Ring of Myrkul (5e Equipment)

Ring, very rare (requires attunement) The ring consists of a gold band painted black and adorned with the white skull of Myrkul. It glows faintly in the presence of a detect evil spell. While you are wearing the ring, undead creatures with 6 Hit Dice or less are charmed by you until you or one of your allies attacks them. The ring has 3 charges for the following properties. Chill Touch You can expend 1 charge as an action to cast chill touch from the ring. Ghoul Touch You can expend 2 charges as an action to emulate the claw attack of a ghoul. Target one creature within 5 feet that is not an elf or undead. That target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. While paralyzed, it exudes a carrion stench in a 10 ft. radius. Living creatures other than the ring's wielder that start their turn in the stench must pass a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned until they are no longer in the stench. Sufficiently evil intelligent creatures within 90 feet are drawn to the ring, with a strong desire to touch and possess it. The compulsion to touch the object can be overpowering; a DC 15 Wisdom save releases an affected creature from the compulsion. A creature that successfully saves must repeat the saving throw 1d6x10 minutes later if they are still within range. Wearing the ring causes one's body temperature to drop several degrees cooler, and over time one's voice becomes more like a raspy whisper unless the wearer consciously decides to speak normally. Before the Time of Troubles, if the ring wearer was a Myrkulite priest, he could invoke a number of other effects, but these greater necromantic powers vanished when Myrkul died. Some other situational powers to the ring may exist, that are tied to specific locations especially (un)holy to Myrkul, or to proximity with other Myrkulite relics.

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