Gauntlets of the Seraph



The Gauntlets of the Seraph is one of the three Netherese Artifacts placed in the Boxes of Netheril.

Appearance
These golden gauntlets show little of their extraordinary power. They are made of mithral and are inlaid with gold and platinum. They have no markings on them giving away their power.

History
Nothing is known about the Gauntlets history, but at some point it is assumed that the Lich-King of Vaasa obtained the Box that contained the artifact. At some point before his death, the Lich-King locked the Box and the Gauntlets into a vault in his Castle Perilous.

The box went undisturbed until Xarxes Theodike and the Circle of the Tome discovered the box when battling Ladira Chembryl. The gauntlets attached themselves to Xarxes, using him to get to the other artifacts.

Abilities
The gauntlets are strongly lawfully aligned. Anyone neutral must succeed at a Will Save (DC 25) to put them on, repeating this save every hour. Anyone chaotically aligned who attempts to put them on must make a fortitude save (DC 30) or be stunned. If a chaotically aligned person puts them on, they burn terribly, doing 2d6 Con damage each round. The gauntlets can voluntarily stop these wards, if it chooses the wearer itself.

By themselves, the Gauntlets have the following abilities:
 * Gives the wearer a +4 Enhancement bonus to Dexterity, Strength, and Constitution
 * Gives the wearer a +4 Insight bonus to Sense Motive, Gather Information, and Diplomacy checks.
 * Can cast Magic Circle Against Chaos 3/day as a move action, as a 20th Level Caster.
 * Can cast Detect Chaos at will as a 20th Level Caster.
 * The gauntlets are sensitive to the wearer’s alignment, and cause changes to the wearer’s alignment: The wearer begins to feel paranoid about the gauntlets and will not give them up while he/she is still breathing. In addition, the gauntlets cast suggestion 1/day (Will DC 29), attempting to change the wearer’s actions to be more lawful.

The Gauntlet's real power comes when it is joined with its other two parts: The Crown of Horns and The Scepter of the Neutral Spirit. Since Myrkul has sullied the Crown, the combination of the three will result in the release of his essence and power, and will consume the wearer unless Myrkul is banished from the body.

Current Whereabouts
After the incident in Hlondeth in 1376, the Gauntlets were assumed either destroyed or shunted far away to be found once again when needed.