Magic Items gain their powers from the dead gods littering the world. Each item is constructed from one or more magical materials, such as Enchanted Steel, Enchanted Gemstones, Enchanted Bone or any of a host of other materials. These materials can be as varied as your imagination, though a list is presented at the end of the section.
The simplest type of magical item is crafted from one enchanted material, such as an enchanted steel breastplate. This breastplate gains a +1 enhancement bonus and is far lighter than traditional steel, however that is the extent of it’s powers unless the item is converted into an eldimagus.
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Eldi- what?
An eldimagus is a living magic item imbued with the power of long dead gods. These eldimagi come in one of two forms, either unfinished or finished.
When an enchanter creates an eldimagus it is unfinished. The item begins with whatever magical bonuses are inherent from the magical materials used to construct it. So if an enchanter made a sword using enchanted steel with a fire ruby in the pommel it would be a +1 enchanted steel sword.
To finish the eldimagus it would need to be taken to two catalysts, one for each of the materials used in it’s construction. Each time it catalized the item would gain one of the abilities available at that catalyst, much the same way a character catalizes.
So if our unfinished sword were taken to an earth catalyst it might gain an additional +1 enhancement bonus, thus becoming +2. If it were then brought to a fire catalyst it might gain a d6 of fire damage, making it +2 flaming. This second catalyst would use up the last of the item’s potenial, converting it from an unfinished to a finished eldimagus.
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Creating an Unfinished Eldimagus
The first step in creating an unfinished eldimagus is to make a masterwork item using two or more enchanted materials. This step can be completed by any skilled craftsman, and they need not have any magical ability to do so.
So a smith could use enchanted steel and enchanted bone to create a suit of plate, without needing any special enchanting magic or skills beyond the ability to craft armor.
However, the item they have created is not an eldimagus. Only an enchanter can take the masterwork enchanted item and convert it to an unfinished eldimagus. The ability to create this eldimagus is based on the Enchanter’s caster level. They may work with a number of enchanted materials equal to their caster level divided by 2.
For example if an enchanter wanted to make an eldimagus sword using enchanted steel and a fire ruby they would need be fourth level. If they wanted to work in a third magical material they would need to be 6th level.
The potential power of the unfinished eldimagus is based on the number of materials in it’s creation, so the stronger the base potential the more times it can catalyze. These catalizations are permanent unless the eldimagus is broken. In this case it can be repaired by an enchanter, but will become an unfinished eldimagus and will need to be catalized all over again.
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Advantages of a Finished Eldimagus
An elidmagus is a lifeform, albiet a strange one. It matures as it catalizes, and reached full adulthood when it becomes finished. This gives the eldimagus several advantages. First, it gains a capstone ability much like a character when they reach 6th level in a specific class. These abilities vary based on the tier and type of eldimagus.
The eldimagus also changes in appearance, literally growing when it becomes finished. A breastplate will become more stylized, a sword will become a bit larger and more ornate, while a staff might grow in length.
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Enchanted Materials
Blackened Steel
Enchanted Steel
Enurian Bronze
Enurian Steel
Enchanted Graphite
Hardened Redwood
Vampyr Blood
Fire Rubies
Frost Sapphires
Earth Emeralds
Sky Diamonds
Sea Pearls
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Types of Eldimagus
