City-Wayfinding Amulet

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Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

A small, crescent-shaped silver pendant set with a tiny amber that glows faintly when you enter a city. The surface is etched with delicate street-grid patterns that shimmer when urban magics swirl nearby.

Never Lost in Cities While you wear the amulet, you are immune to being lost or disoriented in urban environments. You always know your exact location on any city map and you know the direction and approximate distance to any other place within the same city. You gain proficiency with Survival checks to navigate in cities if you don't already have it, and you have advantage on those checks when you do.

Guided Route Charge 1. As an action, you spend 1 charge to receive a precise, street-by-street route to a chosen destination within the current city. The route includes turns and landmarks and an estimated travel time for you and any willing allies within 30 feet who attempt to follow it. The route lasts for 1 hour or until you reach the destination, whichever comes first.

Lore

This amulet was crafted by the Cartographers’ Guild, a secretive order that mapped cities during the Age of Stone and Steel. It was said to be tempered in the river wards of a city that never sleeps; those who wore it would wander the labyrinth streets yet always find their way home.

History

Legends say the original owner, a navigator named Liora, used it to guide caravans through the maze of a metropolis that overlooked the trade routes. It was passed down to guildmasters, then lost during a siege, only to reappear in the hands of a wandering scholar who used it to map the new city built atop ancient ruins.

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