Crown of the Rewritten Oath

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Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

A circlet of gold forms a crown that sits lightly on the brow, its bands carved with sigils of oath and allegiance. Inset along the frame are pale blue sapphires that shimmer with a cool, reflective light, while a teardrop opaline at the center seems to ripple with shifting loyalties. The metal is warm to the touch, as though the crown contains a living mind listening for the whispers of those it touches. When worn, the crown hums with a muted, wordless chorus, and thoughts feel closer—almost as if someone else is weighing your choices beside you.

Loyalty Rewrite You can expend 1 charge to attempt to rewrite the loyalty of a humanoid creature you can see within 60 feet that can hear you. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or have their loyalty redirected to you for 24 hours. While under this effect, the creature is charmed by you and will follow your reasonable commands to the best of its ability. The effect ends early if you or the target dies, if the target is forced to harm itself, or after 24 hours the target's loyalty reverts to its previous bonds and memories of the period of loyalty you commanded.

Voice of the Crown (Suggestion) You can expend 1 charge to cast the spell Suggestion on one humanoid you can see within 60 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw or follow a single plausible instruction for up to 8 hours. The effect ends early if the target completes the instruction or if you use this ability again on the target.

Mental Fortitude While wearing the Crown, you have advantage on saving throws against being charmed.

Lore

The Crown of the Rewritten Oath was forged by a council of mind-binders who believed loyalty could be sculpted as surely as metal and stone. Legends state that in a decisive moment a monarch used the crown to reshape the loyalties of generals with nothing more than a thought, sealing a fate with silence and suggestion. The crown is said to record every oath it rewrites, whispering the memories of those vows to the wearer like a pale echo of the past.

History

Its first known owner was a sovereign who faced a mutiny of trusted captains. A single thought, spoken through the crown, redirected every oath the generals held, and the mutiny dissolved into a quiet, obedient march. The crown later traveled through several courts, each ruler comparing their own will to the memory of those changed loyalties, until it vanished into a secret vault, awaiting another mind hungry enough to rewrite a realm’s allegiance.

Created by Frazer 👁 205 views