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Astral Sextant

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Astral Sextant

Maximum Threads: 2

Spell Defense: 15

A globe-shaped copper device about a foot and a half in diameter, the astral sextant contains several gears and wheels, all of which spin in a dizzying, mechanical dance when the user activates the machine by pulling a lever mounted on the sextant's side. Opposite the lever is something that might be a directional pointer, but its siginificance remains unknown unless the user attaches a thread to the sextant, as does the meaning of the whirring, whirlng circles within circles.

Thread Ranks

Rank 1

Cost: 300

Key Knowledge: The user must learn that the device is called an astral sextant.

Effect: When the user pulls the lever, he or she hears a voice as clearly as if someone were speaking a bit too loudly into his or her ear. Any other character with a thread attached to the sextant will also hear the voice. The voice tells the thread holders the location of the nearest Horror in the direction that the device is pointing, including the distance in a straight line away from the sextant's pointer. A difference of even a few degrees will result in a different reading; the sextant cannot detect a Horror even slightly to one side of the straight line from the pointer.

Rank 2

Cost: 500

Effect: The voice reveals the type of Horror in question.

Rank 3

Cost: 800

Key Knowledge: The user must learn the precise lovation of the chamber in which the astral sextant was built.

Effect: The voice also reveals the Name of the Horror in question and whether the Horror senses the user's presence.

Rank 4

Cost: 1300

Effect: The device detects Horrors, Horror-marked individuals, and Horror constructs. The voice reveals the distance between these threats and the user, their names, whether or not they sense the user's presence, and if constructs, what type.

Rank 5

Cost: 2100

Key Knowledge: The user must learn how many gears the astral sextant contains.

Effect: The device reveals Horror Powers, talents and spells possessed by any Horror-touched creatures it detects. It also tells the user roughly how much damage the Horror can take relative to the amount the user can take.