The Reliquary of the Kindled Measure
A devout artificer’s treasured workshop-grimoire turns measured craft into acts of divine protection, including a brief reprieve from worsening stat drain.
Spellbook · Divine Artificer · Level 14
The Reliquary of the Kindled Measure
A devout artificer’s treasured workshop-grimoire turns measured craft into acts of divine protection, including a brief reprieve from worsening stat drain.
Ex librisSister Ilyra VennDivine artificery
At a glance
Level
14
Divine Artificer
Spells
10
3 cantrips, 1 signature
At the table
A margin note
Plot hook
Spells
10 spellsCantrips
3- Touch one object. It sheds bright light in a modest radius and dim light beyond it. The caster can choose a gentle color and suppress the light at will.
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Target
- One touched object
- Components
- V, S, M: a small polished mirror or lens
- Higher levels
- The light’s radius increases modestly when cast with greater magical resources.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Stops all ongoing stat drain affecting the target for 3 turns. It does not restore lost statistics or remove the condition causing the drain.
- Duration
- 3 turns
- Target
- One creature
- Components
- V, S, M: a pinch of clean salt
- Save or attack
- Willing creature, or a helpless creature touched
- Higher levels
- At the GM’s discretion, greater resources can extend duration to 4 turns, but never remove the stat-drain condition.
- Conditions
- Stabilized
- Source
- Original Creation
- The target receives a brief divine assurance, gaining a small situational benefit on one careful task attempted immediately after the blessing.
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Target
- One willing creature
- Components
- V, S, M: a drop of water
- Save or attack
- Willing creature
- Higher levels
- The GM may allow additional targets when greater magical resources are spent.
- Source
- Original Creation
1st level
2- Surrounds one creature with a subtle ward that reduces the force of the next harmful blow. The ward then ends.
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Target
- One willing creature
- Components
- V, S, M: a small silver bell
- Save or attack
- Willing creature
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can reinforce the ward or extend its duration, at the GM’s discretion.
- Source
- Original Creation
- Create a floating, visible point of warm light. The caster can move it slowly and use it to guide allies toward a chosen location.
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 10 minutes
- Target
- One point in space
- Components
- V, S, M: a glass bead
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can increase the beacon’s range or duration, at the GM’s discretion.
- Source
- Original Creation
2nd level
2- A thin, luminous ward surrounds the target and offers modest protection against incoming harm for the duration.
- Duration
- 10 minutes
- Target
- One willing creature
- Components
- V, S, M: a wax-sealed strip of linen
- Save or attack
- Willing creature
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can protect one additional creature per step, at the GM’s discretion.
- Conditions
- Protected
- Source
- Original Creation
- Examine a touched object or mechanism for signs of active magic, divine influence, or tampering. It reveals broad clues, not a complete history or exact identification.
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Target
- One touched object or mechanism
- Components
- V, S, M: a copper tuning fork
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can examine a larger object or a small linked set of components.
- Source
- Original Creation
3rd level
2- A compact field of consecrated force surrounds the caster and nearby allies, helping blunt incoming attacks while they remain close together.
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 1 minute
- Target
- The caster and nearby willing creatures
- Components
- V, S, M: a silver thread
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can modestly expand the sheltered area or extend the duration.
- Conditions
- Sheltered
- Source
- Original Creation
- A searching radiance sweeps an area, outlining hidden objects and creatures that would otherwise remain unseen. It does not reveal thoughts or pierce every magical concealment.
- Duration
- Concentration, up to 10 minutes
- Target
- A small area within range
- Components
- V, S, M: a tiny brass gear
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can extend the area inspected, at the GM’s discretion.
- Conditions
- Revealed
- Source
- Original Creation
4th level
1- Mark a small area as a temporary protected workspace. The field discourages casual intrusion and dampens minor harmful influences, but does not stop determined attackers.
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Target
- One small area within range
- Components
- V, S, M: a palm-sized silver wheel worth at least a modest sum
- Higher levels
- Greater resources can widen the field or strengthen its resistance, at the GM’s discretion.
- Conditions
- Ward-bound
- Source
- Original Creation
In the margins
3 notes
WarningWhen the patient’s strength is ebbing, do not promise restoration. First stop the leak.
DiaryA prayer is not less sincere for being tested twice. Neither is a joint.
DiagramThree rings, one for breath, one for pulse, one for the vow that keeps the hand steady.
The book itself
The book treats faith as both vow and careful workmanship.
Its owner believes a small, well-made act of mercy can outlast a grand sermon.
A few pages contain patient instructions for stabilizing the afflicted without pretending to cure them.
The caster
Divine artificerySister Ilyra Venn
Studies: Protective enchantment, restoration, and sacred mechanismsManner: Gentle but exacting. She listens closely, asks permission before tending wounds, and explains what each device or prayer can and cannot do.Focus: A folding brass caliper engraved with a devotional vow, used to trace circles, measure doses, and direct the book’s light.Quirk: She checks every clasp, bandage, and instrument twice, then whispers a short blessing to it before use.Wants: Find the source of a wasting affliction reported along the old pilgrimage road, and learn whether it can be halted without sacrificing the afflicted to a divine bargain.Sister Ilyra Venn trained as a field artificer in a hospice attached to a roadside shrine. After watching patients suffer from injuries that ordinary remedies could not mend, she devoted her craft to protection, stabilization, and practical comfort.
The book
A hand-bound brass-and-ivory codex with a hinged cover shaped like a tiny reliquary. Fine silver channels cross its pages like instrument traces, and illuminated diagrams show halos built from gears, lenses, and prayer marks. The book is warm to the touch when someone nearby is hurt.
Its wards · GM only
About the book
FormatBrass-bound illuminated codex
ThemeDivine
Written by aDivine Artificer
Caster level14
SystemGeneric Fantasy
Plot hooks
1A village healer asks for the codex because a spreading curse is draining the strength of everyone who drinks from the old well.
2A rival artificer claims the silver channels were made from a stolen reliquary, and brings witnesses who remember its disappearance.
3The codex’s sealed final folio begins illuminating itself whenever its owner approaches a battlefield where no one has been buried.
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