Recorder of Ye'Cind
| Recorder of Ye'Cind | |
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| The Recorder of Ye'Cind, as depicted in Book of Artifacts (1993). | |
| Type: | Artifact |
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| First Appearance: | Dungeon Master's Guide (1979). |
The Recorder of Ye'Cind is a musical artifact once owned by the demigod Ye'Cind.
Description[edit | edit source]
Crafted from a hollowed-out lake reed, the Recorder of Ye'Cind is eighteen inches long, with ten holes drilled through its surface.
Powers[edit | edit source]
The Recorder can play simple yet haunting tunes on command. It sounds a shrill alarm when anything within 30 feet, including itself, is stolen. Once per day it can create a magical vision containing clues on some topic of interest to the user. It can manifest a variety of other spell-like powers as well.
History[edit | edit source]
Ye'Cind came into the possession of his Recorder between 100-80 years before the time that the Book of Artifacts legend was told, when he used the artifact's powers to uncover a regicide.
In the adventure Reverse Dungeon, the Recorder is found in the possession of the illithid Hlyddhth in the Vault Level of the dungeon. It was placed in the dungeon some time within the last 600 years by the wizard Blaise after it fulfilled whatever purpose it had for it, and the illithid discovered it there and decided to keep it. Hlyddhth has become deaf to all sounds made by anything but the Recorder, though its telepathy makes this only a slight hindrance.
Creative origins[edit | edit source]
Ye'Cind, and by extension, the Recorder, is named for Cindy, one of Gary Gygax's daughters.
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Citations[edit | edit source]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Cook, David. Book of Artifacts. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.
- Grohe Jr., Allan T., and Erik Mona. "All Oerth's Artifacts." Dragon #299. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2002.
- Gygax, Gary. Dungeon Master's Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Ratecliff, John D., and Bruce R. Cordell. Reverse Dungeon. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Index is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, and his work as continued and updated by Eric Johnson, Richard DiIoia, Jason "PupickDad" Jacobson, a French fan group, and numerous other fans over the years. The wiki page for the EGI has a list of sources, full product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ye'cind, Recorder of (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Book of Artifacts, AD&D 2e | 79 |
| Ye'cind, Recorder of (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition | 124, 160 |
| Ye'cind, Recorder of (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Dragon magazine #299 | 103 |
| Ye'cind, Recorder of (Instrument) | Item | Artifact, | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume IV | 1556, 1557 |