Nagel’s Toll
Nagel’s Toll is a singular hand-bell made from one of the malignant Pa-Ulsey Bells of the Orrish. Its hideous ringing has been transformed into a potent device cast back upon its creators, sewing a disorienting effect. It was crafted by the half-elf druid named Nagel in the Dark Lands, from the original bell found in The Black Fens in CY 8729.
The Legend of Nagel: Nagel was a half elf druid that came from the south and served his brethren by becoming a wander in the Dark Lands. His Numinous spirit of choice was Africa, the great elephant mother – the wise protector. His brothers feared that his identity would collapse, so long had he spent in the dark, his visage itself began to warp and become shrouded without any source to cast a shadow. Brought back from the threshold of dark and despair, he was rehabilitated and claimed the The Black Fens as his wylding weald. Nagel’s compromised identity allowed him to reach a place in the fens that was consumed by madness. He alone is said to have cleansed it, drawing forth the shadow, but it made him unfit except for the company of Darkland Rangers. It is said that he pulled the bell from this place, swaying in the wind, casting a pall over an area that caused madness in all but him. His final days stretched out further and further – unnaturally. During that time he mentored many a Darkland Ranger. He finally passed in CY 9164. He told everyone that he had returned the relic of evil to the fens, sunk deep into them so that none would find it.
Item Powers (common and Attuned) can be found under Common Knowledge tab.
Chronicle of Nagel’s Toll
Information Sources: Mundane Reference | Associated Phenomenology Only | Specific Lore
Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty
Nagel’s Toll is a singular hand-bell made from one of the malignant Pa-Ulsey Bells of the Orrish. Its hideous ringing has been transformed into a potent device cast back upon its creators, sewing a disorienting effect. It was crafted by the half-elf druid named Nagel in the Dark Lands, from the original bell found in The Black Fens in CY 8729.Nagel used it to make forays into the Dark Lands, using the bell to get away from pursuers when discovered. The Black Fens were his charge – a place teeming with sickness and disease as a barrier to both expansion and invasion of the Dark Lands.
Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
Item Purpose: The confounding of Orrish attention
Lesser Attunement (1 Essence total)
The wielder takes no damage from ringing it as long as they are immune to the effects of the Heartseeker shards. A wielder with a Benevolent or Good Code of Conduct cannot be bound to the item.
- Prolonged Toll: It must be rung for 2 rounds, can only be used 1/Long Rest for a maximum of 10 minutes, and takes quite a bit of activity to bring forth its effects. When used, it is as loud as a cowbell, it cannot be muffled and be effective but the sound that it makes cannot be direction or source determined by normal means.
- Orrish Confusion: It causes confusion in Orrish within 20m, for 3 rounds.
Greater Attunement (2 Essence total)
Only those on a Pathway of a Ranger or Druid can attune at this level.
- Anathema to Orrish Magic: 2 Essence cost to activate protection from any Orrish source of magic within 40m targeting wielder allies within 5m; Those of greater developed path way ring it quicker.
i20™ Nagel’s Toll Details
Prolonged Toll: uses an Action then a Bonus Action and a hand/appendage each round until done.
Orrish Confusion: DC 12 Wisdom save or Confused (per spell)
Anathema to Orrish Magic: Advantage on all saves vs spells; Ringing can be done in 1 round as a Bonus Action after wielder achieves 6th level.
iCore™ Nagel’s Toll Details
Estimated Value: ? (Silver Crowns)
Uncommon Knowledge / Average Difficulty
After removing the bell from its resting place where its tolling cast madness on the breeze it swayed in, Nagel quieted it. It had spent hundreds of years there, moved by hands unclaimed and making all around it sick – even the Orrish it belonged to. Some force had entered the fens, thinking it would hold the sickness at bay, but it somehow claimed them. There was nothing to indicate the force that had come with it, everything else had been swallowed by the fens, all organic matter eaten, all else sunk.
Scarce Knowledge / Hard Difficulty
The bell was cleansed of its evil taint through a means known only to Nagel (perhaps not as good and natural as some had wished), its role as a holy relic of the Orrish has been nullified.