Fool's Lamp (Patreon)

Wondrous item, very rare

This brass lamp is decorated with flowing patterns around a blue, glass chamber at its center. Swirling, magenta clouds drift within the lamp and billow eagerly whenever it's held. Created as a grim sculpture by a spiteful djinni, this lamp offers no benefit to those foolish enough to encounter it.

An identify or legend lore spell correctly reveals the lamp to be empty, as well as its true nature. However, identifying the lamp by any other means will reveal that the lamp has a djinni trapped inside it, allowing it to function as a ring of djinni summoning while held and without requiring attunement. It also reveals that the only way to summon the djinni is to ask it for a wish (such as a wish spell or general command), treating the wish as a command phrase.

When a creature holding the lamp speaks such a phrase using an action, the GM uses the table below to choose the outcome or determine it randomly:

If a creature affected by the lamp is targeted by the greater restoration spell or similar magic, one of the lamp’s effects on the creature ends.

“Wishing? Ha! Wishing is for those who do not grab opportunity by its throat and demand greatness! Wishing is for those who cannot stand under the heavy crown of leadership! It is for those who have given up and seek refuge from the reality of the world within sweetened words and aimless hopes. Wishing is for the fools.”