reclaim him by the end of your next turn. The
Guiding Star Orb’s voice is scholarly and precise, speaking telepathically with clearly enunciated but often complex words, and he assumes you’re educated enough to keep up with his academic dialogue.
As long as you have the
Guiding Star Orb invested,
teleportation effects created by you or the Guiding Star Orb aren’t affected by the Witchbole’s meddling with teleportation effects, and they can’t be
counteracted by the Witchbole.
Activate—Blinding Spark [two-actions] (
concentrate,
incapacitation,
light,
visual);
Effect The
Guiding Star Orb creates a beam of bright light and fires it at a creature within 30 feet. That creature must attempt a DC 43 Fortitude save, after which that creature is temporarily immune to Blinding Spark for 24 hours.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is
dazzled for 1 round.
Failure The target is
blinded for 1 round.
Critical Failure The target is permanently blinded.
Activate—Embed Location [two-actions] (
concentrate);
Effect By focusing, the
Guiding Star Orb embeds your current location within. Thereafter, anyone who touches the
Guiding Star Orb while casting a spell with the teleportation trait to travel to this location arrives precisely, without any inaccuracy at all. The
Guiding Star Orb can have up to three locations embedded at a time; if this activity is used a fourth time, the new location replaces the oldest stored one.
Activate—Momentary Aiudara (
concentrate);
Frequency once per day;
Effect A shimmering magical archway appears next to you as the
Guiding Star Orb casts a 9th-rank teleport to your specifications. If you’re teleporting to an aiudara you’ve visited before, you and the targets appear precisely at that location. If you’re teleporting to Lotusgate in Kyonin, this effect functions as
interplanar teleport if you aren’t on the same plane as Kyonin.
Nethys Note: the non-artifact version of the item is here.