Variance Amatick's ring

Variance Amatick's ring was a powerful unnamed magical ring that had the ability to change the form of the wearer with a quasi-real shadowstuff disguise.

Description
The ring appeared as a blackened silver band, set with a deep purple amethyst. It originated from Thultanthar, and was deeply infused with the energy of the Plane of Shadow.

Powers
The ring could almost perfectly alter one's form using quasi-real illusions made of shadowstuff, creating a disguise that looked and felt real. It could change one's apparent size, race, sex, voice, and clothes, allowing the wearer to easily take on almost any persona.

The ring had several limitations, however. The quasi-real form did not change the wearer's weight, and the form it produced tended to be slightly more pale than normal. It also did not impart any information to the wearer, so an effective impersonation still required extensive research of the target. Most obvious of all, the ring itself was not subject to its own disguise, and so every form that it produced had the ring visible and unaltered on the wearer's hand.

History
The ring was worn by the Shadovar shade priestess Variance Amatick as she enacted a plan in 1373 DR to steal The Leaves of One Night from the heavily-defended Fourstaves House in Yhaunn. She used it to manipulate both the temple of Shar and the temple of Selûne, including presenting herself as a Calishite priestess from the Temple of Old Night, as Keph Thingoleir's friend Jarull Cartcoster, and as the wealthy widow Lady Monstaed.

Although her plans were ultimately successful, Keph forced her to give the ring up to Feena Archwood, who passed it to Strasus Thingoleir for safekeeping and study.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Mistress of the Night