Coat of Arms

Wondrous Item, Very Rare Once a day while wearing this cloak you can grow an extra pair of arms that you control. After 8 hours, the arms shrivel and disappear. Roll a d12 to determine what kind of arms you grow. 1. Bugbear 2. Dragonborn 3. Drow 4. Dwarf 5. Gnoll 6. Gnome 7. Human 8. Kenku 9. Orc 10. Tabaxi 11. Tiefling 12. Triton

This cloak was created by a paladin driven mad by his obsession with taking the arms of his enemies as trophies. After of years of studying dark magics, his creation was complete. The cloak could produce arms of all kinds to satisfy his grim addiction, or so he thought. The paladin soon found that when severed the arms would disappear, a fact that enraged him. Without a thought he discarded the cloak and began his work again.

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So this item is a reference to one of the players I DM'd. He developed the particularly gruesome habit of forcefully removing the arms of the enemies he slew. After witnessing this time and time again I started to wonder what kind of effect this would have on a persons psyche. I came to the conclusion that it would probably drive you insane. On the other hand (eh? eh?), the thought process also gave me inspiration for a nifty item! I can't even count the number of times I wished I had more arms while doing things. Having the options of different kinds of arms is also a role playing goldmine!

Thank you for stopping by to check out my post and be sure to come back each day this month for a new item!

-JP