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The Abyss is often rumored to be a place where items go to never be found again. Mystics who have studied this aspect understand some of the truth in that rumor, and more importantly learn how to use it to their advantage. Using this ritual, you are able to search for something specific within the Abyss. If it is lost, you will likely find it. 

Cast this ritual from within the Abyss while you are standing completely still. Focus on a specific lost item, envisioning it clearly as you spend one point of Blood to form a replica from the nearby shadows. Although you do not have to be currently familiar with it, either you or someone with you must have had familiarity with it sometime in the past, and have been in direct possession of this object for at least 30 days sometime prior to the activation of this ritual and the item must still be lost.

Once your shadow replica is formed, you must chant over the replica as your mind searches the Abyss to find the object. If it is determined that an item has been destroyed or is in another’s possession, you cannot find the item. However, items which have been forgotten or lost to history can be recovered, such as an old painting sitting in an attic or an arrowhead from an centuries old battle now buried beneath the dirt. 

In those cases where you cannot find the item, you may still find a similar item. For example, if your Masterwork sabre with Accurate and Deadly qualities was stolen rather than lost, you may instead recover a regular sabre with Accurate and Deadly qualities; the replacement will never be quite as good as the original. You may not arrange for the theft of an item in order to use this ritual to get a second version of it – the Abyss somehow senses such trickery causing the ritual to fail. 

Your Storyteller makes the ultimate decision as to whether an item is recoverable via this ritual, as well as the details of any replacement. Objects which have been lost to fires or at sea are often candidates for recovery; an object that at least one person knows of the object’s location is not. Should the item or a similar item be deemed recoverable, you must complete a quest to retrieve it. The difficulty is based on the length of time the item has been lost, beginning at 1 and increasing by 1 level for every 20 years (to a maximum of 5), and the quest category is based on the type of item: 

• Simple Quest: Mundane item or keepsake (0 to 1 item qualities).

• Complex Quest: Unique or complex item (2 or more item qualities).

• Epic Quest: Legendary items or magical artifacts, truly one-of-a-kind objects.

When undertaking a quest to recover an object, you will not know what you will find until you reach the end of the quest. Therefore, most Abyss Mystics will research any possible locations for the item and, if working on behalf of others, get paid in advance.