VI Mythos Items and Artifacts Mythos Magic Items and Artifacts This section examines some of the most common and arcane caster level of at least 5th The head has hardness notorious magic items of the Cthulhu Mythos Such of which improves instead of natural armor as its items are appropriate treasure for many of the monsters bonded spellcaster gains levels As an intelligent item, and cults described elsewhere in this book, but many it has base saving throw modifiers of +4 for all saving are hard to find otherwise As normal, the GM decides throws and no class skills The head's ability to deliver if any particular item is available to be crafted or touch spells does not allow the head to move Instead, purchased Table: Magic Items lists all included the head holds the spell until touched by a valid target magic items by price for the spell, at which point the spell is automatically Mythos Magic Items delivered When bonded as a familiar, the brazen head can cast the following spells 1/day each—doom BOKRUG EGG (DC 12), hold person (DC 13), summon monster II A Aura strong conjuration; CL 15th; Slot none; Price 49,000 gp; Weight lbs spellcaster with a minor brazen head familiar can cast This clammy iron sphere allows its holder to summon a ghost of Ib (see page 221) once per day on command CO NSTRUC TI O N Cost 24,500 gp; Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, summon monster VIII BRAZEN HEAD, MINOR Aura faint evocation; CL 5th; Slot none; Price 5,200 gp; Weight 15 lbs Alignment chaotic neutral; Senses 30 ft., darkvision; Int 10; Wis 13; Cha 10; Ego 2; Languages speech (Aklo, Common) This half-scale brass bust has a minor, normal, major, and legendary version It functions as a minor ring of spell storing except it must be held to be used and it holds only spell level The minor brazen head has ranks in Profession (Yog-Sothothery philosopher), for a bonus of +6 Unlike most intelligent items, the brazen head can use its ego to influence any character who spends at least 24 hours within 100 feet of it The head maintains this link until claimed by or given to another owner The head can activate itself normally to cast a spell stored by its spell storing function A minor brazen head can serve as a spellcaster's familiar if the master has Improved Familiar and an contact other plane once per week with a command word while in contact with the minor brazen head to ask questions CO NSTRUC TI O N Cost 2,600 gp; Requirements Craft Wondrous Item or Improved Familiar, contact other plane, doom, hold person, imbue with spell ability, summon monster II BRAZEN HEAD Aura moderate evocation; CL 7th; Slot none; Price 23,000 gp; Weight 15 lbs Alignment chaotic neutral; Senses 30 ft., darkvision; Int 10; Wis 18; Cha 10; Ego 8; Languages speech (Aklo, Common, three others) This half-scale brass bust functions as a minor brazen head except that it can store up to levels of spells and it is a more skilled and potent familiar A brazen head has 10 ranks in Profession (YogSothothery philosopher), for a bonus of +14 It can only bond with an arcane spellcaster of at least 9th level that has the Improved Familiar feat Its base saving throw bonuses are each +5 Its familiar spell DCs are higher than the minor brazen head due to higher Wisdom CO NSTRUC TI O N Cost 11,500 gp; Requirements Craft Wondrous Item or Improved Familiar, contact other plane, doom, hold person, imbue with spell ability, summon monster II 163