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Hexavo's Card of Reversal
wondrous item (consumable), very rare
This card appears to be a normal playing card with red and blue opposing swirls. Closer inspection can reveal that the card radiates ancient and powerful magic.
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When you are targeted by a spell or an effect that only targets you, you can use your reaction to present the card to the source of the spell or effect. The source becomes the target of the spell or effect instead of you. The card is consumed after use.Lore
In the ancient city of Arcanum, nestled amidst the craggy peaks of the Astral Mountains, there lived a mage named Hexavo. His reputation echoed through the winding alleys and bustling marketplaces—a master of illusion, a conjurer of chaos, and a trickster who reveled in the dance between reality and deception.
Hexavo’s tower stood at the edge of the city, its spires reaching toward the heavens like gnarled fingers. Within its shadowed chambers, he pored over dusty scrolls, deciphering cryptic runes, and unraveling forgotten incantations. His obsession? To manipulate the very fabric of existence itself.One fateful night, as the moon hung low and silver over Arcanum, Hexavo stumbled upon an ancient grimoire hidden behind a false panel in his study. Its pages whispered secrets—secrets that transcended mortal comprehension. Among them was a spell, etched in shimmering ink, that promised dominion over fate.
The spell required rare components: the heartwood of a celestial oak, a tear shed by a fallen star, and the breath of a cosmic serpent. Hexavo embarked on a perilous journey across the planes, guided by astral maps and the cryptic riddles of celestial beings. He traversed the Starfall Desert, where sands shifted like constellations, and sailed the Silver Sea, where moonlight danced upon liquid silver.
At the apex of the Celestial Spire, he found the celestial oak—an ancient tree whose roots reached into the very core of existence. With reverence, Hexavo carved a sliver of heartwood, its grain pulsating with cosmic energy. Next, he ascended the Starweaver’s Tower, where a weeping star awaited him. Its crystalline tears fell into a vial, shimmering like captured galaxies.
The final component—the breath of the cosmic serpent—proved the most elusive. Hexavo ventured into the Veil of Eternity, a realm where time flowed backward and forward simultaneously. There, he encountered the Serpent of Paradox, its scales iridescent and eyes reflecting alternate realities. Hexavo whispered the ancient incantation, and the serpent exhaled—a breath that held the echoes of creation and annihilation.
Back in his tower, Hexavo wove the components together. He inscribed the spell onto a parchment made from the wings of astral moths, their iridescence capturing the essence of the cosmos. But this was no ordinary spell; it was a paradox—a loop of causality that defied linear time. When cast, it would invert magic, unraveling spells, and rewriting destiny.
Hexavo’s Card of Reversal emerged—a rectangular playing card, its surface adorned with red and blue opposing swirls. The card seemed plain and mundane, but when touched, the card pulsed with energy, resonating with the heartbeat of the universe.
Hexavo reveled in the chaos he sowed, for he believed that fate was but a tapestry, and he was the cosmic weaver. And so, Hexavo roamed the realms, leaving ripples of paradox in his wake. His laughter echoed through the halls of eternity, and his name became synonymous with unpredictability. For he knew that true power lay not in control but in the dance of chance—a dance choreographed by him.
To this day, Hexavo remains elusive, his tower veiled in shifting mists. Adventurers seek him or his creations, drawn by whispers of their existence. Some hope to alter their destinies; others seek to thwart Hexavo’s mischief. But the mage himself? He watches from the cosmic tapestry, grinning like a moonstruck jester, forever weaving threads of chaos.
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