Bation's docent is a small metal sphere, about 2 inches across, studded with dragonshards and smoky gray quartz. To attune to a docent, you must embed the item somewhere on your body, such as your chest or your eye socket. Close examination reveals two or more pinpricks of silver light coming from deep inside the sphere.
Sentience. A docent is a sentient item of Chaotic Good alignment with an Intelligence of 20, a Wisdom of 14, and a Charisma of 14. It perceives the world through your senses. It communicates telepathically with you and can speak, read, and understand any language it knows. Unlike most other sentient items, the orb has no goals of its own and can’t initiate a conflict with the creature in possession of it.
Life Support. Whenever you end your turn with 0 hit points, the docent can make a Wisdom (Medicine) check with a +6 bonus. If this check succeeds, the docent stabilizes you.
Languages. The docent knows Common, Giant, Dwarven, Gnomish, Elvish, and Halfling. It can learn a new language after it hears or reads the language through Bastion's senses.
Skills. The docent has a +9 bonus to Arcana.
Spells. The docent knows and can cast detect magic at will, requiring no components.
The orb has extensive knowledge of four narrow academic subjects. When making an Intelligence check to recall lore from any of its areas of expertise, the orb has a +9 bonus to its roll (including its Intelligence modifier).
- Building and maintaing a creation forge
- The history of House Cannith
- Antimagic
In addition to the knowledge it possesses, the orb can cast the mage hand cantrip at will. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence.
Personality. Bastion's docent has the personality of a scholar and is designed to advise and assist the warforged it’s attached to. One of the simple functions of a docent is to serve as a translator. The docent’s properties are under its control, and if you have a bad relationship with your docent, it might refuse to assist you.
Notes: Bonus: Arcana, Language: Common, Language: Halfling, Language: Elvish, Language: Giant, Language: Gnomish, Language: Dwarvish, Bonus: Medicine, Created as a combined professor orb and docent., warforged, Communication, Detection, Utility, Sentient
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