A runic branding iron
Minor arcanum #54
Found in the workshop of some Forge Lord, still held in a vice-clamp. The head is a runic shape, 6 by 6 inches, with smaller runes etched into its surface. Or at least, most of its surface. A few inches are blank, the work clearly unfinished.
To unlock the mysteries of this iron and claim its power as your own, you must...
Requirements
- ☐ …decipher the meaning of the runes, and identify the missing ones.
- ☐ …finish the etchings, risking an error that will make the next step fail.
- ☐ …heat the iron red-hot and let yourself be branded (lose 3d6 HP), the runes fading from the iron and searing themselves upon your soul.
- ☐ …allow the wound to heal and scar, without the aid of any magic.
The rest is discovered in play. Every arcanum has a hidden back — what it becomes, what it wants, what it costs. That’s for your table to find out, so it isn’t published here.
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