Gloves of the Great Badger (Patreon)

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)

This pair of fingerless gloves is decorated with badger-like stripes and fitted with razor-sharp claws. While wearing the gloves, your unarmed strikes with them deal slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength modifier, instead of the bludgeoning damage normal for an unarmed strike. In addition, you gain a burrowing speed of 5 feet.

While wearing the gloves, you can use a bonus action to invoke the might of a giant badger, granting the following benefits for 1 minute:

• Your burrowing speed is doubled, and you can burrow through nonmagical, unworked stone.
• You gain a +1 bonus to your attack and damage rolls whenever you make an unarmed strike with the gloves.
• Your unarmed strikes score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Once this property has been used, it can't be used again until the next dawn.

These are not the hands of royalty. These are the dirt-covered hands of hardworking men and women who spend their days toiling away below the ground. With time, even the most gentle hands can become ferocious and bloodstained.