Crafted by the enigmatic mage and trickster Fredrik Summers, this parchment map is a masterwork of cartomantic enchantment. Rumored to be drawn with ink made from blink dog essence and enchanted charcoal dust, the map was originally created to help Fredrik escape from the countless vaults, towers, and temples he had “accidentally wandered into.” While many of Fredrik’s creations are whimsical, this one has found widespread use among treasure hunters, archaeologists, and thieves alike.
Properties:
- Revealing Pulse (1/Long Rest): As an action, the user can activate the map. For the next 10 minutes, the map magically redraws itself to reflect the user’s current location and the surrounding 60-foot radius, revealing walls, rooms, and corridors in shifting ink across the parchment.
- Secret Insight: During its active state, the map highlights hidden doors, secret passages, and illusory walls within range, marking them with faint blue shimmer-lines and arcane glyphs.
- Dynamic Updating: The map continually updates in real time as the user moves. It shows the user’s current location with a small starburst symbol.
- Divination Limitation: The map cannot penetrate areas protected by anti-divination magic (such as nondetection or lead-lined or magically protected structures). Such areas appear as blank, undefined space.
- Arcane Resonance: A creature proficient in Arcana can use the map to sense if something magical is disrupting the scan (DC 15 Intelligence [Arcana] check). On a success, the creature learns the general direction of the interference.