Star Compass
Wondrous Item • Common • Requires Attunement
Ancient Tool. While you are attuned to this compass, you gain proficiency in cartographer's tools and navigator's tools, and you can use this item as a replacement for those tools.
Star Compass
Wondrous Item • Uncommon • Requires Attunement
Ancient Tool. While you are attuned to this compass, you gain proficiency in cartographer's tools and navigator's tools, and you can use this item as a replacement for those tools. When you do so, you can double your proficiency bonus for those checks.
Knowledge of the Ancients. You can use this compass to cast the contact other plane spell. As one of your questions, you can ask the entity to grant you its blessing in the form of a skill proficiency you don't already possess. You can ask for a specific proficiency, but the GM decides which, or if you gain any proficiency at all. Once you have used this compass this way, you can’t use this property until the next dawn. You lose the proficiency when you use the compass this way again, or you are no longer attuned to it.
Using Evolving Items
Evolving items can be used as standard magic items—the GM simply determines the rarity at which the item is found...
- Character Growth. Reaching a specific level or proficiency milestone.
- Arcane Empowerment. Enhancing the item through crafting or rituals.
- Attunement Over Time. Deepening attunement through continued use.
- Thematic Achievements. Fulfilling tasks or trials related to the item’s nature.
- Divine or Infernal Favor. Gaining recognition from powerful entities.
- Environmental Influence. Exposure to special locations or events.
By using evolving items, the GM can weave them into the story, making them feel personal and rewarding as they develop alongside the characters.