Bracers of defenselessness were cursed bracers that impeded the wearer's defenses.[7][8][3][5][6]
Description[]
They resembled bracers of defense.[7][8][3][5]
Powers[]
While they normally operated identically to bracers of defense, in response to a dangerous enemy, these bracers changed function from bolstering the user's defense to completely thwarting it. Once donned, these bracers could only be removed through the use of a remove curse spell or similar.[7][8][3] By the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR, they were known to be tremendous hindrances, but no longer reported to thwart completely all of the user's defenses.[5]
Versions described after the Spellplague were instead considered a specific property that was held in addition to whatever other capabilities a given device bore. In response to sufficient damage, the bracers' curse manifested for as long as combat continued, adding a notable hindrance to the user's defense and protection.[6]
History[]
Per sages, the curse creating bracers of powerlessness came from a mispronounced word while the rite used to create other protective items was being devised; the faulty ceremony, with its mispronounced word, was still used by some, leading to the creation of these items down the centuries.[6]
One of the wedding gifts from Tan Chin to Princess Tsenya Bhrokiti in the Year of the Helm, 1362 DR was a pair of bracers of defenselessness.[9]
There was likely at least one set in a watery chamber of Undermountain, loaded with dead and well-decomposed bodies, in the 1360s DR.[10]
Notable Owners[]
There were a pair of such bracers in the hoard of the dragon turtle Perizade.[11]
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- ↑ Gary Gygax (1979). Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 122. ISBN 0-9356-9602-4.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August, 1985). Unearthed Arcana (1st edition). (TSR, Inc.), p. 86. ISBN 0880380845.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 slade et al (December 1994). Encyclopedia Magica Volume I. (TSR, Inc.), p. 221. ISBN 1560768428.
- ↑ Connie Rae Henson & Dale "slade" Henson (August 1992). The Magic Encyclopedia Volume One. (TSR, Inc), p. 35. ISBN 9781560764298.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams (July 2003). Dungeon Master's Guide v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 275. ISBN 0-7869-2889-1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Jeremy Crawford, Stephen Schubert, et al. (September 2011). Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium. Edited by Cal Moore, Tanis O'Connor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7869-5744-6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gary Gygax (1979). Dungeon Masters Guide 1st edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 139. ISBN 0-9356-9602-4.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 David "Zeb" Cook (1989). Dungeon Master's Guide 2nd edition. (TSR, Inc.), p. 162. ISBN 0-88038-729-7.
- ↑ Troy Denning (1990). Storm Riders. (TSR, Inc), p. 62. ISBN 0-88038-834-X.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1991). “Undermountain Adventures”. In Steven E. Schend ed. The Ruins of Undermountain (TSR, Inc.), p. 80. ISBN 1-5607-6061-3.
- ↑ Steve Kurtz (1994). Al-Qadim: Ruined Kingdoms: Adventure Book. (TSR, Inc), p. 40. ISBN 1-56076-815-0.