The Gambler’s Coin was created by the powerful halfing diviner Merrick the Lucky. Rather than spend years in study, Merrick relied on his luck and dicing with the more – susceptible wizards.
His gold against their knowledge and spell books. The Gambler’s Coin and been handed down for generations in Merrick’s family after a particularly crafty and tricksey great grandfather Heffen won it from a powerful diviner.
The story passed down through the family is the drunken diviner was so angry for loosing it in a wager he tried to kill Heffen with a fireball – inside a bar – at point blank range.
Heffen saw it coming a mile away as the diviner cast the spell slowly as through water and promptly left before the spell was completed. No one was hurt except the table, chairs and the diviner – which it killed.
Merrick was a powerful wizard in his own right, but much more powerful than one would expect given his lack of formal training or study.
It is said the coin gave him the luck to cast spell he otherwise would not have known how to cast. His swagger was legendary as everything always seem to go his way.
Merrick learned of the call to gather the most powerful wizards in Sul-El to fight Ruin one drunken and profitable night in a common room in an inn in his hometown of Elsen.
After a wealthy merchant lost a month’s wages to Merrick in a game of cards, the merchant bet Merrick a year’s wages that the halfling wouldn’t go, be chosen to fight or survive the battle. Merrick took the bet.
When Merrick returned well behind the tales of his great deed, he discovered the merchant had fled Elsen. The tale says Merrick went in search of the welching merchant and was never heard from again.
POWER
- Advantage on all saves and skill checks
- Advantage on all concentration checks and +5 to check
- Once per day Lucky Charm +1d6 to any roll except damage. Death saving throws are included.
- Once per day flip the coin and get a true answer to a simple yes or no question. If the question cannot be answered by a simple yes or no – it will land on its side.
CASTING SPELLS THROUGH COIN
When casting a spell through the coin roll 1d20
- 1-5 Nothing happens
- 6 -10 +1 to spell DC or spell attack
- 11- 15 Cast spell one level higher
- 16-19 +2 to spell DC or spell attack
- 20 – Automatic success on attack spells. If spell is not an attack spell it double the duration and / or effect
Cast Banishment at 9th level – DC 25 once per year. Instead of targeting multiple creatures, the spell banishes the target permanently to the Abyssal plane. Must be able to cast 9th level wizard spells.
ARTIFACTS OF THE SAVIORS
Taluviel Sulveina, one of The Saviors, forged this ring in the days before the final battle with the dread ancient dragon.
The Amulet of Dominion was created by the dwarven artificer and enchanter Yurel Ironstaff.
The Helm of the Overwatch was created by the dragonborn diviner and Watcher of the North, Vora Icescale.
The Girdle of Heroes was created by one of the few half-orc wizards of any renown, the abjurer and Eldritch warrior, Borsh Bonebreaker, also called Borsh the Honor Scorched.
The Blade of Reproach was created by the great human evoker, battlemage and in later years, court wizard of Gressen, Goaleth Tet.
The Bracers of Vorne were created by the half elf conjurer Mage General Maxim Westhold.
The Veil of Shadow is a bracelet created by the powerful tiefling necromancer, Shar Shantain.
The Staff of Sundering was created by the dark elf transmuter, Draxis The Dark.
The boots of Feydale were created by the elven enchanter Elisian Silverbow.
The Gambler’s Coin was created by the powerful halfing diviner Merrick the Lucky.
The Rod of Wonder is an artifact created by the human Wild Magic Wizard Lum the Mad. Legends say Lum was obsessed with probability and chaos.
The Band of Mirrors was created by the powerful gnome illusionist Tanlin Sayer.
