Boat, Folding

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Enc.:
IS: 
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XP: 10k
GP: 25k 
Miscellaneous Magic
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Magic Items
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A folding boat will always be discovered as a small wooden
"box" - about 1' long, 0.5' wide, and 0.5' deep.

It will, of course, radiate
magic if detection is possible. The "box" can contain other things. If a
command word is given, the box will unfold itself to form a boat of 10'
length, 4' width and 2' depth. A second (different) command word will
cause it to unfold to a 24' long, 8' wide, and 6' deep ship. The former will
have 1 pair of oars, an anchor, a mast, and lateen sail. The latter is decked,
has single rowing seats, 5 sets of oars, a steering oar, anchor, a deck cabin,
a most, and square sail. The first can hold 3 or 4 persons comfortably, the
second will carry 15 persons with ease. A third word of command will
cause the boat/ship to fold itself into a box once again. You may have the
words of command inscribed visibly or invisibly on the box, have them
written elsewhere - perhaps on an item within the box, or you might
simply have them lost and require a search (via lejend lore, consulting a
sage, physical search of the dungeon, etc.) to discover them.