The Void Artifact

Wondrous item, artifact

This artifact is made of some unidentifiable mineral and it formed into an alien twisting structure covered in strange runic markings from a long dead language. It glows with a dim red light from its crevices. It is an intelligent object that communicates mentally with its necrophage creations and any being that remains within 1 mile of it for more than 1 hour.

Once the connection to a living creature is established, the creature must make a DC 20 Wisdom save every hour or take 1d10+5 psychic damage as it communicates and tries to take over the creature’s mind. Additionally, the artifact can cast dominate monster (DC 19) once per minute against such creatures and the artifact can cast Psychic Scream (DC 19) once per day.

If a creature with a connection to the artifact dies while connected to the artifact, they become a necrophage creature of the artifact’s choice as long as their body is mostly intact. The connection, once made, never leaves the target, though if they are more than a mile away, they do not need to make Wisdom saves. The artifact will continue to communicate with the subject calling them to come back using the subjects own memories. This communication spans planes and distance and can only be ended by destroying the artifact. The artifact will send necrophagic creatures after an errant creature that has survived and left its direct influence unless the creature is serving its own goals.

If damaged, the alien artifact will rebuild itself. The only way to destroy the artifact is for a living creature to engage in a mental combat with the artifact. To do so, the creature must have established a connection to the artifact and consciously attack it with its mind.

They must be within 100 feet and use their entire round to make a check using the highest of their Wisdom, Intelligence or Charisma modifiers against a DC 15. Each successful check deals damage equal to 1d8 + the highest of their Wisdom, Intelligence or Charisma modifiers to the artifact. If the check fails, the creature is instantly subject to the Wisdom save to resist the psychic damage. The artifact has 50 hit points for the purposes of this mental combat and has regeneration 2.

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