Jaw Breakers [CARD] (Patreon)

Wondrous item, very rare (requires attunement)

Named after a popular sweet infamous for its toughness, these knuckles provide a hefty punch to one's fists. While wielding these knuckles, your unarmed strikes gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls, you can roll a d8 in place of the normal damage of your unarmed strikes, and your unarmed strikes score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.

Sucker Punch. When you score a critical hit with an unarmed strike while wearing these knuckles, the target's jaw is broken and they cannot speak coherently until they receive at least 5 points of magical healing. A creature is immune to this additional effect if it is immune to bludgeoning damage, doesn't have or need a head, has legendary actions, or the GM decides that the creature is too big for its jaw to be broken in this way.

Sugar Rush. As a bonus action you can supercharge yourself by pumping sweet sucrose through your body. For the duration this property is active your movement speed is increased by 10 feet and the first time you take the attack action on your turn you can immediately make an unarmed strike with these knuckles. You can end this property as a bonus action. At the start of each turn this property is active, you gain a stacking 5% chance to experience a sugar crash, which ends this property. If you crash, you can't move or take actions for the duration of your turn, after which the stacking chances are reduced by 20%. After a long rest, the stacking chances to crash are reduced to 0%.

It wasn't long after Sacchariferous began to expand the possibilities of his confectionary magic that some "interested parties" appeared. Those who saw the potential of seemingly innocuous treats capable of mass destruction found Sacchariferous's factory of great interest in their pursuit of advanced weaponry. Left with little choice, the wizard found himself producing candies more suited to warfare than for consumption, beginning with a pair of knuckles that were so durable that they shattered the mandibles of all test subjects put through the wringer.