Inkshade

Inkshade at a Glance
	Material Type	Fabric
	Colors	Various
	Symbolism	Text
	Innate Qualities	Innately magical
	Rarity	Quest-Only
	Cultural Relevance
	Required for Alterations	Yes (additional rules)

Introduced at Fenvol's Folly 456.

Within a sealed workroom annex adjoining the Folly, the eccentric mage Fenvol experiments with methods to copy his precious tomes. One such project resulted in the inkbound guardians that roam the library. Another produced a tailoring technique that transfers a faint shadow of script onto target material washed in an alchemical bath of Fenvol’s own making.

Several types of material have proven compatible with the process, including muslin, tulle, velvet, oilskin/oilcloth, and leather. To its creator’s great disappointment, the lettering is almost always indecipherable once imprinted, though it crawls ceaselessly across the finished surface in the same way it does on the library's inkbound guardians. Due to the shadowy nature of the illusion and its atmospheric messaging, it is never applied to black or very dark material, where it wouldn't be visible. Any other colors are acceptable.

Note

Inkshade is a general term which covers several fabrics and a form of leather. See:

• inkshade muslin
• inkshade tulle
• inkshade velvet
• inkshade oilskin\oilcloth
• inkshade leather

Atmospheric Messaging

• A shadowed jumble of letters drifts in a tranquil eddy over <item> in your possession.
  • A shadowed jumble of letters drifts in a tranquil eddy over <item> in <Player>'s possession.
• A void opens among the parade of shadowed markings on your <item>, as though tracing the outline of something unseen.
  • A void opens among the parade of shadowed markings on <Player>'s <item>, as though tracing the outline of something unseen.
• Across your <item>, incoherent streams of spiky lettering slither, slipping through stitching and resurfacing elsewhere in a silent procession.
  • Across <Player>'s <item>, incoherent streams of spiky lettering slither, slipping through stitching and resurfacing elsewhere in a silent procession.
• Dark characters ripple across your <item> in subtle waves, colliding and separating as though choreographed in a mysterious dance.
  • Dark characters ripple across <Player>'s <item> in subtle waves, colliding and separating as though choreographed in a mysterious dance.
• TBD
  • Eldritch markings glide in twisting paths, rising and falling along <Player>'s <item> as if caught in a phantom breeze.
• Hazy symbols shift continuously on your <item>, forming brief patterns that unravel before they can be deciphered.
  • Hazy symbols shift continuously on <Player>'s <item>, forming brief patterns that unravel before they can be deciphered.
• TBD
  • Lines of flowing script crawl slowly across <Player>'s <item>, drifting into seams and reappearing elsewhere as if carried on an unseen current.
• The esoteric symbols coiling and drifting along your <item> pile up along the edges, then fade away into nothing.
  • The esoteric symbols coiling and drifting along <Player>'s <item> pile up along the edges, then fade away into nothing.

Alteration Rules

This material is required for alterations.

Items made from inkshade can, but do not have to, have atmo messaging. Item colors should not be black or very dark, as the text would not be visible.

Items

Item	Source is	Rarity is
Bookbinder's supply bag made of inkshade oilskin reinforced with gold stitching	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Corseted inkshade velvet gown with a sweetheart bodice traced in gold filigree	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Fitted inkshade leather pants with seams traced in gweldgold script	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Inkshade leather gloves with shadow-black symbols spiraling over the cuffs	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Inkshade leather surcoat fitted with etched gweldgold fastenings	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Inkshade muslin blouse with double cuffs adorned by gweldgold buttons	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Inkshade oilskin longcoat secured by buckles inlaid with truegold script	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Inkshade velvet backpack set with a trio of shadowbloom amethysts	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Knee-high inkshade leather sandals secured by rows of gweldgold buckles	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
Librarian's inkshade leather pocket clasped by a tiny stack of moonstone tomes	Fenvol's Folly 456/End Loot	end loot
... further results

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