Wall-Walker Gloves

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Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

Two supple gloves of deep charcoal leather, stitched with copper threads in delicate sigils. The fingertips are reinforced with thin iron filaments that gleam faintly when a move through a wall is attempted. A soft, almost imperceptible tug resonates at the base of each finger when a nearby wall is touched, and a pale blue glow beads along the sigils as a pull is initiated.

Through-Wall Pull You can expend 1 charge to tug a Small or smaller nonmagical object weighing up to 5 pounds from the other side of a nonmagical wall within 15 feet of you. Make a DC 14 Strength (Athletics) check. If you succeed, the object is pulled through the wall and appears within 5 feet of you on your side. The object must be on the far side of a single wall and cannot pass through multiple walls in one use. A creature holding the object or a secured container blocks the pull.

Wall-Sense (passive) While wearing these gloves, you gain an awareness of movement within walls up to 30 feet away. You cannot identify the exact item or its exact location without interaction, but you can sense that something small is shifting on the other side.

Lore

These gloves, known as Wall-Walker Gauntlets, were forged by a hidden guild of thieves who perfected the art of reaching beyond solid barriers. Legends speak of a vault sealed behind a dozen layers of stone, where a single cloth map was drawn through the walls by someone who wore these very gloves. Each pair is believed to carry a shard of the guild's memory, the longing to retrieve what lies beyond a barrier.

History

First created by the reclusive mage-smith Lareth of the Shale Court, they passed through the hands of smugglers, scholars, and escapologists. A notorious rogue named Sylara Nightwhisper wore them to tug a dragon's lair key through a rock wall, and later disappeared into a moonless night with the gloves. They resurfaced in the possession of a traveling circlet of thieves, then vanished again, only for adventurers to claim them once more.

Created by Frazer 👁 213 views