Ring of Temporal Steps

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Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

A slender silver ring, cool to the touch, with a small sapphire cabochon that shifts through pale blues and greens as if catching fragments of light from unseen clocks. The ring bears an inverted loop motif—an endless path that seems to pulse with a heartbeat of shifting moments. When worn, a faint hum and a whisper of time’s undertow can be felt at the base of the finger, as if the wearer could slip between the present and a half-remembered instant.

Temporal Step 1 charge. As a bonus action, you can expend 1 charge to teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. This teleport does not provoke opportunity attacks.

Rewind Landing 3 charges. When you fail a saving throw or miss a weapon attack, you can expend 3 charges to force the triggering roll to be rolled again, and you must use the second result. This effectively buys you a second chance at the same moment.

Temporal Precognition 2 charges. Once per minute, you can expend 2 charges to gain advantage on one roll you make within the next minute (attack roll, saving throw, or ability check).

Lore

The Ring of Temporal Steps was crafted by a chronomancer named Ilyrath in the city that sits beside a river of dreams. Legends say it was forged from meteor-tempered silver and a shard of a hourglass stolen from a dying god of time. It is whispered that the ring remembers every moment it has brushed, and those who wear it become a little less bound by the tyranny of now.

History

Over the centuries, the ring has passed through thieves, couriers, and scholars, each using its power to outrun danger, deliver urgent messages, or escape traps that would claim entire expeditions. In one tale, a rival guild tried to erase a catastrophe by stealing the ring, only to learn that time does not surrender its secrets easily—the ring's true power lies in the choices made in the gaps between moments.

Created by Frazer 👁 198 views