Gorgoneion Mantle (Patreon)

Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)

A scaled mantle lined with serpentine forms clasped with a carving of the dreaded medusa. While wearing this mantle, you have advantage on saves against being petrified.

Thick Skin. While wearing this cloak you can cast the Stoneskin spell targeting yourself without expending a spell slot. Once you do so, you cannot do so again until the next dawn.

Soft Touch. As an action you can touch a petrified creature to absorb their condition. If you do, the creature is no longer petrified and you gain a Stone point. While you have one Stone point, your AC is increased by 1, your movement speed is halved, and you have disadvantage on Dexterity checks and saving throws. When you have two Stone points, you immediately become petrified.

You lose one Stone point every 24 hours. The Greater Restoration spell reduces your number of Stone points to zero.

As I made my way through the desolate temples on my path, I endeavored to not lock eyes with any of the statues that littered the landscape. Each marble form was in the midst of static dynamism, their expressions twisted with the terror they must have felt in their final moments as the snake-haired gorgons descended upon yet another hapless victim. Blindly stumbling forth, I prayed I would not topple one of these poor souls, lest I alert the monstrous fiends and become part of their stony menagerie.