Otari's prized skull-shaped skeleton key — the Cailean Key — recovered from Otari's ghost (S28) and recognized by the mayor from the portrait of the four Rose Guard (S29) as the first of the four Rose Guard icons. Venris carries it; it is a magic key/lockpick that casts Knock (once-per-day Loosen Lock: +4 status bonus and a Thievery attempt to open as part of casting), usable in place of a thieves' toolkit and granting +1 Thievery, used to open the magically locked crypt door (S30) and a hidden steel door in the Gauntlight sauna wing (S57). In S58 Otari names it among the surviving Rose Guard relics and calls it 'an extension of himself' (Abbas's check indicates the souls are NOT in the relics).
S57 A magical key item belonging to Venris; he activates it to cast Knock on the kicked-in steel door before picking the lock. [S57 · 01:14:41 · turn 0666]
S57 A magical key item belonging to Venris; he activates it to cast Knock on the kicked-in steel door before picking the lock. [S57 · 01:14:41 · turn 0666]
S42 A magic key Venris carries (on a key ring on his person) that grants focus spells: Word of Freedom (one-action, suppress/break confused, frightened, grabbed, or restrained) and Unfettered Movement (auto-succeed escapes from immobilized/grab/restrain). He used both in the chain room to free himself… [S42 · 02:11:54 · turn 0721]
S36 Venris's magical skeleton key (a +1 item bonus to lock-picking, named for Calino). It can cast knock once a day (granting a +4 status bonus and letting him attempt thievery as part of casting). This session it critically failed on a lock and broke — functioning as a normal key and losing its… [S36 · 03:24:40 · turn 1102]
Open hooks
Venerus is reluctant to return the key to Otari's archives as the mayor expects.
S35 One of the four relics for the Otari door, given to the party by Otari. Part of the complete set the party now holds. [S35 · 00:34:34 · turn 0215]
S36 Venris's magical skeleton key (a +1 item bonus to lock-picking, named for Calino). It can cast knock once a day (granting a +4 status bonus and letting him attempt thievery as part of casting). This session it critically failed on a lock and broke — functioning as a normal key and losing its… [S36 · 03:24:40 · turn 1102]
S42 A magic key Venris carries (on a key ring on his person) that grants focus spells: Word of Freedom (one-action, suppress/break confused, frightened, grabbed, or restrained) and Unfettered Movement (auto-succeed escapes from immobilized/grab/restrain). He used both in the chain room to free himself… [S42 · 02:11:54 · turn 0721]
S57 A magical key item belonging to Venris; he activates it to cast Knock on the kicked-in steel door before picking the lock. [S57 · 01:14:41 · turn 0666]