Mask of the Drow

Last Updated: August 8, 2019

  • Campaign: Darkness Rising
  • Price (Item Level): priceless gift
  • Body Slot: Face
  • Caster Level: 3rd
  • Aura: Faint (DC17 - Transmutation)
  • Activation: standard action
  • Weight: 1 lb

    This darkwood ebon mask has been carved to resemble the features of a stern drow, complete with long white hair adorning its border.

    When placed over the face, the Mask of the Drow bonds with the wearer and melds into the skin, transforming the subject's physical appearance into that of a drow. This transformation is always on while the mask is worn.

    After the mask has been worn for 24 hours, the subject gains the ability to speak in elvish. For all effects related to race, the subject has "Elven Blood" and is considered an elf. As a result, they are just as vulnerable to special effects that affect elves, and they can use magic items that are only usable by elves.

    The subject's alignment is also concealed from all forms of divination as per an Undetectable Alignment spell, and the wearer gains the innate abilities of the drow. This allows the wearer to cast the following spell-like abilities as a standard action (using the caster level of the item, or the character level/HD of wearer, whichever is greater):

  • Dancing Lights 1/day
  • Darkness 1/day
  • Faerie Fire 1/day

    If the mask is removed, the subject immediately reverts to their normal appearance, and all special abilities (except for looking like a drow) are lost until worn again for another 24 hours.

    Prerequisites: Craft Wondrous Item, creator must be an elf, Alter Self, Undetectable Alignment, Darkness, Faerie Fire, Dancing Lights
    Cost to Create: not applicable

    History:

  • First created by the elves during the early conflicts with their underdark cousins, the Mask of the Drow are used by elvish scouts and spies to travel and/or infiltrate drow society undetected. (DC 15 knowledge-history/bardic knowledge check)
  • Ellistrae's elvish followers use these masks to spread her worship amongst the drow of the underdark. (DC 15 knowledge-religion)
  • The "Mask of the Drow" was presented to Kilzadi Litecaster as a gift from Gwenect Moondark, during a special "bonding" ceremony, that marks Kilzadi as a Ruathar or "Elf-friend".

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