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Description

Chant of Long Years allows the user to perform ceremonies dedicated to Wisdom. It is common for a magical musical instrument of this type to be decorated with koans, parables or wise sayings. A chant of the long years may be any type of musical instrument, but most often it is a soft or quiet woodwind instrument.

This instrument is equally valuable to a priest who is dedicated to one of the other six virtues as it is to a priest who is dedicated to none of the virtues - a priest of the Way. Indeed, in some ways it is more useful to the latter philosophy of priest - it allows them to use the ceremonies of anointing, consecration and hallowing; without an instrument such as this, they would be restricted to supporting other priests in creating these auras. Likewise, a priest dedicated to a virtue other than wisdom can partake of a little of the versatility of the priest dedicated to the Way as a whole, aiding priests in the creation of an aura as if they shared their dedication.

Some artisans believe Wisdom is represented by Irremais, Rune of Wisdom.

Rules

• Form: Weapon. Takes the form of any kind of musical instrument. You must be performing music with this item to use its magical properties.
• Requirement: You must have the dedication skill to bond to this item.
• Effect: You must be dedicated to Wisdom to use this item. Once per day, while you are in an area consecrated to Wisdom, you may spend ten minutes of appropriate roleplaying that includes playing this musical instrument. Any listener who was in the area for the entire period recovers all hero points. You cannot use this ability if you are on a battlefield or in a similar stressful environment. A listener who has lost the ability to recover hero points overnight is not affected by this power.
• Materials: Crafting Chant of Long Years requires 7 ingots of tempest jade; 3 ingots of green iron; 5 measures of beggar's lye; 3 measures of dragonbone; It takes 1 month to make one of these items.