A cloak of displacement, also known as a minor cloak of displacement when contrasted with the more potent major cloak of displacement,[5] was a magical cloak that slightly altered the location its wearer appeared to occupy.[2][4]
Description[]
These black leather cloaks were fashioned out of the hide of displacer beasts[3] and its fabric parts were interwoven with strands of sinew of the beasts' tentacles. This left the cloth of the cloak distorting and wrapping light that hit its surface.[6]
Variants included the coat of displacing, which could be worn by familiars,[7] and the breechcloth of displacement, which was known to be worn on Athas.[8]
Powers[]
A cloak of displacement from the Western Heartlands.
When this cloak was worn, it did not move the wearer but rather caused them to appear as if they were a slightly different location up to 6 in (0.15 m) away. This subtle shift in appearance benefited the wearer in combat situations, protecting them from all forms of attack, including ranged missiles and magical projectiles.[2][4]
This ability only worked while the attuned wearer was conscious. If hit by an attack, the cloak lost its illusory abilities for a few seconds.[4]
The more potent major cloak of displacement had a higher degree of success at avoiding attacks, but its powers could only be used for up to a minute and a half per day. When active, this cloak had a distorting effect on light waves.[9]
When mage armor was cast using the hide of a displacer beast, the recipient of the spell temporarily gained the benefits of wearing a cloak of displacement.[10]
History[]
Due to the dangers inherent to poaching displacer beasts, some wizards of the Moonsea have experimented with making cloaks of displacement out of the similarly powered but far less formidable Zhentish sewer rats, seemingly to no avail but the creation of mundane cloaks made up of stitched-together rat hides.[11]
Reputation[]
Similarly to their hatred of displacer beasts, blink dogs were known to viciously attack anyone draped with a cloak of displacement.[12]
Notable Wearers[]
A dragonborn spellcaster using a cloak of displacement.
- The Waterdhavian swashbuckler Artemus Dimartius wore a cloak of displacement which, on top of its typical powers, also attracted all electricity-based spells in the manner of a lightning rod.[13][14]
- Chantos Graybeard
- Cyric, the mortal thief, before his ascension to godhood.[15]
- Edie Savage, former apprentice and lover of Ioulaum, was gifted a unique variant of the cloak of displacement which grew in power with age by her teacher.[16]
- Graz'zt, demon lord of Azzagrat, sometimes wore a major cloak of displacement.[17][18][19]
- Both Bahamut and Tiamat, gods of the metallic and chromatic dragons respectively, wore cloaks of displacement.[20][21][22][23]
- Admiral Marianon Silmara, ambassador of the elves to the Rock of Bral, wore a cloak of displacement.[24]
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References[]
- ↑ Gary Gygax (1979). Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 122. ISBN 0-9356-9602-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 BioWare (December 1998). Designed by James Ohlen. Baldur's Gate. Black Isle Studios.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jeremy Crawford, Stephen Schubert, et al. (September 2011). Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium. Edited by Cal Moore, Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7869-5744-6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins, James Wyatt (2014). Dungeon Master's Guide 5th edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 158. ISBN 978-0786965622.
- ↑ Skip Williams (2000). Conversion Manual. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 19.
- ↑ BioWare, Floodgate Entertainment (June 2003). Designed by Brent Knowles, Rick Ernst. Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide. Atari.
- ↑ James R. Collier (September 1995). “Bazaar of the Bizarre: Familiar Items”. In Wolfgang Baur ed. Dragon #221 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 83–85.
- ↑ The Road of Fire included in Kirk Botula and Lisa Smedman (March 1993). Dragon's Crown. Edited by Doug Stewart and Elizabeth Danforth. (TSR, Inc), p. 66. ISBN 1-56076-567-4.
- ↑ Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 253. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ Vince Garcia (July 1989). “Variety, the Spice of Magic”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Dragon #147 (TSR, Inc.), p. 24.
- ↑ Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Monstrous Compendium”. In Julia Martin ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 12. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Bill Mickelson (May 1986). “The Ecology of the Displacer Beast”. In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #109 (TSR, Inc.), p. 34.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (1993). AD&D Trading Cards 1993 series, #185. TSR, Inc..
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (1993). AD&D Trading Cards 1993 series, #304. TSR, Inc..
- ↑ Scott Ciencin (April 1989). Shadowdale. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 40, 76, 137. ISBN 0-8803-8730-0.
- ↑ slade (1996). How the Mighty Are Fallen. (TSR, Inc), p. 58. ISBN 0-7869-0537-9.
- ↑ Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “Monstrous Supplement”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), p. 2. ISBN 1560768746.
- ↑ Dale Donovan (May 1998). For Duty & Deity. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 60. ISBN 0-7869-1234-0.
- ↑ Ed Stark, James Jacobs, Erik Mona (June 13, 2006). Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 65. ISBN 0-7869-3919-2.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Rich Redman, James Wyatt (April 2002). Deities and Demigods. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 60. ISBN 0-7869-2654-6.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Rich Redman, James Wyatt (April 2002). Deities and Demigods. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 94. ISBN 0-7869-2654-6.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 118. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 133. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
- ↑ Richard Baker (1992). Rock of Bral. (TSR, Inc), p. 29. ISBN 1-56076-345-0.