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Aboleth's Eye

gemstone, very rare (requires attunement)

This spherical gem is a dull gray color, but occasionally flashes with a red glow. It contains the essence of an aboleth's eye, and grants you some of its psionic abilities.

Amphibious

You can breathe air and water.

Telepathy

You can communicate telepathically with any creature within 120 feet of you that can understand a language.

Enslave

As an action, you can target one creature you can see within 30 feet of you. The target must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed by you. The charmed target is under your control and you and the target can communicate telepathically with each other over any distance.
Whenever the charmed target takes damage, it can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on a success. No more than once every 24 hours, the target can also repeat the saving throw when it is at least 1 mile away from you. The charm also ends if you are incapacitated or on a different plane of existence from the target, or if you die.
You can have only one creature charmed by this item at a time. If you use this action on another creature, the previous one is no longer charmed. If the target is hostile to you, it has advantage on the saving throw.
Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until the next dawn.

Curse

The gemstone has a hidden curse that is revealed when you attune to it. While cursed you are unable to end your attunement and unwilling to part with it. You also gain a flaw determined by the DM or by rolling the table below.

d6	Flaw
1	Obsessive Dreams: Your sleep is haunted by vivid visions of submerged cities, writhing tentacles, and forgotten knowledge. These dreams are both captivating and unsettling.
2	Compulsive Secrets: A whisper in your head urges you to uncover hidden truths and ancient mysteries. You become obsessed with uncovering forgotten lore, even at the expense of personal safety or relationships.
3	Aquatic Longing: You feel an inexplicable yearning for water—the deeper, the better. Whether it’s a serene lake, a rushing river, or the vast ocean, you are drawn to it.
4	Sibilant Speech: You occasionally slip into a strange, guttural language—the ancient tongue of the aboleths. While you don’t understand the words, you feel compelled to speak them aloud.
5	Memory Erosion: Your memories become fluid, blending past and present. You may forget recent events or confuse timelines. Familiar faces blur, and so does the line between reality and dream.
6	Aversion to Sunlight: Exposure to bright sunlight triggers discomfort and anxiety. You prefer shadowed places, overcast days, or moonlit nights. Prolonged exposure to sunlight might even cause physical pain or weaken your abilities.

This cursed can be removed by a spell cast at 6th level or higher, or similar magic.

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Lore

In the secluded coastal village of Elden’s Hollow, nestled between craggy cliffs and crashing waves, there lived a Tabaxi named Kaelo Stormpaw. His fur was the color of storm clouds, and his eyes held the same restless energy as the churning sea. Kaelo was no ordinary fisherman; he possessed an insatiable curiosity that drove him to explore every nook and cranny of the world around him.

One moonless night, as the salty breeze whispered secrets to the shore, Kaelo’s net snagged on something far weightier than any fish he had ever caught. With sinewy muscles, he hauled the mysterious object onto his weathered fishing boat. It was a gray gemstone, its surface etched with ancient symbols that seemed to shift and writhe like eels in moonlight. The Aboleth’s Eye, they called it—a relic of forgotten epochs when abominable creatures ruled the depths.
Kaelo’s mind expanded the moment he touched the gem. Visions flooded his consciousness: the sunken city of Lur’ath, its spires of coral and luminescent algae; the aboleths, their minds like vast, murky oceans, whispering secrets of forgotten magic and forbidden knowledge. The gem granted him the ability to breathe underwater, and his senses stretched beyond the mundane world, reaching into the abyssal depths.
As days turned into weeks, Kaelo’s obsession grew. He spent less time mending nets and more time diving into the ocean’s fathomless blue. His fellow villagers watched with a mix of awe and concern as he returned with tales of lost civilizations, sunken temples, and cryptic runes etched into the ocean floor. The Aboleth’s Eye fueled his insatiable hunger for discovery, and he became a wanderer of the deep, his boat a mere vessel for his boundless curiosity.
Kaelo’s fur darkened with algae, and his eyes glowed with the gem’s eerie light. He spoke of Nerid, the Sea Oracle, a being who resided in the heart of a bioluminescent whirlpool. Nerid, he claimed, held the answers to life’s greatest mysteries—the purpose of existence, the forgotten gods, and the true nature of the stars. Villagers gathered around campfires, listening to Kaelo’s tales with a mix of reverence and fear.
But then came the day when Kaelo didn’t return. Weeks stretched into months, and the villagers whispered of his fate. Some believed he had become one with the sea, a spectral figure haunting the depths. Others feared that the Aboleth’s Eye had consumed him, turning him into a vessel for ancient malevolence. No one dared venture into the whirlpools or explore the submerged ruins where Kaelo had last been seen.
And so, the tale of Kaelo Stormpaw became a cautionary legend. Fishermen would raise their mugs in taverns, toasting to the brave Tabaxi who sought answers beyond mortal ken. But they also crossed their hearts, praying that they would never glimpse the Aboleth’s Eye or hear the siren call of the abyss.
To this day, the villagers of Elden’s Hollow cast their nets with trepidation, wondering if Kaelo still roamed the ocean’s depths, a seeker of forbidden truths or a mere echo in the currents. The Aboleth’s Eye remained hidden, waiting for another curious soul to unravel its mysteries—a beacon of both wonder and dread beneath the moonless waves.

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