Mantle of Celestian
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This garment is of black cloth -- the color of the 7th Order of clerics of Celestian.
It is otherwise unremarkable.
If magic magic
is checked for, the mantle
will radiate an aura of alteration. The
principal power of this
wrap is to enable the wearer to exist in the cold
void of outer space. Its
wearer can breathe and feel as if he or she
were in a cool, well-ventilated
place where any oxygen-breathing
creature could exist. It
also protects against poison gases of all sorts.
The mantle also provides
+ 1 on all saving throws versus electricity,
fire, and noise (including
drums of deafening or panic, roaring, thunder).
The mantle is also well
suited for travel, having the following
qualities:
Food:
The wearer may simply reach inside one of its
many pockets and find sufficient rations for one
person for one day; this nourishment is available once per day.
Water:
In another pocket there will be a small ewer which
will provide up to seven gallons of water, pouring
cold or warm as the pourer commands. Such a
draught is obtainable once per day.
Shelter:
The wearer will not grow cold or hot or become
wet or damp while wearing the mantle.
Belongings:
The mantle has seven large and seven small
pockets, and only one of each are needed for food
and water, so the remaining 12 can be used to
store whatever is desired (up to 70 gp weight in
the small pockets or 140 gp weight in the large)
with no bulk, bulge, or added weight.
The mantle also has a special
power which is conveyed to the wearer
only if he or she is a cleric
of Celestian, whether druidical or not. This
dweomer enables the wearer
to “see” the aura of any stranger met
along the way, so as to
give warning of evil, neutral, or good intent.
The power is not automatically
bestowed, however, for the wearer
must concentrate to sense
the aura.
WSG: If every character
who went on an outdoor
adventure had one of these
garments, the Wilderness Survival
Guide would be a very short
book. The personal temperature for a
character wearing the mantle
is always comfortable; he is entirely
protected from practically
any form of precipitation (including a
sandstorm); and he need
never worry about dying from thirst or
starvation. However, the
mantle will not protect its wearer from
impact damage (from a fall,
tumble, hailstones, etc.), and it will
not keep him safe from the
adverse effects of high winds; he can
still be swept away by a
tornado, for instance.
Q: Can a mantle of
Celestian (from
Unearthed Arcana, page 101)
be
worn over a cloak of protection?
A: No, but it could
be worn over a robe.
(147.103)