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The '''Death-in-the-box''' was once a jack-in-the-box, a perfectly harmless, if perhaps somewhat unusual [[:Category:Toy|toy]], crafted by the master [[:Category:Toy Maker|toy maker]] [[Giuseppe]]. [[Maligno]] and [[Odiare]]'s descent into [[Ravenloft (Setting)|Ravenloft]] [[:Category:Corruption|corrupted]] it. It is now a minor [[:Category:Artifact|artifact]] of evil, a tiny [[:Category:Dread Construct|dread construct]] armed with razor sharp claws, potent necromantic powers, and discretion over the time and place of their use. The thing is fond neither of daytime nor crowds. It is invulnerable to mundane violence. Mundane fire and potent magic harms it slightly, but the last traces of the damage are gone within minutes. It can be destroyed only by flames of a [[funeral pyre]], the light of a [[sunray]] spell, or, curiously enough, the effect of an [[Energy Drain (Spell)]]. | |||
==Powers== | |||
Each time it is wound and then springs, the death-in-the-box will unleash a random power, from [[:Category:Horror|horror]] all the way up to [[:Category:Death|death]] or energy drain. [[:Category:Skeleton|Skeleton]]s summoned by the death-in-the-box function as [[:Category:Strahd Skeleton|Strahd Skeletons]]. | |||
==Curse== | |||
Many of the powers of the death-in-the-box do not discriminate in their targets. In addition, possession of the death-in-the-box increases the chances of earning the attention of [[:Category:Evil|evil]] (increased chances of failing a [[:Category:Powers Check|Powers Check]]). | |||
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[[category:Guiseppe's Toys]] | |||
[[category:Jack-in-the-Box]] | |||
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[[category:Strahd Skeleton]] | |||
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[[category:Undead Summoning]] | |||
==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue== | |||
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This section contains canon info from officially published sources |
The Death-in-the-box was once a jack-in-the-box, a perfectly harmless, if perhaps somewhat unusual toy, crafted by the master toy maker Giuseppe. Maligno and Odiare's descent into Ravenloft corrupted it. It is now a minor artifact of evil, a tiny dread construct armed with razor sharp claws, potent necromantic powers, and discretion over the time and place of their use. The thing is fond neither of daytime nor crowds. It is invulnerable to mundane violence. Mundane fire and potent magic harms it slightly, but the last traces of the damage are gone within minutes. It can be destroyed only by flames of a funeral pyre, the light of a sunray spell, or, curiously enough, the effect of an Energy Drain (Spell).
Powers
Each time it is wound and then springs, the death-in-the-box will unleash a random power, from horror all the way up to death or energy drain. Skeletons summoned by the death-in-the-box function as Strahd Skeletons.
Curse
Many of the powers of the death-in-the-box do not discriminate in their targets. In addition, possession of the death-in-the-box increases the chances of earning the attention of evil (increased chances of failing a Powers Check).
Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue
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