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So l was looking though my old dragon magazines and l come a cross this "Scouts Journal" and as l see it, it would make a good addition to any Pathfinders out there.
A few things l would like to know
- how would you change it so that instead of a scroll it could be in a journal ?
- how can you change it so that once you have used up one "journal" you can attune it to a new one ? (so that it will get rid off the 100 miles limit on it)
- As the Scouts Journal is now bound to a book could you give it a command word so that you can stop and start it recording in major cites or places were you have all ready been ?
Any help or tips on this would be a great help.
(although it does glow with moderate divination magic if detedt magaic is used on it).
The journal tracks the ring wearer, creating a perfectly accurate map of where he goes and annotating the margins with descriptions (in common) and sketches of interesting features the wearer sees
(determined at the DM's discretion). The map and notes are based only on what the ring wearer sees and does; it does not fill in unseen areas or make assumptions. The journal records only maps, notes,and sketches, and cannotbe used to record specific messages or spells (either as a spellbook or scroll).
The map covers an area of 100 square miles (10 miles by 10 miles). Once a map and notes cover the entire parchment (typicallty by exploring most of the area the parchment can map out) both it and the ring lose their magical properties and revert to being nothing more then a map (with sxtensive notes) and a plain silver ring worth 50gp.
The ring can be reused to create a new scouts Journal, reducing the cost of creating the new item by 50gp. Aring can only be attuned to one piece of parchment at a time.
Strong Divination; CL 15th; Craft Wondrous Item, locate odject,
permanent image; Price 2'000gp; Weight 2lb. (Parchment only);
cost 1,025gp + 78xp
DR334 p72
Seems like a great item as written. Why do you want it to be a journal? Seems like it is a very visual map related thing.
You could of course have a much more simple item like:
Scouts Journal: These journals are made in pairs - a master and a scout journal. Reports, drawings and anything written in the scout journal are also written in the master journal.
This would require the scout to actually report what's going on but it would make the magic item cheaper as it is considerably simpler than drawing an accurate map.
Sigurd
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The idea for it came from a new PC that I'm thinking of making the PC is a member of the Pathfinder Society and instead of the map information going in to a scroll l wanted it to go into his journal.
So when the group goes to new lands,dungeon and forgotten city's, the map information and notes would go into his journal and when the journal is full the PC is a bull to attune a new journal to the ring with out having to go to a city to have a new one made.
As you can see l have the idea for it down its just writing it up that I'm no good at lol.