Translucent glaes spider charm

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A translucent glaes spider charm is a giftbox item given to players when GemStone III made the move from AOL to the web. The charm has two sides and can be TURNed between them. Most verb traps only work when the charm is turned toward the front.

Analyze

You analyze your glaes spider charm and sense that there is no recorded information on that item. It may or may not be able to be worked on by a merchant alterer.

SHOW

Show (front):

The charm is crafted of flawless glaes formed into a circle.  Delicate strands of spidersilk wind around the red rim, creating a small but spectacular web within the frame.  At the center of the web is a tiny opaque spider.

Show (back):

The charm is crafted of flawless [color] glaes, formed into a circle.  A piece of parchment slipped under the rim of the charm is visible beneath the clear crystal back.
On the parchment, some words have been penned in an elegant, barely-visible hand.

Usage

Notes:

  • PINCH will change the color of the spider.
  • TOUCH will change the color on the charm and cycle through several available options.
  • TURN will flip the charm from front side to back side and change the show description. It will also turn the verb scripts on and off.
Verb Position First Second Third
COVER N/A You place a hand on your glaes spider charm, remembering the journey it took to get here. N/A <Character> places a hand on <her/his> glaes spider charm with a determined look on <her/his> face.
KISS N/A As your lips brush the charm, the tiny opaque spider hops up onto your nose then sails back down to its gossamer home on a single, gleaming strand of spidersilk. N/A A tiny opaque spider appears on <Character>'s nose, then sails back down to its gossamer home in a red glaes spider charm on a single gleaming strand of spidersilk.
LICK N/A A tiny opaque spider crawls onto your tongue, then back out over your lips before skittering back to its home. N/A A tiny opaque spider crawls out of <Character>'s mouth and creeps back to its silken home within a red glaes spider charm.
NUDGE N/A With one finger, you nudge the spider on your glaes spider charm. The tiny, blood red creature crawls along your fingertip for a moment before settling back into its gossamer home. N/A A tiny blood red spider crawls onto <Character>'s finger for a moment, then scurries back to its gossamer home in a red glaes spider charm.
PINCH N/A You squish the blood red spider! A moment later a new, bright blue spider fades into existence within a red glaes spider charm. N/A <Character> just squished a tiny blood red spider! A moment later a new, bright blue spider fades into existence within a red glaes spider charm.
POKE N/A You gently poke the spider on your glaes spider charm, which changes color from bright blue to vibrant purple. N/A The tiny spider in <Character>'s glaes spider charm changes color from bright blue to vibrant purple.
PUSH Random 1 You might be mistaken, but you could swear that the tiny spider in your glaes spider charm just waved at you! N/A This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
PUSH Random 2 Urged on by your prodding finger, the tiny spider in your glaes spider charm turns to shoot a slender thread of spidersilk in <Random Target>'s direction. A tiny spider in <Character>'s glaes spider charm suddenly shoots a slender thread of spidersilk toward you. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
RAISE N/A A faint cloud of red smoke swirls up around you for just a moment. N/A A faint cloud of red smoke swirls up around <Character> for just a moment.
RAISE Hidden You cough and stumble out of hiding amid a faint cloud of translucent smoke. N/A <Character> suddenly appears, coughing, amid a faint cloud of translucent smoke.
RAISE Invisible A faint cloud of translucent smoke swirls up around you, then fades. N/A A faint cloud of translucent smoke appears briefly, then fades.
READ Worn - Front or Back The script is so tiny, you will have to hold the glaes spider charm in order to read it. N/A None
READ Held - Front "Many paths lead home for those of courage." N/A None
READ Held - Back Tiny, exquisitely-formed letters fade into view on the parchment back of your glaes spider charm...

"Follow me," said the spider to the unenlightened sprite,
"To lands of bold adventure, of darkness and of light.
Join me in my web," she urged, "We'll be so happy there.
Your fantasies await you, there in my dreaming lair."

As you read, the verse fades into invisibility once again...

Tiny, exquisitely-formed letters fade into view on the parchment back of your glaes spider charm...

"Though quaking with uncertainty the sprite did as she bade
- Following the fragile path of silver thread she made.
Until at last he turned along the final twisting strand
To find he'd journeyed far to reach his own beloved land.

- from "The Journey Home"
by Fraen Wasstont
Early Fourth Age

As you finish reading, the poem fades into invisibility once again.
N/A None
REMOVE N/A This section has not been added yet; please add to it now! N/A This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
RUB N/A The glistening strands of the web glow softly as you rub one finger across your glaes spider charm. N/A The gossamer strands of a web within <Character>'s glaes spider charm glow softly then fade.
TICKLE N/A As you tickle the [color] spider, it rises up on two legs and emits a puff of [random color] smoke. N/A A puff of [random color] smoke encircles <Character>'s glaes spider charm.
TOUCH N/A You trace your finger around the edge of your charm, which slowly changes color from aquamarine to red. N/A <Character> traces one finger around the edge of a glaes spider charm, which slowly changes color from aquamarine to red.
TURN N/A You turn a glaes spider charm over. N/A Character turns <her/his> glaes spider charm over.
WEAR N/A As you prepare to put the charm on, you sense a faint connection to the tiny creature dwelling within the odd artifact. N/A <Character> puts on a red glaes spider charm.

Additional Information

Loresong

Loresong Reaction
As you sing, you sense a minute vibration somewhere within the glaes spider charm and your mind reaches out toward a path of some type.

As your voice rises and falls, you once more see the edges of a faint path. Looking toward the horizon, you see not sky and trees, but faint glimmers of spidersilk stretching into infinity.

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As you continue to sing, you see the image of some small creature moving out of its dwelling and onto the path, led by a rather large, ferocious-looking spider. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
As you conclude the song, the image of the twisting path gradually fades, replaced by another vision of the small dwelling. Somehow, the spider and the small creature now stand before the tiny home again. The spider turns and skitters away, leaving behind only a small object, glistening in the light of three moons. This section has not been added yet; please add to it now!
Translucent glaes spider charm Information
Type Fluff
Item Classification Accessory
Item(s) Applied to Charm
Alterable No
Light/Deep
Attunement Permanent
Attunes to Character
Item Verbs
COVER KISS LICK NUDGE
PINCH POKE PUSH RAISE
READ REMOVE RUB TICKLE
TOUCH TURN WEAR