The Mask of Past Beauty
Owned by: Sytheria Nebseni
Created by: Shamanic Shintō named Ahmya Miyamoto at the Black Rain Shrine.
Creation: A Shamanic Shintō was appointed to create the artifact, using the oldest known magical recipe to create a one of a kind mask. Utilizing a combination of verbal, somatic components, a magical kiln built from the skull of a dragon, and wielding balefire to bring this artifact to life. The mask takes months to complete. Fusing volcanic ash blessed by the spirits of the temple, white Japanese clay, selenite crystals turned into powder and mixed together. Blended with the sacred waters from the lair of an ebony water serpent.
Properties: This mask has a cooling effect when applied, creating the illusion of a younger woman in both in the face and body. The maximum age they can decrease there appearance is limited by the user's current age. Blending with the skin to give the face a white appearance, red lips, elegant, drawn on eyebrows, not the appearance of a mask at all. Due to the selenite crystal powder, the mask does not need to be charged to be used.
Another commodity attuned to the mask is protection from all Auspex type abilities, only a High Priestess or an equivalent can use magic to break the illusion. If the illusion is broken the mask falls off the wearer, at that point, it must sit in a bowl of rice for four to six hours before the mask reactivates again.
Alignment: Depends on the alignment of the wearer who gains certain attributes in addition to the listed properties above.
*Good: Immunity to psionic, fear, sleep, and minor fire at half damage.
*Neutral: Immunity to poison, dark magic, dazed, and minor acid at half damage.
*Evil: Immunity to charms, hexs, curses and minor cold at half damage.
Competing Magic:
Blood, Divine and Primordial based magic spells will destroy the mask permanently, but one must target the mask and not the person. If the mask is not targeted in words or in thought, it merely falls off until the pretenses of the illusion failing. Until it is placed in a bowl of rice.
The mask can also be transferred to another person by simply putting the mask on, the mask must be active, it cannot be transferred if the illusion of the mask has failed and it is not recharged in a bowl of rice. It is kept under lock and when not in use.
