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LEVEL 30 (MONETARY TREASURE 1,900,000 GP)Parcels 1, 2, 6, and 10✦ Spread into piles through the lair are 55 ad, 1,980 pp,and 40,000 gp.✦ A bowl carved of a giant violet garnet (2,500 gp) holdsthirty rubies (5,000 gp each) and five black star sapphires(5,000 gp each).✦ A small rock crystal vase (250 gp) holds fifty diamonds(5,000 gp each).✦ A hollow clear crystal brooch (50,000 gp) with itsreservoir filled with a pit fiend’s blood rests on a dustybut resplendent banner (50,000 gp) once used by thearmies of the gods against the Primordials.✦ Robes of purple dyed astral thread embroidered witheldritch mithral runes (50,000 gp) lie thrown over adecrepit cherrywood chair.✦ An adamantine frame contains a wall mirror fashionedfrom elemental water (50,000 gp). It stands against awall.✦ A small chest holds 7 ad and a level 30 magic item.✦ A life-size statue of a young white dragon carved fromastral marble (50,000 gp) stands in a place of honor amida great pile of dragon bones.✦ A celestial gold scepter encrusted with astral diamonds(50,000 gp) leans against a ewer fashioned fromplatinum and bejeweled with alexandrites, aquamarines,pearls, and maroon sapphires (50,000 gp). Inside thevessel is a level 30 magic item and a ritual scroll ofConsult Oracle (9,000 gp).✦ An large temple bell forged from celestial gold andengraved with images of angels mustering for war(50,000 gp) rests on the ground, covering a ritual scrollof Observe Creature (105,000 gp) and a level 30 magicitem.DRACONIC ARTIFACTSPotent magic is linked to dragons—to their history,to their wars, to their faith, and simply to their existence.Dozens if not hundreds of such unique magicalartifacts have appeared throughout the ages. Presentedhere is a mere fraction of them.Ilthuviel’sBlackened HeartIlthuviel’s Blackened Heart is appropriate for charactersof 16th level and higher.Ilthuviel’s Blackened HeartParagon LevelThe great green wyrm Ilthuviel was one of the first dragonsthat sought to become a dracolich. Something went awry, andhe did not gain lichdom. This matte platinum amulet has agreen dragon’s black and shrunken heart embedded within it.Ilthuviel’s Blackened Heart is an amulet of health +4. It has thefollowing properties and powers.Item Slot: NeckEnhancement: Fortitude, Reflex, and WillProperty: Gain resist 10 poison.Property: You can speak and understand the Draconiclanguage and can read the Iokharic script.Power (Daily ✦ Arcane, Charm, Implement): StandardAction. You can use delusions of loyalty (warlock 19).Power (Daily): Free Action. You can end all ongoing poisondamage, and all charm or poison effects.Special: The Heart’s powers and protective properties do notfunction in any way against green dragons.Goals of Ilthuviel’sBlackened Heart✦ Exercise influence and authority over others.✦ Wreak havoc on divine characters and organizedreligion.✦ Become the possession of an ambitious ancientgreen dragon.Roleplaying Ilthuviel’sBlackened HeartThe great green wyrm Ilthuviel was among the firstdragons to seek immortality through the process ofbecoming a dracolich. Legends disagree as to whetherthe procedure failed, or if someone interfered withthe ritual at the last minute. Whatever the case, therite went awry. Ilthuviel was utterly consumed inan inferno of black hellfire. He spat his rage and hishatred into a final curse as he died, and when theflames faded away, what remained was the dragon’sblack and shrunken heart, a vessel for all the evil hewished upon the world and upon the deities who hadallowed his life to end.The Heart only rarely communicates verbally. Itsends waves of longing through its owner when itwishes the owner to take an action, or waves of loathingand even physical pain when it’s displeased.It urges its owner to grab what power and authorityit can and to interact with others from a position ofstrength.CONCORDANCEStarting score 5Owner gains a level +1d10Owner has the dragon keyword +2Owner succeeds in a social challengeby using Intimidate (maximum 1/day) +1Owner reduces a cleric, paladin, or other divineNPC or monster to 0 hit points (maximum 1/day) +1Owner makes use of Diplomacy withoutfirst attempting Intimidate (maximum 1/encounter) –1Owner allows a divine character to use abeneficial power on him or her (maximum 1/day) –1Owner attacks a green dragon of lower level –2Owner attacks a green dragon of equal or higher level –376CHAPTER 2 | DM’s Guide to Dragons