Scarab Mask (Patreon)

Wondrous item, uncommon

This mask is made of iridescent brass and is designed in the likeness of a scarab beetle. Its two green gemstone eyes glow dimly while the mask is worn.

While wearing this mask, Medium and smaller insects and insect swarms (such as centipedes, spiders, wasps, scorpions, or similar creatures) are indifferent toward you and will not attack you unless you threaten or harm them. In addition, you're immune to any insect-borne disease. If you're already suffering from such a disease, its effects are suppressed while you wear the mask.

I bear this mask like a carapace, as a beetle does its prized armor. We are not so different, you and I, little beetle. We fight to survive in a world more vast than we know, focusing only on what's in front of us. I see you as an equal and welcomed fellow traveler.

Now, please don't bite me. Ew ew ew ew.