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Wand, legendary (requires attunement by a bard)

An eerie air surrounds this decorative, bone-white conductor’s baton. It feels cold to the touch despite the magical energy radiating from it. While holding this baton you can replace the verbal components of spells you cast with somatic components and you gain a +3 bonus to spell attack rolls.

Maestro. While holding this baton, you can spend your spell slots of the appropriate level to cast one of the following spells: Silence, Counterspell, Dominate Person. When you cast one of the listed spells while holding this baton, you can spend a use of your Bardic Inspiration to modify it in one of the following ways:

• Silent as the Grave (Silence): You can choose to have the spell center on you and follow your movement.
• Not My Tempo (Counterspell): If you successfully counter a spell, the creature that cast the countered spell takes an amount of psychic damage equal to 1d8 times the countered spell’s level.
• Instrument of Death (Dominate Person): When the charmed target makes an attack it gains a bonus to its attack and damage rolls equal to your Charisma modifier. Additionally the charmed target gains a bonus to performance checks equal to your Charisma modifier.

As motely as a crew could be, the troupe sometimes felt as though it could splinter at any moment for a myriad of reasons. The only thing holding each and every one of them together was Bella; conductor, friend, and leader of all. Whether tensions were high mere moments before a performance, or someone was still hungover from another raucous night, or any other matter, all issues simply ceased to exist the moment Bella raised her baton. Because deep down they all knew; whatever issues there were, they could wait. The audience was waiting, and Bella would not abide failure.