D&D item: Martyr’s Collar

Posted by towo on Monday, February 1, 2010 · 1 Comment 

See­ing how ever­yone else is cur­rently crea­ting inte­res­ting items, I thought that I should throw one of my ideas into the mix. And after a bit of tin­ke­ring with how it should work, I present:

Martyr’s Col­lar Level 5

Res­ting tight against the throat, the wea­rer is always remin­ded of the price of sacrifice.

Lv 5   1.000 gp

Item slot:
Neck
Pro­perty:
This item can mean instant death for the cha­rac­ter. To wield it, the cha­rac­ter must suc­ceed at a hard will­power check. After three failu­res, the cha­rac­ter needs to take an exten­ded rest before try­ing again.
Power (At-Will ♦ Necrotic):
Stan­dard action. A con­scious and wil­ling cha­rac­ter may activate the col­lar while it is around their throat. The col­lar magi­cally con­stricts, seve­r­ing the user’s head from their body. The user’s life energy ser­ves as a power source for the col­lar and sends every attu­ned ally in range (burst 10) to the point defined by the attu­ning pro­cess.
Being able to sur­vive the deca­pi­ta­tion does not save the user, as all of their life energy is used up to power the collar’s magic.
The allies do not need to be wil­ling, con­scious, or even alive. If, for wha­te­ver rea­son, the desti­na­tion is not reachable, the col­lar will not activate. After the tele­por­ta­tion, the col­lar expands to its nor­mal pro­por­ti­ons and loses any attunement.
Power (Daily):
Stan­dard action. Every wil­ling ally in a burst 5 are attu­ned to the col­lar, and the item its­elf is attu­ned to the loca­tion. When the at-will power is used, all allies attu­ned and in range are trans­por­ted back to the cur­rent loca­tion. The col­lar does not need to be worn to be attu­ned; any cha­rac­ter tou­ch­ing the item can initiate the pro­cess. When pas­sing bet­ween owners, the item does not lose con­nec­tion to any attu­ned user or the attu­ned location.

Nobody really knows how these devices ever came to be, but they seem to have been used by devout and loyal war­ri­ors throug­hout time to save com­ra­des from cer­tain death by using their own life to shield them. The ulti­mate heroic sacri­fice, most souls sacri­fi­cing their bodies this way ascend to the Astral Sea.

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One Response to “D&D item: Martyr’s Collar”
  1. Martin Koose says:
    2010-02-02 at 09:09

    Moin,

    ich dachte du bist nur noch Run­ner.
    Anschei­nend hast Du auch noch ein Herz für D&D ;-]

    hoffe es geht Dir gut
    schö­nen Gruß
    Martin

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