Ring of Blinking

Ring of Blinking
Magic Item [Very Rare]
Type: Jewelry (Ring)
Rank: 6 (Potency 60)
Special Actions
Blink
Immediate Action
Potency (MR): 1d8+5 (No)
Limitation: 3 times per day
Duration: 1 moment, or until dismissed, dispelled, or disrupted.
Effect: The wearer begins to blink in and out of reality. They gain Partial Concealment and all attacks made against them suffer a 50% miss chance (unless they can affect creatures on the Ethereal Plane, which affect the wearer normally). Any effects within the area with an extended duration (such as Auras, Walls, or similar effects) will affect the wearer normally. Additionally, the wearer suffers a 20% miss chance on all attacks they make (unless they can affect creatures on the Ethereal Plane).
Allocation: 2 Stamina, 2 Resolve
Aura: Moderate Divination or Mysticism
"There she is! Wait ...no, there she is! Wait a second ...now she’s over there! What in all the hells is going on here?!"
——Confused brigand

Description

The Ring of Blinking is a shimmering gold band displaying moving patterns of light that seem to be a part of the metal itself. When the ring is activated, the patterns begin winking in and out at seemingly random intervals as the wearer is shifted in and out of phase.

Lore

The creation of this ring occurred entirely an accident. A famously absent minded wizard believed his memory worked better on the ethereal plane, so he attempted to create a type of metal that would serve as a conduit to that realm. The goal was to be able to travel between the ethereal realm and the material plane quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, the metal worked a bit too well as he did not apply any sort of restriction to the conduit’s primary function. What resulted was a small loop of gold that would forcibly take the user on an infinite and rapid journey back and forth through reality. Some time later, a friend of the mage, also a wizard, came to check up on him after he had disappeared and immediately recognized what he had done. The formula has since been corrected to allow the wearer to stop “blinking” on command. Although this was not the ring’s original purpose, it has become an undeniably effective defensive measure against many forms of attack.