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| name = Feather Token | | name = Feather Token | ||
| image = Feather Token Faded.png | |||
| controller icon = Feather Token Unfaded.png | |||
| icon = Feather Token Icon.webp | | icon = Feather Token Icon.webp | ||
| description = '''Feather Token''' is a miscellaneous item found in a coffin in the [[Lower City]]. It claims to be able to protect its bearer from steep falls. | | description = '''Feather Token''' is a miscellaneous item found in a coffin in the [[Lower City]]. It claims to be able to protect its bearer from steep falls. | ||
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A small, faded feather is stamped on one side of this surprisingly light coin. | A small, faded feather is stamped on one side of this surprisingly light coin. | ||
| where to find = *Looted from a mahogany coffin in the [[Lower City]] | | where to find = *Looted from a mahogany coffin in the [[Lower City]] [[Mortuary]] {{Coords|40|28}} | ||
*Looted from a skeleton inside a broken section of wall in the [[Lower City]] [[Durinbold Mausoleum]] {{Coords|32|18}} | |||
| type = Misc | | type = Misc | ||
| rarity = common | | rarity = common | ||
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* Falling with the Feather Token in your inventory will ''not'' protect you from fall damage. | * Falling with the Feather Token in your inventory will ''not'' protect you from fall damage. | ||
** Speculatively, this may be a trace of a discarded mechanic that was not implemented in the final game. | ** Speculatively, this may be a trace of a discarded mechanic that was not implemented in the final game. | ||
** Narratively, this also implies that the Feather Token's previous carrier had expended its magical use. Since the item is found in a coffin, it's possible that it didn't work for them, either. | ** Narratively, this also implies that the Feather Token's previous carrier had expended its magical use. Since the item is found in a coffin and on a skeleton, it's possible that it didn't work for them, either. | ||
** One of two items in the game that imply a magical effect but provide no benefit; the other is the [[Potion of Misty Step]]. | |||
* Feather Tokens are a classic magic item from tabletop D&D that come in several varieties with different effects. Most are used by throwing them into the air, whereupon they transform into something useful; however, one version, described in the sourcebook ''Eberron: Rising from the Last War'', does provide protection from fall damage. | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:36, 22 October 2024
Feather Token is a miscellaneous item found in a coffin in the Lower City. It claims to be able to protect its bearer from steep falls.
If you fall while carrying this token, you take no Falling damage. The token's magic is expended after you land, whereupon the disk becomes non-magical.
A small, faded feather is stamped on one side of this surprisingly light coin.
Properties
Miscellaneous Items
Rarity: Common
Weight: 0.2 kg / 0.4 lb
Price: 1 gp
Where to find
- Looted from a mahogany coffin in the Lower City Mortuary X: 40 Y: 28
- Looted from a skeleton inside a broken section of wall in the Lower City Durinbold Mausoleum X: 32 Y: 18
Notes
- This item's flavor text is unusual, as it appears to break the fourth wall and describe game mechanics directly, including deliberate capitalization of the word "Falling" similar to the descriptive text of
. - Falling with the Feather Token in your inventory will not protect you from fall damage.
- Speculatively, this may be a trace of a discarded mechanic that was not implemented in the final game.
- Narratively, this also implies that the Feather Token's previous carrier had expended its magical use. Since the item is found in a coffin and on a skeleton, it's possible that it didn't work for them, either.
- One of two items in the game that imply a magical effect but provide no benefit; the other is the Potion of Misty Step.
- Feather Tokens are a classic magic item from tabletop D&D that come in several varieties with different effects. Most are used by throwing them into the air, whereupon they transform into something useful; however, one version, described in the sourcebook Eberron: Rising from the Last War, does provide protection from fall damage.