User:
Daniel Eggert
DCI:
5431413876
Character:
Colin Butcher
Name:
Shield of the Uven Rune
Rarity:
very_rare
Location:
Table:
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Included in Count?:
true
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Notes:
This shield is made from the scale of an ancient white dragon. It has a rune burned into its outward-facing side. A character who examines the rune and succeeds on a DC 20 Intelligence (History) check recognizes it as an **uven** (“enemy” in Giant) rune that confers great power.
While holding the shield, you benefit from the following properties.
***Winter’s Friend.*** You are immune to cold damage.
***Deadly Rebuke.*** Immediately after a creature hits you with a melee attack, you can use your reaction to deal 3d6 necrotic damage to that creature.
***Bane.*** You can cast the bane spell from the shield (save DC 17). The spell does not require concentration and lasts for 1 minute. Once you cast the spell from the shield, you can’t do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
***Gift of Vengeance.*** You can transfer the shield’s magic to a nonmagical weapon by tracing the uven rune on the weapon with one finger. The transfer takes 8 hours of work that requires the two items to be within 5 feet of each other. At the end, the shield is destroyed, and the rune is etched or burned into the chosen weapon. This weapon becomes a rare magic item that requires attunement. It has the properties of a +1 weapon. The bonus increases to +3 when the weapon is used against one of the following creature types, chosen by you at the time of the magic weapon’s creation: aberrations, celestials, constructs, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, giants, or undead.
This item is found in Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage.