A time-worn missive
Minor arcanum #20
A letter on faded, pocked papyrus, written in an archaic form of Southern. It invites “Boas” to visit by way of “your nearest portal,” with instructions and a circle of arcane sigils. “Ask for Calcus when you arrive.”
To unlock the mysteries of these portals, you must…
Requirements
- ☐ …translate the archaic dialect.
- ☐ …find a portal (other than the one depicted in the missive).
- ☐ …determine how to “invoke the axiom of local contagion.”
- ☐ …acquire a pouch of powdered cinnabar (1 load, 1d4+8 uses, Value 2).
- ☐ …attempt casting the spell the first time, and risk miscasting it.
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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