Cloak of Stars (Magic Cloak)

The inside of this cloak contains four stars around the neck and front hems, six-pointed shapes of silver cloth. These are enspelled and radiate magic. If a star is touched and the name of its maker spoken (Thalanta the Fair made most of these cloaks), the star vanishes and the spell stored within is activated. The knowledge of the making of such stars is lost, and thus they cannot be replaced. Moreover, there is nothing to identify what spell is linked to which star, although a few sages know the secrets of the patterns the stars were placed in, and can deduce the spell each star will trigger. Only one star may be activated per round; it will cause a spell to be cast as though by a cloak wearer (regardless of that being's class or level), and the spell will take effect as if cast by a wizard of 20th level, for that was Thalanta's level.
The usual spells stored in a cloak of stars vary according to which of three types of cloaks is found:
* Type I: Teleport, enchant an item, spirit wrack, and limited wish.
* Type II: Anti-magic shell, repulsion, reverse gravity, and imprisonment.
* Type III: Death spell, legend lore, statue, and shape change. 
Such cloaks are very rare, as the steady attrition of used stars reduces the numbers without replenishment, and this is especially true of Type III. The patterns in which the stars were placed inside the cloaks vary as well. The three known variations (which do not necessarily correspond to the three types of cloaks as noted above) are:
* Style I: A triangle of three stars inside the right front throat hem, one star in the center of the triangle.
* Style II: Four stars in a square on the left front throat hem.
* Style III: Two stars down the right front hem and two stars down the left front hem.
Some speak of a fourth combination-four stars in a diagonal row by the right front throat hem-but what spells any of these patterns correspond to, only a few sages know or are able to discover (DM's option). They can, of course, be activated without knowing what spell is contained; knowledge of the spell power will fill inactivator's mind in time for the spell to be directed at an area or specific target (but not negated or saved for later). 
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