Arcana of the Ancients

ARCANA BY RARITY

ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE C 61 Magnetic master
62 Magnetic shield
d00 Arcana 63 Matter evaporator
01 Astute weapon nodule 64 Mental scrambler
02 Attractor 65 Metal death
03–04 Automaton seed 66 Monoblade
05 Blinking nodule 67 Morale trauma
06 Body duplicator 68–69 Motion sensor
07 Bridge builder 70 Nanite resistance
08–09 Catseye 71 Object micronizer
10–11 Chemical factory 72 Organ factory
12 Clean bright 73 Otherspace weapon nodule
13–14 Controlled blinking nodule 74 Phase changer
15 Death protector 75 Puppeteering sleeves
16 Density nodule 76 Quantium backtracker
17–20 Detonation (roll d20) 77 Rally beacon
78–79 Rejuvenator
1–2 Cell disruption 80–81 Remote viewer
82–83 Repair unit
3–6 Corrosion 84–85 Retaliation nodule
86 Road builder
7–8 Lightning 87 Rodule of inquisition
88–89 Skill boost (roll d20)
9–10 Frost
90–92 1 Acrobatics (Dex)
11–15 Flame 93–95
2 Animal handling (Wis)
16–20 Daggers 96
97 3 Arcana (Int)
21–22 Detonation of desiccation 98
23–24 Detonation of flesh-rotting 99 4–5 Athletics (Str)
25–26 Detonation of matter disruption 00
27–28 Detonation of spawning 6 Deception (Cha)
29–30 Detonation of webs
31–32 Detonation, greater (roll d20) 7 History (Int)

1–2 Cell disruption 8 Insight (Wis)

3–6 Corrosion 9 Intimidation (Cha)

7–8 Lightning 10 Investigation (Int)

9–10 Frost 11 Medicine (Wis)

11–15 Flame 12 Nature (Int)

16–20 Daggers 13 Perception (Wis)

33 Eclipse projector 14 Performance (Cha)
34–37 Effort enhancement
Extradimensional hand 15 Persuasion (Cha)
38 Force cube projector
39 Force nodule 16 Religion (Int)
40–42 Force screen projector
43 Frigid wall projector 17 Sleight of Hand (Dex)
44 Gas bomb
45 Gravity changer 18 Stealth (Dex)
46 Health resonator
47 Heat nodule 19 Survival (Wis)
48–49 Hunter/seeker
50–51 Inferno wall projector 20 Ancients Arcana (Int)
52 Instant workshop Speed boost
53 Intellect boost Strength boost
54–56 Living solvent Teleportation beacon
57 Lore siphon Temporal viewer
58 Magnetic attack drill Time skipper
59–60 Travel bubble
Visage changer

299

ARCANA OF THE ANCIENTS 24 Cloak of finery
25–27 Cypher bag
ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE D Cypher stabilizing suit
28 Detextilizer
d00 Arcana 29 Drill spear
01–08 Chemical factory 30–31 Drink distiller
09–18 Detonation of gravity 32 Ecstasy paralyzer
19–28 Detonation of the black sphere 33–34 Empath’s lenses
29–34 Detonation, greater (roll d20) 35 Empty field generator
36 Exploding arrow
1–2 Cell disruption 37–40 Explorer’s gloves
3–6 Corrosion 41 Explorer’s lenses
7–8 Lightning 42 Eye of mental contact
9–10 Frost 43 Filtration straw
11–15 Flame 44–45 Flesh ink pen
16–20 Daggers 46 Food scanner
35–44 Force shield projector 47–48 Food tube
45–50 Gas bomb 49–50 Gauntlet of protection
51–55 Inferno wall projector 51 Glowbrand
56 Iron tamer 52 Golden aura cloak
57–62 Monoblade 53 Gravitevator
63–65 Nanite resistance 54 Healing sword
66–68 Rampaging form 55–56 Helm of metal control
69–83 Rejuvenator 57 Hover belt
84–95 Skill boost 58–60 Hover square
96–00 Stim 61–62 Imager
63–65 Instant bridge
ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE E 66–67 Launcher
68–69 Living conceptualization sheath
d00 Arcana 70 Mask of machine speaking
01–03 City shroud 71 Mephitic staff
04–23 Detonation of gravity 72 Mind imager
24–43 Detonation of the black sphere 73–74 Molecular bonder
44–68 Force shield projector 75–76 Net arrow
69–73 Hiding alarm nodule 77 Otherwhere torch
74–76 Iron tamer 78 Phasing piton
77–82 Rampaging form 79–80 Plant jar
83–00 Stim 81–82 Psychic whistle
83–84 Recorder headband
ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE F 85–86 Redlight clip
87–89 Self projector
d00 Arcana 90 Smoke ink pen
01 Aggression eye 91 Spine of impact
02–04 Analyzing shield 92 Sunfire crown
05–07 Armored flesh 93 Surgeon sphere
08 Augmentation heptagon 94–96 Suspensor belt
09–10 Automated cook 97–98 Toolbox blade
11–13 Bounding boots 99 Wood ink pen
14 Brain fogger 00
15 Bread sprayer
16 Breathing field spinner
17 Burrowing boots
18–20 Carryall
21–22 Chameleon cloak
23 Clawed extremity

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ARCANA BY RARITY

ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE G 52–53 Multi-opener
54 Natalitial
d00 Arcana 55 Operon reservoir
01–02 Amulet of numenera safety 56 Pacifying needler
57 Portable feast
03 Battle armor 58 Precognitive hoop staff
04–05 Brain bud 59 Prostheticlick
06–07 Cellular annealer 60 Psychic helmet
61 Psychosome
08 Cohesion stabilizer Remote clamp
09 Detonating scuttler (roll d20) 62–63 Repeating blade
64 Retaliation implant
1–4 Acid Sacrilock
5–6 Cold 65–66 Salvage pack
7–11 Fire 67 Second skin
12–13 Lightning 68 Shapestone sprayer
14–15 Nectrotic 69 Shock manacles
16–20 Piercing 70 Skin of steel
Slugspitter
10 Devitilizer 71–72 Snipewand
11–12 Disruption blade 73–74 Spikes of the zephyr
Empty hand Spine of might
13 Endless coil 75 Spine of shock
14 Endless stomach 76 Stability spike
15 Energy nullifier 77 Stormheart
16 Evolution bud 78 Stunner
17 External skeleton 79 Telepathic wire
18–19 Eye of mental supremacy 80 Telltale glass
20 Eye-eating loop 81 Temporal duplicator
21–22 Eyepiece of understanding 82 Temporary wing
23 Fearmaker 83 Tentacle injector
24–25 Flame cloak 84 Trackdarter
26 Flame gauntlet 85 Transdimensional mixer
27 Flesh disruptor 86–87 Twilight skin
28–29 Force dome 88 Vigilant eye
30–31 Helm of illusion 89 Vision relayer
32–33 Kinetic shield 90 Windrider
34 Lacewing shirt 91 Windslice blade
35 Light spike 92–93 Wings of thunder
36 Liquid armor 94–95
37 Liquid sword 96–97
38 Liquid transfer orb 98–99
39 Machine steed 00
40–41 Memory extractor
42–43 Metabolism bud
44–45 Midnight suit
46–47 Mindspeaking implant
48–49 Monster repulsor
50 Motion stabilizer
51

301

ARCANA OF THE ANCIENTS 72–73 Structural extruder
74–75 Sunfire corona
ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE H 76–77 Synthetic body
78–79 Tendril graft
d00 Arcana 80–81 Thunder cannon
01–03 Battle armor 82–83 Toxic fogger
84–85 Transdimensional ray projector
04 Brain bud Trigger trap
05 Cellular annealer 86 Twilight skin
06 Cohesion stabilizer 87–88 Vigilant eye
07 Dimensional armor Vision relayer
08 Disruption blade 89 Weapon graft
09 Extradimensional viewer 90 Windrider
10–11 Eye of mental supremacy 91–92 Windslice blade
12 Fearmaker 93 Wings of thunder
13 Fiery hellmaker 94–95 Winter torque
14 Flame cloak 96–97 Wondrous pocket
15–16 Flame gauntlet 98–99
17–18 Flame halo 00
19 Flesh disruptor
20 Force dome ANCIENTS ARCANA TABLE I
21–22 Gauntlet of shield brandishing
23 Headroom helmet d00 Arcana
24 Helm of illusion 01–07 Amber casement
25–26 Helm of metal mastery 08–10 Battle armor
27–28 Lacewing shirt 11–21 Battlesuit
29 Liquid armor 22–23 Dimensional armor
30 Liquid sword
31 Living armor sheath 24 Eye of mental supremacy
32–33 Machine stimulator 25–26 Flame gauntlet
34–35 Melding projector 27–28 Flame halo
36 Metabolism bud 29–30 Gauntlet of shield brandishing
37 Mindspeaking implant
38 Murder globe 31 Helm of metal mastery
39 Nano-needler 32–38 Helm of phantasm
40 Perception extender 39–46 Mask of machine command
41–42 Poison brain implant 47–53 Multidimensional blade
43 Prevarication exponent
44–45 Psychic eradicator 54 Poison brain implant
46 Psychic helmet 55–57 Rumbler
47 Reflective shield
48 Remote clamp 58 Second skin
49 Repeating blade 59–61 Shadowpath blade
50 Safe corridor 62–69 Shatter wand
51–52 Second skin
53 Shock manacles 70 Skin of phasing
54–55 Skin of phasing 71–72 Skin of steel
56–57 Skin of steel
58 Skull blaster 73 Snipewand
59 Slugspitter 74 Spine of gravity
60–62 Snipewand 75–76 Spine of might
63 Spikes of the zephyr 77–82 Stormheart tempest
64–65 Spine of gravity 83 Sunfire corona
66–67 Spine of might 84 Synthetic body
68 Spine of shock 85–86 Thunder cannon
69–70 Stasis pod 87 Toxic fogger
71 Stormheart 88–89 Transdimensional ray projector
90 Twilight skin
302 91–95 Weapon graft
96–98 Windslice blade
99 Wings of thunder
00 Winter torque

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