[Frozen Norse] Andvaranaut (Patreon)

Ring, uncommon

Glowing with tiny motes of pulsing light, this brilliant golden ring is inscribed with runes of wealth and prosperity. Two legends follow this ring. The first tells of humble folk using the ring to lead modest lives free from discomfort and hardship. The second tells of mighty leaders brought low by their own greed. Which is true is anyone’s guess.

Andvari’s Gift. As a bonus action you can speak the ring’s command word – “plunder” – to form a trail of softly glowing golden dust that leads to the nearest source of gold at least 5 gp in value that is not currently carried or worn by a creature. The trail extends out 100 feet from you, growing as you follow it. The trail can’t pass through solid objects but will navigate through holes as small as 1 inch in diameter. If all paths to the gold source are blocked by solid objects, the trail ends as close to the gold as possible. The trail disappears immediately if the gold source is destroyed, transported to another plane, or picked up by a creature.

Curse: Andvari’s Avarice. If Andvari’s Gift is used three times with one 24 hour span, you become attuned to it. If you have no available attunement slots you must choose one uncursed item from which you immediately become unattuned. Upon attuning to the item you develop dragon fever, which can’t be cured while the curse persists:

• You have disadvantage on all Wisdom saving throws and checks.
• You become uncompromisingly greedy, using all your cunning to keep as much treasure for yourself as possible.

As long as you remain cursed, you can’t willingly unattune from the ring and any attempt to discard the ring fails. It always returns to your person in a mysterious way, such as appearing in a pocket, on your finger, or braided into your beard. Remove curse or similar magic can end your attunement to the ring, but does not remove the ring’s Andvari’s Avarice property.

If you relinquish the ring to a person who does not know of the ring’s curse, and that can speak the command word, your attunement to the ring ends. You can never again regain the ring through any means; events will conspire to keep it from you.

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