Admirality Parade Kit - Altar of Binding

Admirality Parade Kit

Martial skill upon the battlefield has always been a mark of nobility, from the king leading the knight’s charge to the general directing his troops with cunning and courage. So it is not strange that the wealthy classes seek to enhance their prestige upon the battlefield in any way possible. The admiralty parade kit is a magical item meant to do just that.

This magical item grants the wearer poise and authority on the ship, granting a +2 competence bonus to Diplomacy and Intimidate checks and the ability to cast bless thrice per day. When the wearer is upon a ship or in an aquatic environment the and has the challenge, judgment, quarry, or smite evil ability (or similar) these abilities are treated as is the wearer was two levels higher while a bless spell lasts.

Slot body; cl 3th
Price 9,000 gp

Pirate Campaign Compendium, 53

Alabaster Icons of Bast

Virtually every known society has their own choice in pets and companions and their owners will often seek to maintain the companionship into the afterlife. Many magical items were created or inspired by the resulting practices. One of these is the alabaster icons of Bast, which is a set of hollow alabaster sculptures with a stopper carved in the shape of a cat’s head. As part of the crafting process the ashes of a beloved cat companion are added and the jars are sealed.

The icons can only be activated if all three of them are within 30 feet of eachother. And each of the differently sized statues can be activated to provide their own magical effect:
The largest statue, called the guardian cat creates a mage’s faithful hound effect, looking like a large cat instead of a dog. The purring cat statue emits a soothing purr that functions as nap stack. The last and smallest statue is called the mewling cat, and when activated emits a charming mewl that functions as either reckless infatuation or miserable pity. 

When used together the alabaster icons of Bast can be used to summon three celestial, entropic, fiendish, or resolute leopards or cheetahs.

Slot none; cl 9th
Price 24,000 gp

Treasury of the Pharaoh, 12

Altar of Binding

One of the greatest achievements of a powerful spellcaster is the calling upon and commanding of powerful outsiders. But this great achievement comes with dangers as great as its rewards. Especially casters calling upon the inhabitants of lower planes must place their very for their sanity, life and even soul at risk. And compelling the services even well meaning outsiders comes with great monetary costs.
Of course the very casters who seek to control these dangerous beings are the very people who have the ability to counter these dangers.

Besides an inward facing magic circle against [alignment] the altar of binding is one of the most common tools for improving the results of planar ally and planar binding spells.

When placed within 5 feet of the caster grants a variety of advantages. First, any payment requested by the outsider for its services is decreased by 50%. In addition, the caster receives a +4 competence bonus to any Knowledge (planes) or Linguistics checks to determine the outsider’s true name, if it has one.

Slot none; cl 10th
Price 120,000 gp

Legendary Villains - Evil Clerics, 28


Maximillian von Harsburg is the noble commander of the airship Righteous Winds, and hero of a dozen battles. These days his name is cursed rather than praised however, for the last four years after his mutiny he has become the scourge of traders throughout the flying desert. The bounty for is head is high, but what the Enlightening Empire truly wants is to know is the reason for his mutiny.

While cats can be loyal and beloved companions, they can also be the bane of one’s existence, and the cursed version of the Alabaster Icons of Bast shows this clearly. Randomly when activated the cursed statuettes will produce detrimental effects:
The invisible defender summoned by the Guardian Cat will be to busy with grooming itself to warn its master of any intrusion. The Purring cat will instead produce a loud yowling prefenting anyone from sleeping for an hour, and the mewling cat will produce the intended effect, but also break a small item in the owner’s possession.

As they are packing up their camp, the players are approached by a Silvanshee. The little outsider is the familiar of a wizard who has been captured by agents of a tyrannical baron. Unbeknownst to anyone, the baron is a summoner who has bargained for the service of several hellcats.