Top Hat of Companionship [CARD] (Patreon)

A fashionable piece of clothing that can bring companionship wherever you go.

Make a Friend. You can place this hat atop a mound of material no larger than 3 cubic feet. For the next hour, the substance is imbued with limited sentience and animation akin to the Speak with Plants spell. Depending on the material (such as a mound of rocks or snowman) your companion can move alongside you at a speed of 30 movement. If the animated companion moves further than 100 feet from you, the hat is removed, or the material is destroyed the effect ends. Once you use this feature it cannot be used again until you finish a long rest.

Having outlived her friends and family, an aged old woman spent many a year in solitude, watching the seasons come and go yet again. With each passing year her heart grew heavier, wishing for the companionship of another that she so missed. One day, a box topped with red ribbon was placed upon her table containing naught but a simple top hat. Absent-mindedly she placed it upon a pile of stones, which to her surprise began to jump and move and talk! Each day she placed the hat upon a new object, each day making new friends and conversing with as many personalities as she had days. And from that day forth she was never truly alone.