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Wristband of Stored Might

wondrous item (bracers), rare (requires attunement)

This ornately carved pewter wristband, imbued with a faint magical hum, harness the user's own physical potential. The metal is surprisingly light despite its dense appearance.

Storing Strength

As a bonus action, you can activate the wristband and choose to decrease your Strength score by 4 for 1 day, or 2 for 1 week. If you maintain one of these reductions for its full duration, the wristband gains one charge. You can choose to end the strength reduction early (as another bonus action) but forfeit the stored potential and any remaining recharge time.

Releasing Strength

While wearing the wristband and having a stored charge, you can unleash it (no action required) to gain one of the following effects:

Gain a bonus to your Strength score of 2 for 1 hour.
Gain a bonus to your Strength score of 4 for 1 minute.
Gain a bonus to your Strength score of 6 until the start of your next turn.

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Credits

This item is inspired by feruchemy from the Mistborn Saga by Brandon Sanderson.

Lore

In the bustling city of Luthadel, where the clang of the smith’s hammer and the murmur of arcane scholars filled the air, there lived a humble artisan named Paxton. Unlike the grand enchanter’s towering spires or the alchemist’s bubbling cauldrons, Paxton’s workshop was a modest corner in the market square, known only to those with a discerning eye for true craftsmanship.

Paxton had no interest in fame or riches. His passion lay in the intricate dance of metal and magic, a craft passed down through generations. It was this dedication that led to the creation of his masterpiece: the Wristband of Stored Might. This unassuming pewter wristband, with its delicate carvings and faint magical hum, was the embodiment of Paxton’s belief that true strength lies dormant within us all, waiting to be harnessed.
The wristband found its way into the hands of a young scribe named Myra. She was no warrior or mage, just a keeper of records in the grand archives of Luthadel. Yet, she possessed a spirit that yearned for more than the confines of dusty tomes and ink-stained fingers. When Myra donned the wristband, she felt a surge of potential coursing through her veins, a whisper of power that echoed the legends of old.
Myra used the wristband’s gift sparingly, knowing that such power came with a price. She would activate it only in times of need, when her strength could tip the scales of fate. It was during a great conflagration that Myra’s secret was revealed. As flames threatened to consume the archives, she unleashed the stored might, her muscles bulging with newfound vigor, and single-handedly saved centuries of knowledge from the inferno.
Word of Myra’s feat spread throughout Luthadel, though few knew of the wristband’s role. Paxton, hearing of the scribe’s bravery, smiled to himself, content in the knowledge that his creation had found its purpose. And as for Myra, she continued her work in the archives, the wristband a silent guardian on her wrist, a testament to the untapped potential that resides in the quietest of hearts.

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