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An oversized, highly decorated lamp, shaped like a chalice with a wide cup, like those lamps they use up north to burn mammoth-butter in their rituals.

It's worth a fortune (Value 4), but there's more to this lamp than meets the eye. To unlock its secrets, you must...

consult with a disciple of the Rime Lords (or one of their troves of lore) to learn the recipe and mantra that makes the lamp work.
acquire the special ingredients for the clarified mammoth-butter to be burned in the lamp (Value 1).
risk drawing the attention of one or more wraiths when you first light the lamp and utter the incantation.

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When you spend a day preparing the special ingredients (Value 1) according to the secret recipe, you create a ◇ jar of magic butter (◇◇◇ ◇◇ hours).

When you light the lamp using the magic butter and intone the mantra, the lamp gives off a pale, heatless light so long as you continue to chant. Within this light:

Active spirits are visible, even if they are not manifest
Illusions, glamours, and veils are stripped away
Shapechangers can be seen for what they truly are
Hidden things radiate a bright aura
Lies spoken are visible as black smoke that lingers near the ground Alas, the light draws the ire of any wraiths (or other hungry undead spirits) nearby.
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A Gold Butter Lamp — Front

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