Shrunken head

Shrunken heads were a type of powerful spell fetish used by heroes of the Malatran Plateau in Kara-Tur.

Description
The fetish was a small carved head trinket.

Powers
The owner of a shrunken head fetish received limited protection from foul necromantic death magics of the headshrinkers of the Living Jungle and necromancers from beyond the Plateau.

History
In the late 14 century DR, the Year of Great Change of the Malatran calendar, a group of heroes from the Living Jungle were tasked by Bengoukee of the Tribe of Big Chief Bagoomba, on behalf of nature spirits, was sent to a faraway land of Faerûn to retrieve an artifact from a dreaded headshrinker. As a reward, Bengoukee gifted one of the heroes with a shrunken head to protect them from death magic in the future.

Appearances

 * Licensed Adventures & Organized Play
 * Legacy of the Headshrinker