The Patron's Signet
The Patron's Signet
Wondrous Item, legendary
A heavy ring of dark gold, sized perfectly for your finger though you never gave her a measurement. The face bears Zarchelia's personal sigil: a many-pointed star wrapped in feathered wings, with a single drop suspended at its center — blood, perhaps, or a tear, or simply a flaw in the metal that catches the light wrong. The ring is warmer than gold should be, and when you press the sigil against any flat surface — stone, wood, skin, the air itself — it leaves a faint impression that lingers for a heartbeat before fading.
That impression is how the spell delivers itself. The sigil presses into the world, the world flinches, and what you intended occurs. People who see you wear the ring react to it before they understand why; merchants offer better prices, guards' eyes slide away, and those with infernal blood of their own go very still and very polite. None of them can quite say what they saw. Zarchelia slid it onto your finger herself, and the fit was perfect. "A patron should be visible," she murmured, "to those with eyes to see. The rest needn't trouble themselves."
Properties
Charges. The signet has 5 charges. While wearing it, you can expend charges to cast the following spells:
- Hex (1 charge)
- Blindness/Deafness (2 charges)
- Hypnotic Pattern (3 charges)
Recharge Ritual. The signet regains all expended charges when you complete a long rest, but only if you perform the Pressed Seal at dawn: press the signet into something that will hold the impression — wax, soft wood, fresh bread, the inside of your own forearm. The mark fades within the hour, and the ring grows warm again. If the ritual is not performed, the signet remains dormant until the next dawn.
Lore
This signet ring was gifted by Zarchelia, the erinyes, as part of a fiendish pact. The ring marks its wearer as under the patronage of an infernal power, causing subtle reactions from those who can sense such things.
Related
- Zarchelia – The erinyes who created and gifted this signet
- Fiendish pact feats – Other benefits available through infernal pacts
- Bracers of the Bound Devil – Another pact item from Zarchelia
- Hellhound Whistle – Another pact item from Zarchelia
- The Apostate's Rosary – Another pact item from Zarchelia
- The Bound Grimoire – Another pact item from Zarchelia