Cape of the Manta Ray Mountebank
(wondrous item, rare)

Last Updated: May 10, 2023
Campaign: The Lost Mine

This gray cape smells faintly of brimstone and the sea.

While wearing the "Cape of the Manta Ray Mountebank", you can use it to cast the dimension door spell as an action.
This property of the cape can't be used again until the next dawn.

When you disappear, you leave behind a cloud of smoke, and you appear in a similar cloud of smoke at your destination.
The smoke lightly obscures the space you left and the space you appear in, and it dissipates at the end of your next turn.
A light or stronger wind disperses the smoke.

In addition, while wearing the "Cape of the Manta Ray Mountebank" with its hood up, you can breathe underwater, and you have a swimming speed of 60 feet.
Pulling the hood up or down requires an action.

History:

  • After defeating the Dragon of Thundertree, Obsidiana Moonsong used her share of the loot to puchase a Cape of the Mountebank from Linene Graywind, the master of the Phandalin Lionshields outpost.
  • Obsidiana Moonsong was able to get the proprieter of the Magic Shoppe in Farway to add the properties of a Cloak of the Manta Ray to her Cape of the Mountebank.

    Design Notes:

    Its value is 600 gp.
    - 500 gp for Cape of the Mountebank (rare ability)
    - 100 gp for Cloak of the Manta Ray (uncommon ability)

    Inspired by the tables in the DMG on page 142-143 to make this magic item unique. Basically, they provide ideas for the creator, history, minor property and quirk.
    - creator: n/a
    - history: n/a
    - minor property: n/a
    - quirk: n/a

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