Hellhound Whistle

Wondrous Item, legendary

Wielded by: Keyleth

A small whistle of yellowed bone, no longer than a finger, threaded on a strip of black leather. The mouthpiece is worn smooth by use, though not by yours. When you blow into it, no sound emerges that any mortal ear can hear — but somewhere, something hears it. Dogs in the next village will look up. Wolves will fall silent. And the spell you channel through it will arrive with the suddenness of a thing that was already running.

The bone is warm. It is always warm, even pressed against cold skin on a cold night, and it carries a faint scent of woodsmoke and something gamier underneath — a kennel-smell, old and dense. Zarchelia hung it around your neck with the careful intimacy of a handler equipping a favored hound. "You and I both know what you are when you're hunting," she said, smiling. "I've simply given you a better whistle."

Properties

Charges. The whistle has 5 charges. While wearing it, you can expend charges to cast the following spells:

Ensnaring Strike (1 charge)
Cordon of Arrows (2 charges)
Erupting Earth (3 charges)

Recharge Ritual. The whistle regains all expended charges when you complete a long rest, but only if you perform the Marked Quarry ritual at dawn: name aloud one creature you intend to hunt before the next sunrise — by species, by description, or by name. The whistle warms in approval. The intention is the offering; the hunt itself is not required. If the ritual is not performed, the whistle remains dormant until the next dawn.

Lore

This whistle was gifted by Zarchelia, the erinyes, as part of a fiendish pact. The bone whistle responds to the hunter's intent, channeling spells with the ferocity of a summoned hound.

Pact Items – Complete collection of all pact items and their wielders
Zarchelia – The erinyes who created and gifted this whistle
Fiendish pact feats – Other benefits available through infernal pacts
Bracers of the Bound Devil – Another pact item from Zarchelia

Hellhound Whistle

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