god given 418 of The Whispering Chisel

From: Abbevillianism The Faith of Gravok

Lore

In the industrial cliff-cities of Abbeville, not every creation is a towering golem or a fortress wall. Young initiates often start their journey with a simple tool blessed at a Forge of Gravok. The Whispering Chisel is a mundane-looking implement that hums with a faint, grounding vibration. It is said that Gravok breathes a microscopic portion of his patience into these tools, allowing even the most unsteady hand to find the “true line” within a piece of raw granite. These chisels are often given to Isekai characters who have just arrived in Abbeville with TGA, serving as a sensory anchor to help them integrate their new memories through the rhythmic, meditative act of carving. While common in rarity, they are deeply special to the Stoneweavers, representing the first step in the “Final Shaping” of a soul.

Stats

Tier: 1
Rarity: Common
Base Damage: 1d4 Piercing (if used as a weapon)
Resilience: 10
Item HP: 30 (Avatar Max HP + 10)
AC: 3 (Maximum for Tier 1)
Weight: 1 lb

Passive Magic

Gravok’s Steady Hand: While this item is held, the avatar receives a +1 bonus to skill checks involving fine motor control or stonecraft. This does not require a die roll and is considered a free utility of the tool’s design.
The Shaper’s Anchor: This item acts as a conduit for the “Mind’s Eye.” When the avatar is examining a stone object, the passive identification of the object’s material and density occurs twice as fast as normal examination.
Resilient Edge: The chisel is magically reinforced to never dull when used on natural, non-magical stone. It ignores the “wear and tear” damage rules when used for its intended purpose of carving.

Activable Magic

Stone-Song Resonance (Normal Chant): As an action, the avatar may tap the chisel against a stone surface while whispering a short prayer of function. For the next minute, the avatar can perceive vibrations through that stone surface as per the Tremorsense ability up to a range of 10 feet.
Mend Fracture (Ritual Chant): By spending 10 minutes reciting a ritual of perfection and pressing the chisel into a crack in a stone object or construct, the avatar can restore 1d4 HP to that stone item. This consumes the avatar’s focus and requires a ritual flourish.
Imprinted Memory (Action): The avatar may press the chisel against a Soul Stone or a piece of local Abbevillian granite to attempt to recall a fragment of their own past life memories. This requires a skill check (DC: Easy) and can only be attempted once per session.

Specific Slot

Hand Slot: This item must be held to function as a spell focus and to utilize its active or passive abilities. It is automatically attuned when held, counting toward the requirement of 6 Tier 1 items needed to level up, but does not count against the 10-item limit for worn gear.

Acquisition and Commercial Circulation of the Whispering Chisel

Methods of Obtaining the Item

The acquisition of a Whispering Chisel is deeply tied to the cultural and religious integration of an avatar within the island nation of Abbeville.

Ecclesiastical Blessing: Most commonly, a tier 1 avatar receives this item as a gift upon their initial possession if they manifest within the vicinity of a Forge of Gravok. The Stoneweavers provide the chisel as part of a “Starting Avatar Kit” to ensure the newly arrived soul has the means to practice the “Creation as Worship” doctrine.
Quest Rewards: Local mayors or Guild Masters in Abbevillian cliff-cities may offer a Whispering Chisel to adventurers who assist in maintaining public infrastructure, such as clearing debris from steam vents or assisting in the minor repair of communal stone walkways.
Combat Recovery: While rare for a tool of this nature, a chisel may be found among the items dropped by a fallen tier 1 foe who was a practitioner of Abbevillianism. As the item is not typically bound, it remains near the soul crystal of the deceased avatar to be claimed by a victor.
Apprenticeship Initiation: Avatars who seek out a local guild to learn the skill of Stoneweaving are often issued a chisel as their primary training conduit. The cost of the item is usually included in the guild’s initial membership fees.

Commercial Environment and Shop Typologies

Because Saṃsāra operates as a sellers’ market with no fixed baseline, the Whispering Chisel can be found in various retail environments, each with distinct pricing and availability based on the local economy.

Temple Atrium Forges: Located within the grand entrance halls of the Forges of Gravok, these shops are managed by lay-members of the faith. They sell “standard” versions of the tool. In these locations, the item is viewed as a religious necessity rather than a luxury. The cost is typically 100 Gold, though this is often waived for those who can prove they are newly possessed and lack resources.
Guild Supply Depots: These shops are found in the industrial districts of metropolises like Granthold. They cater to professional crafters and industrial laborers. Because these chisels are produced in mass via steam-powered machinery, they are readily available. The price here is subject to the local “buyer beware” philosophy and usually fluctuates between 120 and 150 Gold, depending on the current demand for stonecraft labor.
Rural Anvil Grove Trading Posts: In smaller villages or remote mining camps, availability is much lower. Since the cost of access is higher due to transportation by wagon or griffon, the price is significantly inflated. A merchant in a rural area may demand 200 to 250 Gold, or even higher metal values like 25 Electrum, for a single chisel.
General Outfitters and Second-Hand Peddlers: In non-Abbevillian island nations, these items are treated as exotic imports. A peddler in a far-off port city might not understand the item’s religious significance and may sell it purely as a “sturdy tool.” The price in such locations is highly volatile, ranging from a bargain of 80 Gold to an exorbitant 300 Gold if the seller believes the buyer is a desperate Stoneweaver.

Resale and Trade Dynamics

Selling a Whispering Chisel follows the same regional logic.

Buy-Back Programs: Guild Masters in Abbeville may buy back used chisels for roughly 50% of their current local value, provided the item’s HP is at maximum and it is not “Broken.”
Pawn and Scrappage: If a chisel is damaged or at zero HP, a blacksmith or alchemist might only pay for the weight of the original component parts—typically the value of the mundane steel and the small amount of granite used in the grip—which may only net the seller a few Silver or Nickel coins.
The Sellers’ Advantage: In a sellers’ market, an avatar with high Renown may be able to negotiate a better price when selling a chisel by telling the lineage of the tool or claiming it was used in a specific heroic deed, potentially doubling the offered price from a collector of religious artifacts.

Narrative Applications of the Whispering Chisel in Conflict

The Whispering Chisel, while fundamentally a tool of creation, serves as a versatile conduit for an avatar’s “Mind’s Eye” and magical intent when forced into a confrontation. Its use in roleplay shifts significantly depending on whether the avatar is utilizing the terrain for protection or manipulating the earth for a tactical strike.

Defensive Roleplay: The Patient Guard

In defensive scenarios, the roleplay of the Whispering Chisel emphasizes the Abbevillian trait of Resilience. The avatar does not typically use the tool to parry a blow directly, but rather to prepare the environment to absorb the impact.

In Urban Environments: Within the cliff-cities, an avatar may drop to one knee and press the chisel into the stone floor. As they chant a Silent or Normal prayer to Gravok, the roleplay describes the magical circuits of the city hum in response. The avatar visualizes the stone becoming an extension of their own body. By tapping the floor, they use the Stone-Song Resonance to “feel” the footsteps of invisible or approaching foes through the vibrations in the granite, allowing the party to prepare a Reaction or a Ready action before the enemy enters the room.
In Rural or Wilderness Areas: When cornered in a cave or on a mountain pass, the avatar uses the chisel to find the “fault lines” in the natural rock. Through a Ritual Chant, the player describes their avatar meticulously tracing a granite spiral onto a boulder. As the magic flows, the stone seems to “soften” and mold around the party, creating a temporary earth shield. This roleplay focuses on the Pragmatic nature of Gravok, where the avatar calmly ignores the chaos of battle to focus on the singular task of fortifying their position.

Offensive Roleplay: The Measured Strike

Offensively, the Whispering Chisel is used with Judgmental precision. Because the tool is small, its use in offense is not about brute strength, but about finding the specific weakness in a foe’s defense or gear.

Targeting Worn Items: A primary roleplay use for the chisel is the Targeted Item mechanic. The avatar lunges forward, not to strike the enemy’s flesh, but to jam the chisel into a joint of the foe’s armor or the hilt of their weapon. The player describes the “Mind’s Eye” revealing the hidden fractures in the enemy’s gear. With a quick, rhythmic strike, the avatar attempts to deactivate the item. Roleplaying this action involves describing the sudden “spark” of purple light as the foe’s item becomes unattuned, rendered useless by the chisel’s geomantic interference.
Utilizing the Environment as a Weapon: In a high-magic area, an avatar might use the chisel to “sing” to the stone beneath an enemy’s feet. The roleplay involves the avatar striking the chisel against their own shield or a nearby rock, sending a pulse of energy toward the target. This can be narrated as a Stone Spike Surge, where the avatar’s intent causes a jagged shard of granite to erupt beneath the foe. The emphasis here is on Ingenuity—the avatar uses the tool to turn the very world of Saṃsāra against those who would disrupt the balance of creation.
The Final Shaping of the Foe: If the avatar is forced to use the chisel as a weapon of last resort, the roleplay takes on a somber tone. Each strike is described as an “unwilling carving,” where the avatar treats the combat as a grim necessity to “refine” the situation. The tier damage (+1d4 for a Tier 1 avatar) is narrated as a localized burst of ley line energy that emanates from the tip of the chisel upon impact, bypassing mundane armor through magical resonance.

Perception of Activation:

User Perspective

The moment you initiate a chant to activate the Whispering Chisel, a profound sense of grounding washes through your limbs, beginning at the fingertips and traveling to the base of your spine. The vibration of the tool is not merely physical; it feels as though your own pulse has synchronized with the tectonic rhythm of Saṃsāra itself. The “Mind’s Eye” interface within your vision undergoes a subtle chromatic shift, highlighting the structural integrity of nearby stone in faint, ultraviolet outlines. As the steam begins to hiss from the handle’s microscopic vents, the heat against your palm is not scalding but comforting, like the radiant warmth of a well-tended hearth. You feel a sudden, sharp clarity of purpose, where the complexity of the world is stripped away, leaving only the raw potential of the materials around you.

Observer Perspective

To those standing nearby, the activation of the chisel is marked by a sudden, resonant hum that seems to vibrate in the listener’s teeth. A soft but distinct purple glow erupts from the granite spirals etched into the handle, casting flickering shadows against the surrounding rock. As the magical circuits within the tool engage, a thin wreath of steam curls upward, smelling faintly of ozone and wet earth. The avatar holding the tool appears noticeably more stable, their stance widening as if their weight has tripled. The air in the immediate vicinity grows heavy and warm, and observers may notice small pebbles or dust on the ground beginning to skitter toward the user, drawn by a localized gravitational tug.

Extra-Sensory Perceptions

Aura of Permanence: Beings with Soul Sight or True Sight perceive a dense, pillar-like aura of golden-brown energy extending from the chisel into the bedrock. It looks less like a flickering flame and more like a solid beam of solidified light.
Geomantic Feedback: Those sensitive to the weave of magic feel a “weight” in the local atmosphere, as if the ambient mana has become viscous. It feels like a low-frequency thrumming in the inner ear that indicates the ley lines are being tapped.
Ancestral Echo: In the moment of activation, the user may hear the faint, ghostly sound of a rhythmic hammer-and-anvil strike echoing from a great distance, signifying the “hum” of Gravok’s eternal workshop.
Structural Intuition: The user experiences a phantom sensation of “pressure” or “tension” across their skin, which they instinctively understand as the stress points and fractures within any stone structure within 20 feet.

Positives

Mental Fortitude: The activation provides a temporary immunity to psychological “noise” or minor distractions, allowing for total focus on the task at hand.
Environmental Synergy: The user feels a deep sense of belonging and safety when standing on stone or earth, as the tool reinforces the connection between the avatar and the world.
Enhanced Dexterity: The tool seems to guide itself, correcting for minor tremors in the hand and ensuring that every strike or carve is executed with maximum efficiency.

Negatives

Sensory Narrowing: The extreme focus granted by the chisel can cause the user to become less aware of non-stone threats, such as approaching biological foes or aerial projectiles, as their senses are tuned primarily to the earth.
Post-Activation Fatigue: Once the activation ends and the connection to the ley lines is severed, the user often experiences a “hollow” feeling or a dull headache, a result of the intense cognitive load of the Mind’s Eye processing deep structural data.
Gravitational Drag: The increased “weight” and grounding can make the avatar feel sluggish or slow to react if they need to move quickly away from their current position, as the magic encourages standing one’s ground rather than fleeing.

Sacred Blueprint: Reconstruction of the Whispering Chisel

Materials Needed

High-Grade Abbevillian Granite: One raw block (approximately 2 lbs) harvested from a ley-line-active quarry. This serves as the housing for the handle and the primary conduit for the earth-based resonance.
Refined Crucible Steel: A 6-inch rod of high-carbon steel, tempered with elemental fire to ensure it can withstand the pressure of magical carving without shattering.
Tier 1 Magic Crystal: One coin-sized soul crystal. This acts as the “battery” or catalyst to sustain the purple glow and the steam-generation circuits.
Conductive Alchemical Ink: A mixture of powdered silver and crushed quartz, used to etch the magical circuits into the granite handle.
Treated Leather Strips: Harvested from a beast of burden (e.g., an Ox or large Feral Beast), used for the grip to dampen the physical vibration for the user.

Tools Required

Steam-Powered Forge: Necessary for heating the steel and providing the pressure required to infuse the magic crystal into the chisel’s tang.
Precision Gem-Cutting Kit: Used for the intricate etching of the granite spirals and the internal channels for the steam vents.
Alchemist’s Retort: To refine the conductive ink and prepare the crystal for integration.
Standard Blacksmith’s Hammer and Anvil: For the physical shaping and joining of the steel bit to the stone handle.

Skill Requirements

Trained Skill: Stoneweaving (Level 1): Essential for understanding how to manipulate the granite without causing structural fractures during the etching process.
Trained Skill: Alchemical Crafting (Level 1): Required to properly infuse the magic crystal and mix the conductive ink so the magical circuits do not “burn out” upon first activation.
Trained Skill: Metalworking (Level 1): Needed to forge the steel tip to the necessary resilience and to ensure a perfect fit into the stone housing.

Crafting Steps

The Shaping of the Housing: Using the precision gem-cutting tools, the granite block is carved into a cylindrical handle. The Stoneweaver must carve the sacred granite spirals on the exterior while simultaneously hollowing out a central chamber for the steel tang and the crystal core.
Etching the Circuits: The alchemical ink is carefully applied to the interior and exterior carvings. This creates the “Magic Circuits” that will allow the thought-power of the avatar to flow through the item.
Forging the Bit: The steel rod is heated in the steam-powered forge until it reaches a cherry-red glow. It is hammered into a sharp, square-tapered point. The tang (the part that fits into the handle) is notched to allow the granite to grip it securely.
The Heart Integration: The Tier 1 magic crystal is placed into the central chamber of the granite handle. Using a burst of directed elemental fire, the Stoneweaver “seats” the crystal, causing it to bond with the alchemical ink circuits.
The Final Union: The steel tang is inserted into the granite housing. A ritual chant of Transmutation is performed for 10 minutes to magically fuse the stone and metal into a single cohesive unit.
Binding and Finishing: The leather strips are wrapped around the base of the handle, covering the junction between stone and metal. The item is then held by the crafter to perform the first “Handheld Attunement,” ensuring the steam vents clear properly and the purple resonance stabilizes.

Scroll of Biting Iron that Speaks Quietly

In the time of the before-grandfathers, when the mists of the world of Saṃsāra were still wet and the cliffs of the northern water-lands were sharp like teeth, there was a man of the sky-falling. This man, whose name in the old dirt-words is lost but is called He-Who-Hits-Rocks, came from the other-places [untranslatable concept of multiversal Isekai transition]. His head was empty of the yesterday-thoughts, having the sickness of the forgotten mind. He knew only that his hands must make shapes.

He-Who-Hits-Rocks walked upon the hard ground of Abbeville. He desired to make a sitting-place of honor for Gravok, the Heavy Maker of the World’s Bones. He-Who-Hits-Rocks took a large piece of the mountain-flesh and a smaller rock of striking. He struck the mountain-flesh. The mountain-flesh was angry and broke into useless pieces. He-Who-Hits-Rocks leaked the red water of life from his fingers. He did not stop. He found another mountain-flesh. He struck it. It broke. The moon crossed the sky many times, and the gas-giant of VaporSphere hid the light, but He-Who-Hits-Rocks only made piles of broken sadness.

The Heavy Maker, Gravok, whose footsteps are the coughing of the earth, watched from the inside of the stones. Gravok saw the red water on the rocks. Gravok saw the broken sadness. Most of all, Gravok saw the stubbornness of the sky-falling man. The Heavy Maker does not like the breaking of stone for no reason, but the Heavy Maker finds great pleasure in the not-stopping of a man. To not stop is the good way.

The ground opened like a mouth, and Gravok stood there, wearing a coat of hot liquid earth and breathing clouds of the water-fire [steam]. He spoke with a voice that caused the teeth of He-Who-Hits-Rocks to rattle in his skull. The words are poorly kept, but the dirt-scrolls say the Heavy Maker said: “You hit with the loud hands. Stone does not listen to loud hands. Stone listens to the quiet cutting.”

Gravok reached into his own chest of fire and pulled out a tooth of the deep-iron. It was dark and heavy. He took a piece of the cliff, the speckled grey rock, and rolled it in his giant fingers until it was smooth like a tree branch. With his thumb, Gravok pressed a glowing eye of magic—a rock that holds the purple light—into the belly of the grey rock. He pushed the deep-iron tooth into the grey rock. He spat the water-fire upon it to bind them in the forever-marriage.

The Heavy Maker then leaned close to the tool. He did not shout. He whispered into the grey rock. The whisper was the [untranslatable concept of deep time waiting for a mountain to fall]. He wrapped the holding-place with the skin of a wild beast that had died of old age, to honor the slowness of time.

Gravok dropped the tool at the bleeding feet of He-Who-Hits-Rocks. “This is the Iron that Speaks Quietly. Do not hit the stone. Let the iron tell the stone how to break.”

He-Who-Hits-Rocks took the tool. When his flesh touched the beast-skin, the purple light woke up. The eye inside his head [Mind’s Eye] opened wide. He did not see just a rock anymore; he saw the invisible lines of weakness, the rivers of sleeping magic inside the stone. He felt the tool vibrate like a sleeping insect in his hand. It pushed against his fingers, guiding them.

He placed the biting iron against a new block of mountain-flesh. He did not strike with anger. He tapped with the rhythm of a heartbeat. The tool whispered into the rock. The rock, hearing the whisper of the Heavy Maker, decided to fall apart exactly where the iron asked it to. Slices of stone fell away like dry leaves from a tree. In one sun-crossing, He-Who-Hits-Rocks made the sitting-place. It was smooth, it was perfect, and it was not broken.

He-Who-Hits-Rocks lived a long time, making many shapes, teaching the stone to be walls and faces. When he died, his body became the purple sparks of the sky-falling souls, but the tool did not turn to nothing. It remained on the ground, humming its quiet song. The priests of the cliffs found it. They saw how it spoke to the earth. They tried to copy it, making many others, but the first one always whispered the loudest, holding the actual breath of the Heavy Maker’s patience.

The moral of the story: The loud hammer shatters the world in ignorance, but the quiet chisel asks the stone what it wishes to become; endurance without listening is only the bleeding of hands.

Suggested conversions to other systems:

CALL OF CTHULHU (7TH EDITION)

The Abbeville Relic

A heavy, granite-handled tool that seems to hum with a frequency that settles the nerves of

the displaced.

Item Type: Enchanted Tool / Artifact

Skill: Art/Craft (Sculpting) or Fighting (Brawl)

Damage: 1d4 + DB

Special Property (Stability): While held, the user receives a Bonus Die to Sanity rolls

triggered by environmental “glitches” or multiversal disorientation (TGA).

Geomantic Insight: Spend 5 Magic Points to grant an Extreme Success automatically to any

roll made to find secret doors or structural weaknesses in stone for the next hour.

Sanity Cost: 1 Sanity point per hour of active use (the vibration whispers of ancient, tectonic

entities).

BLADES IN THE DARK

The Stoneweaver’s Edge

A piece of fine craftsmanship from a world of steam and stone, perfectly weighted for

“delicate” structural work.

Item Quality: Fine (+1 Tier for Crafting/Wrecking stone)

Load: 1 (Small)

Unique Ability (Ghost-Vibration): You may expend 1 Stress to “listen” to the stone. For the

duration of the obstacle, you have Increased Effect when using Survey or Wreck against

stone structures.

Abbevillian Focus: When you perform a Long-term Project related to stonework or crafting

mechanical constructs, tick an extra segment on the clock for each session you use this tool.

Tags: Rare, Arcane, Industrial.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (5TH EDITION)

Whispering Chisel of Gravok

Weapon (dagger), common (requires attunement by a creature of the earth or an artisan)

Properties: Finesse, Light, Thrown (range 20/60)

Damage: 1d4 piercing

Artisan’s Guidance: You have advantage on Ability Checks made with Mason’s Tools.

Stone-Song (1/Day): As an action, you can touch the chisel to a stone surface to gain

Tremorsense out to a range of 15 feet for 1 minute.

Seismic Strike: When you hit an object or a construct made of stone with this weapon, the hit

is automatically a critical hit.

KNAVE (2ND EDITION)

Gravok’s Biting Iron

A tool-knife that identifies the heart of the mountain.

Slots: 1

Damage: d6 (d8 vs. Stone Constructs)

Quality: 10

Effect: Once per day, you may use the chisel to “Identify” any stone object or masonry. The

GM must tell you the object’s origin, its structural HP, and one secret (hidden compartment or

weak point) it possesses.

Resilience: This item never breaks when used to carve stone. If used to block an attack (broken

as a reaction), it shatters into d4 Soul Shards worth 100gp each.

Fate Core / Accelerated

The Chisel of Resonant Intent

A stonecarver’s tool that hums with the steady rhythm of the earth, vibrating in

anticipation of the perfect cut.

Aspect: “The Stone Whispers its Secrets to Me”

Stunt (Geomantic Precision): Because I carry the Chisel of Resonant

Intent, I get a +2 when I Create an Advantage using Crafts to find

structural weaknesses or hidden features in stone architecture.

Stunt (Soul-Anchor): Once per session, I can use the chisel to clear my

mind. I can ignore a Consequence related to mental confusion or memory

loss (like TGA) for the duration of a single scene.

Numenera / Cypher System

Granite-Inscribed Harmonic Carver

This artifact appears to be a tool from a previous world, vibrating at a frequency

that matches the molecular bond of minerals.

Level: 1d6 (Tier 1)

Form: A heavy chisel made of an unknown, speckled ceramic-stone hybrid

with a pulsing violet core.

Effect: The user is trained in all tasks related to stonecraft, masonry, and

detecting tremors in the ground while holding the device.

Depletion: 1 in 1d100 (Checked only when used to animate a minor stone

construct for 1 minute).

Special: If used as a weapon, it inflicts 2 points of damage but ignores the

Armor of any creature made of stone or earth.

Pathfinder (2nd Edition)

Abbevillian Whispering Chisel (Level 1)

This magical tool is wreathed in a faint violet steam and feels warm, almost

living, in the artisan’s hand.

Usage: Held in 1 hand; Bulk: L

Category: Held Item, Transmutation, Magical.

Artisan’s Guidance: You gain a +1 item bonus to Crafting checks involving

stone. If you are trained in Crafting, you can use the Identify Magic action

on stone artifacts without needing a laboratory.

Activate [Two-Actions] (Envision, Interact): Frequency once per hour.

You tap the chisel against the ground. You gain Tremorsense (Imprecise)

15 feet for 1 minute.

Disrupt Structure [Reaction]: Trigger: An enemy within your reach is hit

by an attack while standing on stone. Effect: You jam the chisel into the

ground; the enemy must succeed at a Reflex Save (DC 15) or fall prone as

the stone beneath them shifts.

Savage Worlds (Adventure Edition)

Gravok’s Hand-Tool

A resilient iron chisel with a leather-wrapped granite hilt, pulsing with arcane

heat.

Type: Adventuring Gear (Signature Item)

Properties: Str+d4 damage, AP 2 (vs. stone or rigid armor).

Geomancer’s Ear: The user gains a +2 bonus to Notice rolls when listening

for movement through stone walls or sensing underground hazards.

Steady Hand: The hero ignores up to 2 points of Penalties when

performing a Repair or Trade roll involving stonework.

Power: Grants the user the Object Reading power, but it only functions on

items made of stone or minerals. It uses the user’s Spirit as the arcane skill.

SHADOWRUN (6TH WORLD EDITION)

Whispering Focus Chisel

A “god-given” artifact that defies standard mana-classification; it vibrates with a resonance that

grounds the user against Dissonance and TGA.

Type: Weapon Focus / Sustaining Focus (Dual Function)

Reach: 0 | Damage: (STR + 1)P | Attack Rating: 6/2/-/-/-

Astral Signature: Granite Spiral (Abbevillian Style)

Special Mechanics:

Grounding Vibration: While held, the user gains a +2 dice pool bonus to resist any

magical effect that causes confusion, memory loss, or sensory disorientation.

Geomantic Perception: The user may spend a Minor Action to grant the item 1 point

of Edge. This Edge must be spent on a Perception or Engineering test involving stone

or subterranean structures.

STARFINDER (2ND EDITION / PLAYTEST)

Abbevillian Resonator Chisel

A handheld tool-weapon found in the Drift, pulsing with an inexplicable purple light that stabilizes

the wielder’s bio-rhythms.

Level: 1 | Price: 125 Credits | Bulk: L

Weapon Category: Basic Melee (1H) | Damage: 1d4 P | Critical: Knockdown (vs. Earth

Elementals/Constructs)

Special Mechanics:

Structural Analysis: You gain a +1 item bonus to Perception and Athletics checks

while interacting with natural or worked stone.

Vibration Sense (Activate – 1 Action): Frequency 1/Day. You tap the chisel against a

solid surface. You gain Tremorsense (Imprecise) 30 ft. for 1 minute.

TRAVELLER (MONGOOSE 2ND EDITION)

The “Old-World” Geomantic Probe

Recovered from a low-tech world, this chisel emits a low-frequency hum that aids in prospecting and

psychological stabilization.

TL: 3 (Arcane enhancement) | Weight: 0.5 kg | Cost: Cr 5,000

Damage: 1d6 + STR Mod

Special Mechanics:

Prospector’s Boon: When used with the Profession (Miner) or Science (Geology)

skills, the user gains a +1 DM to the check.

Mental Anchor: The tool’s unique “Abbevillian” vibration provides a +1 DM to any

Endurance check made to resist the effects of “Space Sickness” or memory-loss drugs.

WARHAMMER FANTASY ROLEPLAY (4TH EDITION)

Gravok’s Blessed Chisel

A small iron-and-granite tool that whispers to the soul of the crafter, urging them to endure the trials

of the workshop.

Price: 10 Gold Crowns | Enc: 0 | Reach: Very Short

Damage: +SB + 2 | Qualities: Precise, Pummel

Special Mechanics:

Blessing of the Shaper: While carrying this tool, you gain the Stone-Sleeper talent (if

you already have it, you gain a +10 bonus to the check).

Stoneweaver’s Ritual: Spend 1 Advantage point to ignore the “Insecure” condition

when standing on stone ground.

The Whisper: You gain a +10 bonus to Trade (Mason) and Art (Sculpting) Tests.