[Eldritch Seas] Lichkraken's Roar (Patreon)

Lichkraken’s Roar

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

Component: Undead (lich) undying heart

When you see a storm gathering offshore, stay inside. When you feel the waves beneath rumble, take cover. When you hear the ocean roar, say your prayers.

This item has 4 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn.

Spectral Salvo. As an action while holding this item, you expend 1 charge to fire an agglomeration of ethereal tentacles at a point you can see within 30 feet of you, causing them to violently unfurl in a 10-foot-radius sphere centred on that point. Each creature in the area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d6 necrotic damage and is restrained until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, it takes half as much damage and isn't restrained. A creature that takes any of this necrotic damage can’t regain hit points until the start of your next turn.

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Uncommon variant: Reduce the charges to 2 and the DC to 13. The Spectral Salvo property doesn’t prevent creatures from regaining hit points.

Very rare variant: Increase the DC to 16. The item has the Otherworldly Vigor property.

• Otherworldly Vigor. When a creature restrained by the Spectral Salvo property dies, you can use your reaction to absorb a fragment of the creature’s life force. You gain 5d6 temporary hit points, which last for 1 minute.

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