Scepter of Judgement
Added 2024-09-17 15:29:45 +0000 UTCRod, very rare (requires attunement by a lawful creature)
A pair of scales rests on either side of this lustrous scepter. While holding it, any critical hit against you becomes a normal hit, and the first time each turn that a hostile creature hits you with an attack, roll 2d4. The scepter glows with a righteous light, and the attacker takes radiant damage equal to the total, provided it's within 60 feet of you. If you roll the same number on both of these d4s, the scepter gains 1 charge, and you gain a bonus to your AC equal to the total of the roll. This bonus to AC remains until the end of the turn, potentially causing the triggering attack to miss. The scepter can hold up to 4 charges. When found, it has 2 charges; it regains 2 expended charges daily at dawn.
Scale Tip. While holding the scepter, you can use a reaction to expend 1 of its charges whenever a creature that you can see within 60 feet of you makes an ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. When you do, the target makes the roll with advantage or disadvantage (your choice).
She moved, barefoot, through the broken glass and scorched earth. She found the threads of humanity left in it, and grew them, tenderly, into pillars of justice and morality. She found and rebalanced the world anew, in her image. She was the light that led us back to ourselves.
