Teeth of Dahlver-Nar

Template:Greyhawk magic item The Teeth of Dahlver-Nar (sometimes misspelled as "Dalhvar-Nar") is a collection of artifacts associated with the priest Dahlver-Nar. Each tooth is associated with a particular vestige.

Description

The Teeth of Dahlver-Nar is a set of teeth of varying size and type. Though most describe the full set as consisting of thirty-two individual teeth, at least thirty-four are known.

To gain the powers of a particular tooth, one must remove his own tooth and replace it with the tooth in question. The individual teeth vary in appearance, matching their associated vestiges, though many appear to be humanoid. The teeth shrink or grow to fit the user's mouth, but just barely.

Teeth

The individual teeth are associated with the following vestiges:

• Acererak: Appears as a cuspid-shaped ruby.

• Agares

• Ahazu

• Amon

• Andras

• Andromalius

• Aym

• Balam

• Buer

• Chupoclops: Appears to be a massive tusk.

• Dahlver-Nar

• Dantalion

• Eligor

• Eurynome: Appears to be a molar the size of a dwarven fist.

The Tooth of Ahazu, as depicted in Dungeon #143 (2007).

• Focalor

• Geryon

• Haagenti

• Halphax

• Haures

• Ipos

• Karsus

• Leraje

• Malphas

• Marchosias

• Naberius

• Orthos

• Otiax

• Paimon

• Ronove

• Savnok

• Shami-Amourae

• Shax

• Tenebrous

• Zagan: A snake fang as long as an elven hand.

• One unnamed Tooth of Dahlver-Nar is found in a sealed chamber in the temple of Heironeous described in Bastion of Faith [page 73]. It grants the ability to walk on water, but slowly transforms the user into an ordinary fish.

Publishing history

In the first edition Dungeon Master's Guide the Teeth of Dahlver-Nar were described as the actual teeth of Dahlver-Nar himself (p. 161). This description was ignored in second edition's Book of Artifacts, the Teeth became those of a red dragon named Incendax, which were discovered by Dalhvar-Nar (sic, p. 101). Third edition's Tome of Magic acknowledged both versions as bardic tales, creating a third history which tied both the Teeth and Dahlver-Nar to vestiges, binders, and pact magic (pp. 77-79).

Gallery

Bibliography

• Boyd, Eric. "Wells of Darkness." Dungeon #148. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, July 2007.

• Cook, David. Book of Artifacts. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.

• Cordell, Bruce R. Bastion of Faith. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

• Greer, Stephen S., and Gary Holian. "Tides of Dread." Dungeon #143. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.

• Gygax, Gary. Dungeon Master's Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.

• Sernett, Matthew, David Noonan, Ari Marmell, and Robert J. Schwalb. Tome of Magic. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.