Ring of Air Elemental Command

Ring of Air Elemental Command
Magic Item [Extremely Rare]
Type: Jewelry (Ring)
Rank: 8 (Potency 80)
Properties

Until its powers are unlocked, if the wearer falls from a distance of greater than 5 feet, their descent is slowed to a gentle glide for the duration of the fall.

After a task is performed to unlock the ring's full power (GM discretion), it gains the following additional properties:

  • The wearer gains the ability to speak Primal. Additionally, any creatures with the Air keyword are considered to have a Prejudice of Rank 2 Trust towards the wearer.
  • The wearer gains a +2 bonus to Attacks made against creatures with the Air keyword
  • Gain a +2 bonus to all Defenses against attacks made by creatures with the Air keyword.
  • When wielding a weapon, you may choose to transform all damage dealt by the weapon into Lightning damage. When you do, gain a +1 WD Item bonus to damage.
  • Gain Damage Resistance to Lightning damage and you are immune to the effects of strong winds (including the Gust of Wind spell).
  • You gain a Fly Speed (Hover) equal to your Skirmish speed.
Special Actions
Gust of Wind
Standard Action [REC 6]
Potency (MR): 1d4+8 (No)
Limitation: Three times per day
Effect: You create a burst of strong wind that pushes creatures in the area. Make an attack:
Area: 80ft long, 10ft wide line originating from you.
Target: All creatures of large size or smaller within the area.
Attack: +15 vs. Fortitude
Hit: 6d6 Bludgeoning damage and the target is pushed [2d6 x f]ft and is knocked Prone.

Chain Lightning [Lightning]
Standard Action [REC 10]
Potency (MR): 1d12+8 (Yes)
Limitation: Once per day
Primary Effect: Shoot a bolt of lighting from the ring toward creatures within range. Make an attack:
Range: 400 ft
Target: Up to 3 creatures within range.
Attack: +15 vs. Reflex
Hit: 6d8 + 80 Lightning Damage.
Miss: Half Damage
Secondary Effect: The lightning branches out, hitting creatures near the primary target. Make at attack:
Range: Within 30 feet from any primary target.
Target: Up to 7 creatures within range (not primary targets).
Attack: +15 vs. Reflex
Hit: Half Primary damage
Miss: One quarter (25%) Primary damage.
Allocation: 4 Stamina, 6 Resolve
Aura: Strong Conjuration
"The spirits lash, whip, twirl and rush at my beck and call. Ironic that their binding to this ring allows me the greatest of freedoms."
——Anisha Prateek, Explorer of the White Sands

Description

This ring of Elemental Command is attuned to the Plane of Air. It features a thin mithral band with 3 smooth, pale yellow gemstones that constantly swirl along the outside length of the ring at a slow pace. When the powers of the ring are activated, the stones glow brightly and move more quickly in discordant patterns.


Lore

The Rings of Elemental Command are powerful devices constructed by only the most skilled of spellcasters, designed to attune to one particular elemental plane upon creation. Henceforth, the ring will grant mastery over denizens of that plane, as well as grant the wearer fantastic elemental powers and protections against Elementals.

The rings must be created by a group of exactly four master spellcasters, two divine and two eldritch, with an elemental of the type of ring they wish to create already present to be consumed by the ring. This Process has been attempted only a handful of times throughout history, as getting the individuals required to create such a ring into one location is extremely difficult, not to mention getting them to agree to work together. After that comes the question of who gets to keep the ring, the subsequent argument afterwords almost always dissolving the partnership immediately. Because of this, there are only 7 known rings of Elemental Command currently on the material plane , and all of them are in the possession of extremely powerful figures, most likely the sole survivors of the original group that created the device.

Each ring appears to be a ring of lesser magical power until its true nature is discovered, and a specific task (decided by the GM) is performed to unlock its sealed power. If a creature attempts to identify the ring, they become aware of its nature as a Ring of Elemental Command, but still must perform the task to bring forth its latent abilities