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Ollamh harp

(Magic Item Compendium, page 166)

Price (Item Level): 50,100 gp (18th)
Body Slot: — (held)
Caster Level: 17th
Aura: Strong; (DC 23) transmutation
Activation: — and standard (command)
Weight: 3 lb.

This elongated green lap harp is strung with gold. Twinkling red rubies adorn its frame.

This masterwork lap harp grants you a +2 circumstance bonus on Perform (string instruments) checks. If you have at least 14 ranks in Perform (string instruments), you can also command it to produce one of three spell effects (control weather, eyebite, or repulsion), each once per day.
If you pick up an Ollamh harp but do not have 14 or more ranks in Perform (string instruments), the instrument bestows one negative level on you, which persists for as long as you hold it. This negative level never results in actual level loss, but it cannot be overcome in any way (including restoration spells) while the instrument is held.

Lore: A wise and powerful bard named Falataer reportedly created the first of these instruments, which he used to test and reward the students at all seven levels of his bardic college. Others have since copied the designs but honored Falataer by keeping the name Ollamh harp (Knowledge [arcana] or bardic knowledge DC 15).


Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, control weather, eyebite, repulsion, bard.
Cost to Create: 25,000 gp (plus 100 gp for base item), 2000 XP, 50 days.