The inside of this cloak contains four
stars around the neck and front hems,
six-pointed shapes of silver cloth. These
are enspelled and radiate magic. If a
star is touched and the name of its
maker spoken (Thalanta the Fair made
most of these cloaks), the star vanishes
and the spell stored within the star is
activated. The knowledge of the making
of such stars is lost, and thus they
cannot be replaced. Moreover, there is
nothing to identify what spell is linked
to what star, although a few sages know
the secrets of the patterns in which the
stars were placed, and can deduce what
spell each star triggers.

Only one star may be activated per
round; it causes a spell to be cast as
though by the cloak wearer or bearer
(regardless of that being’s class or level),
and the spell takes effect as though cast
by a magic-user of 20th level, for that is
what Thalanta was when she made the
stars.
The usual spells stored in a cloak of
stars vary according to which of three
types of cloaks is found:

1. Teleport, enchant an item, spiritwrack,
limited wish
2. Anti-magic shell, repulsion, reverse
gravity, imprisonment
3. Death spell, legend lore, statue,
shape change

Such cloaks are rare, as the steady
attrition of used stars reduces the numbers
without replenishment. Version #3
is especially rare. The patterns in which
the stars were placed inside the cloaks
vary as well. The three known variations
(which do not necessarily correspond
to the three types of cloaks as
noted above) are: a three-star triangle
inside the right front facing, one star in
the center of the triangle; four stars in a
square on the left front placket; and
two stars down the right front placket,
and two stars down the left front placket.
Some speak of a fourth combination—
four stars in a diagonal row
by the right front placket—but what
spells any of these patterns correspond
to, only a few sages know or are able to
discover. The stars can, of course, be
activated without knowing what spell
will occur; knowledge of the spell
power fills the star-activator’s mind in
time for the spell to be directed at an
area or specific target (but not negated
or saved for later).