Brooch of Shielding
Description
This simple ornament appears as a swirling purple gemstone, perfectly flat and circular, inlaid in a simple silver amulet. It has a clasp on the back that fastens on to cloth garments. When worn it provides the wearer protection against the Magic Missile spell, drawing the magical energies within the gemstone and dissipating them harmlessly.
Lore
Also known as "The Apprentice's Antagonist", the Brooch of Shielding was originally created by scholarly wizards attempting to teach the Eldritch Arts to young pupils safely. Finding the magic and resilience of these items to be highly reliable, it was a short time afterwards that these were handed out as gifts to graduating mages, and then eventually sold as adventuring trinkets to all types of individuals once the method of their creation was perfected.