Ring of Painbound

by Frazer 👁 148 views

Charges: 7 (regains at dawn)

A ring forged from dark, matte iron with a deep crimson gem set in an intricate filigree of obsidian blades. The gem seems to breathe, its glow intensifying whenever the wearer endures pain. Tiny, nerve-like runes thread along the band, and when you place the ring on, a whisper of soreness echoes in your ears, as though the ring remembers every wound it has ever witnessed.

Pain Storage Whenever you take damage, you may choose to forgo 1 point of that damage to store it as a charge in the ring, up to a maximum of 7 charges. Each point of stored pain corresponds to 1 charge. The portion of the damage you forgo is not dealt to you. The ring is limited to 7 stored pain at any time and cannot accept more until charges are expended or the daily recharge resets.

Pain Burst As an action, you may expend 1 to 7 charges to unleash stored pain in a 30‑foot cone. Each creature in the cone must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or take 1d6 psychic damage per charge expended (half on a successful save). The charges spent are removed from the ring.

Fortress of Resolve While the ring contains at least 1 charge, you have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Lore

Legends say the Ring of Painbound was woven from the shroud of a battlefield where many souls learned to endure unspeakable torment. The original creator believed pain to be a currency of resilience, storing it like a battery for magic. Worn by those who test their limits, the ring teaches that suffering can be transmuted into power—if one dares to collect it rather than bleed from it.

History

The ring surfaced in the wreckage of a ruined monastery near the ruined city of Kethandar. It passed through the hands of weary adventurers, torturers seeking control over their own emotions, and scholars who studied the line between endurance and madness. Each owner swore the ring granted a steadier mind in battle, but aloud they spoke of a constant ache that followed them after use, a memory that could not be silenced.

Created by Frazer 👁 148 views