Friday, April 28, 2023

Amulet of Perpetual Youth and Inexperience

Amulet of Perpetual Youth and Inexperience
Wondrous Item, Rare (requires attunement)
Aura: Moderate Necromancy

This amulet glows with a faint blue light, this amulet temporarily stops the wearer from aging. The amulet has 30 charges. For every full year the amulet is worn, one charge is expended. The amount of time is cumulative, even if the amulet changes hands (if one person wears it for 6 months and a second person wears it for another 6 months, the amulet loses 1 charge). When the last charge is expended, the light flickers out and the amulet loses all magical properties.

Curse. This amulet is cursed. While wearing the amulet, your Charisma, Intelligence and Wisdom scores are reduced to 8, unless they would normally be lower.



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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Amulet of Perpetual Youth

Amulet of Perpetual Youth
Wondrous Item, Rare
Aura: Moderate Necromancy

This amulet glows with a faint blue light, and temporarily stops the wearer from aging. The amulet has 30 charges. For every full year the amulet is worn, one charge is expended. The amount of time is cumulative, even if the amulet changes hands (if one person wears it for 6 months and a second person wears it for another 6 months, the amulet loses 1 charge). When the last charge is expended, the light flickers out and the amulet loses all magical properties.



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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Phelthong's Amulet

Phelthong’s Amulet
Wondrous Item, Legendary (requires attunement by a wizard or sorcerer)
Aura: Very Strong Conjuration and Transmutation

Named for a drow wizard of fabled power, these rare fist-sized obsidian pendants are only given to the most accomplished and powerful Master Mages of Sorcere. You are constantly under the effects of the comprehend languages spell while you hold this amulet.

This amulet has 13 charges and regains 1d6 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC and Spellcasting ability modifier:  Darkness (2 charges), Dimension Door (4 charges), or Time Stop (9 charges).

Power transference. You can speak a command word and touch this amulet to another magic item that has charges and is not being worn or carried. When you do so, that item loses 1d6 charges and the amulet regains an equal number of expended charges. If this reduces the magic item to 0 charges, and that item isn’t a legendary item or artifact, that item is destroyed. Once you have used this property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.



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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Amulet of the Papyrus Scepter

Amulet of the Papyrus Scepter
Wondrous Item, Rare (requires attunement)
Aura: Moderate Transmutation and Necromancy

This amulet appears to be a sheaf of papyrus leaves, which grants vigor and youth. When you first attune to the amulet, your choice of Strength, Dexterity or Constitution is increased by 1 (to a maximum of 20). In addition, you no longer age while wearing the amulet. Once the amulet has stopped a creature from aging for 10 years, it becomes unattuned to that creature and they cannot attune to it again.



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Monday, April 24, 2023

Amulet of Neutrality

Amulet of Neutrality
Wondrous Item, Uncommon (requires attunement)
Aura: Minor Abjuration

Amulets of neutrality are often used by fiends and undead to shield their nature and walk among mortals undetected. While wearing this amulet, you can cast Nystul's Magic Aura at will, targeting yourself. If you take off the amulet while still under the effects of the spell, the illusion ends immediately.



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Friday, April 21, 2023

Orcish Amulet

Orcish 
Wondrous Item, Uncommon  (requires attunement)
Aura: minor transmutation

Created by orcish shamans, the benefits of these amulets are unpredictable at best. When you first attune to this amulet, as well as each day at dawn, roll a d12 to determine which benefit the amulet provides from the table below. 

d12

Benefit

+1 bonus to your AC.

2

+1 bonus to weapon attack rolls.

3

+1 bonus to weapon damage rolls.

4

+1 bonus to saving throws.

5

+1 bonus to ability checks.

6

+2 Strength (maximum of 20)

7

+2 Dexterity (maximum of 20)

8

+2 Constitution (maximum of 20)

9

+2 Wisdom (maximum of 20)

10

+2 Intelligence (maximum of 20)

11

+2 Charisma (maximum of 20)

12 

Choose one of the above benefits.

Curse. Some versions of these amulets are cursed. If you have a cursed Orcish amulet, the result rolled provides a penalty rather than a bonus to the trait instead (+2 Strength becomes -2 Strength, etc).



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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Palm Sign Amulet

Palm Sign Amulet
Wondrous Item, Rare (requires attunement)
Aura: Moderate Abjuration and Evocation

This amulet was designed as a weapon, intended to help the wearer drive back efreeti. While wearing the amulet, you have resistance to fire damage and know the ray of frost cantrip. When you first attune to this amulet, you can choose Charisma, Wisdom or Intelligence as your spellcasting ability for this cantrip.



One of many items from my conversion of the old 2e Encyclopedia Magica into 5e-compatible content with my Artifacts of Antiquity collection. For a master list of all items currently converted, please check out this page.