Thank you; I had no idea that word was "compass".

I much prefer the idea of permanent items as well; it's much more satisfying to create something that's not going to disappear in five minutes, especially if it's going to give you access to more spells and abilities. And having the item slow everything, instead of just everything else in relation to Bernard as I had assumed, sounds reasonable enough to include as a permanent ability.

I somehow feel there should be a synthesisable abacus. I have no idea what such a thing would be used for.