Ring of Earth Elemental Command

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

Until its powers are unlocked, this ring allows the the wearer and its gear to enter and meld into a slab of stone or earth of equal volume. While within the stone they can hear what occurs beyond, but they cannot see and have no other Line of Perception or Line of Effect outside the stone. They can remain melded in this way for up to 8 hours.

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 Earth 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 Earth keyword
  • Gain a +2 bonus to all Defenses against attacks made by creatures with the Earth keyword.
  • When wielding a weapon, you may choose to transform all damage dealt by the weapon into Caustic damage. When you do, gain a +1 WD Item bonus to damage.
  • Gain Damage Resistance to Caustic damage.
  • Gain an Earth Glide speed equal to your Skirmish speed. This allows you to move through earth and solid stone easily, as if traveling through water.
Special Actions

Acid Arrow [Casutic]
Standard Action [REC 8]
Potency (MR): 1d4+8 (No)
Limitation: Three times per day
Effect: Acid erupts from your outstretched fingertips, melting the flesh of all creatures in its path. Make an attack:
Range: 500ft
Target: One creature within range
Attack: +15 vs. Reflex
Hit: 2d4+8 Caustic damage and ongoing 35 Caustic damage every 10 segments [SE, ST 4d10 vs DEX, no initial save]. Each time the target takes the ongoing damage reduce the amount by 5 points until no damage remains (i.e. 35 points initially, 30 points in the next round, then the effect ends). A successful save, or submersing the target in water or similar liquid removes the effect entirely.

Wall of Stone [Perceptive]
Standard Action [REC 8]
Potency (MR): 1d12+8 (Yes)
Limitation: Once per day
Duration: 1 moment
Range: 100ft
Effect: You create a solid wall of stone with dimensions of your choosing (within area restrictions). The wall must be attached to a solid surface and cannot span more than 20ft unsupported. Once placed, the wall cannot be moved, but it can be damaged, destroyed, or dispelled. The wall has a Durability of 30. All rubble or remains of the wall disappear at the end of the spell's duration.
Allocation: 4 Stamina, 6 Resolve
Aura: Strong Conjuration
"How quickly the mortals forget the lessons learned by those that came before them. The earth has witnessed every crime and good deed, it contains the supreme power of the ages. Now that power is mine."
——Molignan, Sorcerer, and creator of the first Ring of Earth Elemental Command

Description

This ring is made of a roughly cut yet well polished dark grey stone. Embedded in it are dozens of tiny semi-precious gemstones. Rather than having been placed there, they appear to be natural formations, as if they simply grew from the ring itself.

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