Ioun Stones

Name	Ioun Stones
Sorted Name	Ioun Stones
Family	Wondrous
Item Slot	Slotless
Aura	Moderate varied
Caster Level	12
Version	SRD
Sources	System Reference Document
Construction	Craft Wondrous Item, creator must be 12th level

Description: These crystalline stones always float in the air and must be within 3 feet of their owner to be of any use. When a character first acquires a stone, she must hold it and then release it, whereupon it takes up a circling orbit 1d3 feet from her head. Thereafter, a stone must be grasped or netted to separate it from its owner. The owner may voluntarily seize and stow a stone (to keep it safe while she is sleeping, for example), but she loses the benefits of the stone during that time. Ioun stones have AC 24, 10 hit points, and hardness 5. Color Shape Effect Market Price Clear Spindle Sustains creature without food or water 4,000 gp Dusty rose Prism +1 insight bonus to AC 5,000 gp Deep red Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Dexterity 8,000 gp Incandescent blue Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Wisdom 8,000 gp Pale blue Rhomboid +2 enhancement bonus to Strength 8,000 gp Pink Rhomboid +2 enhancement bonus to Constitution 8,000 gp Pink and green Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Charisma 8,000 gp Scarlet and blue Sphere +2 enhancement bonus to Intelligence 8,000 gp Dark blue Rhomboid Alertness (as the feat) 10,000 gp Vibrant purple Prism Stores three levels of spells, as a ring of spell storing 36,000 gp Iridescent Spindle Sustains creature without air 18,000 gp Pale lavender Ellipsoid Absorbs spells of 4th level or lower1 20,000 gp Pearly white Spindle Regenerate 1 point of damage per hour 20,000 gp Pale green Prism +1 competence bonus on attack rolls, saves, skill checks, and ability checks 30,000 gp Orange Prism +1 caster level 30,000 gp Lavender and green Ellipsoid Absorbs spells of 8th level or lower2 40,000 gp 1 After absorbing twenty spell levels, the stone burns out and turns to dull gray, forever useless. 2 After absorbing fifty spell levels, the stone burns out and turns dull gray, forever useless. Regeneration from the pearly white ioun stone works like a ring of regeneration. (It only cures damage taken while the character is using the stone.) The pale lavender and lavender and green stones work like a rod of absorption, but absorbing a spell requires a readied action, and these stones cannot be used to empower spells. Stored spells in the vibrant purple stone must be placed by a spellcaster but can be used by anyone (see ring of minor spell storing).

Source Copyright: System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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