Vestiges of Divergence in Explorer's Guide to Wildemount! | Nerd Immersion

[@NerdImmersion]

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[@Vinsch2510]

the good thing about wreath of the prism is the fact, that there is no Limit to the uses if i see it correctly...so basically a 8th lv spell becomes "at will"

[@darkbringer1440]

Correct, however you can only have one dominated at a time and if you fail against a particular monster it is immune for 24 hours.

[@bouboulroz]

It also doesn't hit your action economy in a fight since it's part of the attack. You don't have to choose between hitting the big scaly boy or try to dominate it and risk doing nothing. If you fail, you still dealt your damage. This item's strength comes from the fact that everything is free.

[@spartaneternal8423]

I think it got nerfed though. Used to let you gain the affected creatures sight.

[@lordvaust5830]

I like how the Vestiges are “good” artifacts and none of them are inherently weapons although a couple of them can be threatening. And the Arms are the “evil” artifacts that are meant for killing only. It’s a cool dichotomy between these items that are basically the same, but were obviously made for different reasons by different beings. There’s a ton of awesome lore behind them, and I think they’d be great to add into non-Wildemount campaigns.

[@ulfbjorn14]

This is true though only for the office WOTC vestiges in this book. If we are to acknowledge Vox Machina, and Matt Mercer's previous non-WOTC campaign guide for Tal'Dorei that was published through Green Ronin, there are plenty of "good-aligned" weapon-based vestiges.

[@lordvaust5830]

Nick Rice I didn’t know that. I knew campaign one had its own stuff, but I didn’t watch that series. I joined in at campaign 2. Still though, it’s nice that they did that with this book.

[@ulfbjorn14]

@@lordvaust5830 I'd certainly advise going back and watching Season 1. Personally, I prefer the characters in Vox Machina over the Mighty Nein, but that's mainly just because I got attached to them first. Mighty Nein is still great. It's fun to look at just how wildly different the characters are from the 2 seasons. Especially Laura and Travis's. Vex and Jester, Grog and Fjord. Night and day, different. One of the things I love about DnD. One person can explore so many different things.

[@Nildread]

@@ulfbjorn14 I enjoy that they're different, but then finding similarities between all their new and old characters. It allows me to forgive them/their characters for stuff that really frustrated me in season 1 aha. For instance Liam, you can really tell in season two that he cares about "real life" kind of issues, interpersonal/psyche type stuff, it came across a bit jarring in season 1. But then again, maybe I'm just getting used to them all aha.

[@Nildread]

@@ulfbjorn14 oh, also, it's good to remember d&d lore/sourcebooks are not infallible. Lore is and should be esoteric imo. One book says the vestiges are good and arms are bad and vestiges aren't weapons, another has a dagger that's called a vestige and was made by a good god. That's a mystery waiting to happen. I enjoy pretending at least parts of these lore books are in worlds, worlds tend to have conflicting lore, it makes it interesting.

[@MrBiloxifireman]

6:56. Danoth's Visor 8:35 Grimoire Infinitus 11:12. Hide of the feral Guardian 14:20. Infiltrators key 16:28. Stormgirdle 18:16 Verminshroud 19:52 Wreath of the Prism If I missed anything pls let me know.

[@blueblayzer8636]

MrBiloxifireman thank you

[@danielm.berube3256]

Many of these items were clearly made with characters within Critical Role in mind, the Stormgirdle in particular. I hope these can inspire other DMs to create unique items catered to their PCs specifically.

[@snormax7691]

Oh, for sure, as well as the Grimoire Infinitus, and maybe even the Wraps of Dyamak from the Tal'Dorei book. I've taken to making a bunch of magic items for my players in an Eberron campaign I am running, and I can make the excuse that they were made during the Last War, it works out really well!

[@TheDiasteel]

Stormgirdle is going to end up in Yasha’s hands, it has to.

[@real_evin]

I hope so, give her that strength boost lol

[@panheaddragonwolfpaw]

It seems to be practically made for her, given the whole connection to the Stormlord. Matt did the same thing with Grog and the Titanstone Knuckles, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[@agent00puffball]

Yeah it seems custom made for her

[@larissaderoo9033]

I kinda can't wait for her to have this!! It would be so cool!

[@Ker-f4o]

For humours sake, I hope Fjord gets it.

[@danieltaber4924]

I think that the Key is best in a completely Rogueless party. It lets one of your non-rogue characters become the stealthy scouting archetype instead.

[@MacroAggressor]

That was my thought as well. Most of its benefit is wasted on a rogue, and honestly even with a rogue in the party it might be a good idea to give this to a different Dex based PC.

[@TheKroganMaster]

@@MacroAggressor I mean if you are only looking at the base ability sure, but a rogue gets free spells out of this, part of another magic item they might not need to go for, and the ability to open a door pretty much anywhere. That all could benefit a rogue greatly.

[@conradkorbol]

Yeah advantage isn’t good for a rogue or a plus 1 dex weapon. Oh wait..... those are really good things for a rogue. All those abilities make a rogue way better? Nah you are right. Rogues shouldn’t have this item.

[@danieltaber4924]

It's a +1 Dagger of Returning after it has Awakened. True. Of course, you can get a regular +1 Dagger of Returning far easier. It grants you advantage on Moving Silently and Opening Locks, not attacks. It does nothing for Sneak Attack. Rogues do not benefit from the item granting Thieves' Tools proficiency - they already have it. Rogues do not benefit as much from the various Stealth abilities - they are already Stealthy. If your party does not have a Rogue, this item lets someone else fill the role. If your party does have a Rogue, you now have the choice between improving that Rogue, or having two. Give this to your Dex Fighter, your Ranger - hell, give it to the Paladin in Plate to cancel out their stealth disadvantages.

[@conradkorbol]

Daniel Taber you are confusing not useful with one is move useful. Let’s look at this again. You get advantage on stealth and you get advantage on thieves tools. You are correct that other classes benefit, but they don’t make as much use of it. You are correct that you can get a plus one dagger of returning ealrier. If your dm has them in your game. Which, they may not. Even they do, they may not allow you to buy magic items. Let’s look further at your assertions. The spells, which you seem to ignoring, are large ranger spells. So by your own logic it’s as good. I don’t assert this, but they are better on a rogue. The rogue now has a plus 10 with advantage to all stealth checks. that does actually help with sneak attack because it helps with surprise rounds. So..... you are simply wrong. I mean, believe whatever you want, but fighters and rangers need magic weapons way more than the rogue does. So that you wasting an attuemnt slot of this is detrimental to those classes. It is good for a rogue. Period. You may think it’s better on another class but to say it’s not good on a rogue is just so false it’s laughable

[@pacingandmuttering5106]

I feel like you were doing Danoth's Visor a disservice. Yeah, for the most part it is just truesight goggles, but one crucial detail is that it gives you antimagic field and doesn't require attunement by a spellcaster. Antimagic field is a fantastic spell normally, but in the hands of, say, a monk with sentinel, it becomes insane. It basically amounts to castrating any magic user within 10 feet and leaving them to helplessly be beaten to death. Any martial class with the exalted visor becomes an unstoppable mage killer.

[@billh344]

As others have mentioned, these could end up in the hands of the current CR characters and there is a monk who's made use of other goggles thus far.

[@pacingandmuttering5106]

@@billh344 Yeah, the idea of Beau throwing on Antimagic field and cornering Trent fills me with malicious excitement.

[@astridstarr2787]

@@pacingandmuttering5106 yes yes yes yes yes

[@trexdrew]

Am I terrible if I present my players a Vestige of Divergence and an Arm of the Betrayer side by side and just see which they pick?

[@fredslipknot9]

no that sounds like a great plot point! maybe have them walk through the hall of a great king, or find them in the treasure hoard of a dragon?

[@trexdrew]

fredslipknot9 after they save their hometown from an Oblex and before they get fogged to Ravenloft in the night of their celebrations is my plan. Basically they appear to them and we just see where things go and if I need to make a purification/destruction quest for anyone 😅

[@TheWonkster]

Since the book states that the Grimoire has unlimited pages, I would rule that it costs half as much to scribe spells into it, considering half the materials are already present

[@valasafantastic1055]

For sure!

[@danielboatright8887]

Maybe require high quality ink, regular ink fades over timr.

[@TheWonkster]

Daniel Boatright that’s why I said half, you already have to use a special high-quality ink for spell scribing

[@bouboulroz]

IIRC, rule as written the cost also comes from experimenting with the spell that results in loss of material components. Which is why it's cheaper to copy a spell you already know.

[@MarcosVinicius-vd7hm]

The question of the last item, is that you have unlimited Dominate Monster spell, you just can't target the same begin

[@MarcosVinicius-vd7hm]

Yeh, i just put it there that way because normally some shit will hit the fan, and the party will kill the monster....

[@beezeejo]

Anyone else prefer legacy weapons/items instead random magic items?

[@NerdImmersion]

I like a mix of both. I like the idea of every player getting a legacy item as part of their backstory so they have a cool thing at the start of the game. Then it levels up over time and sprinkle in random items throughout the campaign.

[@nmartinez18]

For my Firbolg Hexblade I chose the Inheritor background so I could start the campaign with a sword to do this with. Unfortunately the campaign fell apart, but I liked that sword. His father gave it to him when he was younger after a long trip and would never tell him the same story about it twice, before admitting he didn't know what the true story was and told him it was up to him to make its story from then on. For firbolgs in that world we did a mix of the current lore, but also had the badass warrior viking neopagen stuff from the previous editions in the history. He was raised on stories of what his people had accomplished in great hunts and as great heroes.

[@danieldickerson1965]

Absolutely. I love starting a new campaign with my players possessing magic items, and seeing their surprise when the item upgrades and gets better. It gives me a lot of satisfaction when my players get excited about leveling up magic items.

[@joshholmes1372]

@@NerdImmersion this is exactly what I'm doing in upcoming wildmount campaign. I'm actually starting them in a sub-dormant stage, that will fully activate to dormant once they do something worthy or reach a certain lvl. 5-6.

[@briarrosemoffat6379]

I’m building a campaign around legacy weapons carved from the hearts of dead gods.

[@PepicWalrus]

4:00 when the protag gets beat down and then starts having a speech about friendship

[@dylanmorris5352]

Heres my idea of how the Wreath should work: Dormant-Keep the same. Awakened-Extend the Dominate Monster spell to last 24 hours. Exalted-Permanent Charm. You can just use the level systwm for the items so that PCs can only use it once they are high level.

[@GreatCezar1]

Wait, did one of fancy books in Happy Fun Ball was Grimoire Infinitus? I dont remeber well but i think they find some fancy books with locks and left them...

[@charmer129]

Possible, however every single book in the library was locked. And now the mage yussa has them all

[@holyburrito1]

10/10 the spell book was the spell book in the study in the Halls of Halas

[@jackravenswood270]

Yesssss omg i still cant beleive how crazy powerful caleb would be if the kept the ball

[@jakeryker3751]

I'm just thinking some of these seem tailor made to go to some of the players such as Caleb and Yasha in campaign 2

[@danielboatright8887]

It may turn out to be one of calebs spellbooks, and it wont be noticed for even its most basic level until the party advances calebs story arc.

[@jakeryker3751]

@@danielboatright8887 I love as thinking the same thing about beus goggle's. It might be a stretch but it was a thought that crossed my mind.

[@snormax7691]

@@jakeryker3751 Beau could also find the Wraps of Dyamak that were in the Tal'Dorei book, and Nott could find Condemner from the same book, (even though it's a heavy crossbow lmao)

[@charmer129]

I'm betting Matt will create unique ones for the campaign, *cough* spoilers for a recent episode *cough*

[@thornelson1411]

I like the hide of the feral guardian and the verminshroud because they are similar things. I also like the storm girdle

[@jerseydragon8233]

Personally I’d rule the wreath is permanent or at the least 1 year long seeing as it did seem like it wasn’t limited in duration in campaign 1.

[@aliciacordero7436]

It's probably one of the things that got nerfed by WotC, like Fortune's Favor.

[@TheWonkster]

Armando Cordero “ITS TOO STRONG” I mean obviously it’s not, it was fine for a whole campaign. Wizards loves to try to point at others creations and say they’re unbalanced despite letting many hopelessly broken things get officially released.

[@settheshallow8913]

@@aliciacordero7436 They nerfed Fortunes Favor??

[@Sorfallo]

@@settheshallow8913 Yes. Now it consumes the pearl.

[@zeldamaster52]

Disappointed there were no weapons in the vestiges, but I really love the Stormgirdle. Fantastically flavorful item for someone who worships or has impressed the Stormlord. I mean, you get to be made of lightning, get super strong, and do storm magic. Very cool.

[@ulfbjorn14]

There's always Matt Mercer's previous non-WOTC campaign guide for Tal'Dorei that was published through Green Ronin, there are plenty of weapon-based vestiges.

[@draxthemsklonst]

Grimoire Infinitus. If there's gold pages... it's always good.

[@stugod5000]

i know the classic vestiges of the divergence aren't covered in the book, would you ever consider covering them or the additional subclasses from the tal'dorei book? also, dude, you're awesome and have been killing it with the videos recently

[@NerdImmersion]

I could do that yeah, I've actually been thinking about it since the CR love has been helping the channel a lot

[@ulfbjorn14]

@@NerdImmersion I'd advise it. Personally, I'm prepping for a campaign now where I'll be using bits and pieces from both the Tal'Dorei and Wildemount books. I'm not a fan of AL personally, and I've never been the type of DM to ignore 3rd-party. As far as I'm concerned, especially now that CritRole and Exandria are WOTC cannon, then Matt's Green Ronin-published Tal'Dorei book is the gold-standard of 3rd party content to draw from.

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

The wreath has no limit on how often you can cast dominate monster and it doesn't specify an action requirement, which seems great as a freebie on the side - mainly for acquiring a constant stream of cannonfodder. Give it to someone with multiattack (or maybe a warlock with eldritch blast), spread the attacks and you have lots of attempts to turn an enemy into an ally on every turn. A question though: "If you use the wreath to charm a second creature, the first spell immediately ends." Does that mean "if you successfully charm a second creature", or "if you attempt to charm a second creature"?

[@Stefan-xt5sk]

@ElvenSithLord yeah that seems right. Using it to do something doesn't require the effect to happen. Thanks^^

[@xXKillSharkXx]

What if with the wreath, dormant is the same, awakened let’s you permanently dominate cr 5 or lower, while 6-10 is temp, and at exalted permanent 6-10 while 11-15 is temporary?

[@beastmasterbrax4747]

My tempest cleric would love the Stormgirdle!

[@solahaze8948]

You know what would be even better? If the items became sentient when reaching their Awakened stage.

[@shannonmcstormy5021]

D&D launched a series of books that continued to demigod status. I developed an in depth campaign for demigods where players could take their favorite chars and convert them to the new demigod rules. I added a lot of mechanics content to this and included char’s weapons and gear they had carried through most of their char’s lives and it had become part of their identity. The characters could essentially bring common magic items and even some artifacts to a select few demigod artificers to add functionality and just raw pluses for armor and weapons, depending on the demigod weapon/armor/item “level” could add features and pluses to their signature items, etc. The higher the level of the signature, the more powerful the item had to be to be of any use to them in a converting its power to their signature gear. It was a pretty good system and we ran every week, sometimes every other week for about 4 years in a demigod campaign. I made it such that the char demigod “level” which was really a stage and the stage of their items played a major role in the situations they faced. Also, when fighting non-demigod beings/monsters they could hit and roll on a table that included a chance of instant kill. A 28th level fighter against common orcs would essentially auto kill and the 5 attack they got per round, it was more of an issue of opponents in range was the issue. Such a char could wade through a nearly army of common orcs in a number of rounds with most of them running away, at least the ones that were alive. It was a plane-hopping, world-spanning adventures with about a dozen story arcs, some in the world, some char driven. It was pretty fun. These new rules seem in line with that, but not requiring demigods. Fun times.... .

[@TheKroganMaster]

In all honestly the Key is my favorite, not just on looks alone, but for any class that wan'ts to do a bit of stealthing its amazing and super useful in so many ways. I think for a Shadow Sorcerer it would be a perfect vestige.

[@ladslounge2698]

My DM and I worked on one for my life cleric, we took the Honor's Last Stand Shield and modified it to work for life cleric: Charges Customize Armor Class + 5 Weight 6lb. Cost -- Version Prestige When a character awakens Honor’s Last Stand, apply the following changes to the item’s traits: Dormant *Increase the bonus to AC to a +1. *You are immune to the prone condition while bearing this shield Awakened *Increase the bonus to AC to a +2. **Radiant Repellent - Whenever a creature’s attack against you misses, you can use your reaction to immediately shove that creature by 15ft and deal 4D6 radiant damage to that creature. ** Blessed Healing - Once per dawn, when a healing spell is used where you may roll one or more dice to Restore Hit Points with a spell, you instead use the highest number possible for each die. For example, instead of restoring 2d6 Hit Points to a creature, you restore 12. **Blessed Aid - At Level 17 and beyond, the Blessed Healing becomes Blessed Aid, when a creature would be healed beyond its normal HP Max it will receive the difference as a boost to its HP MAX, raising it temporarily and healing it for that amount. Exalted *Increase the bonus to AC to a +3. *** Aura of unity - Shield radiates with Radiant energy, buffing all allies within 10ft range. Add +2 to AC to all allies within the aura. Prestige At the start of a day you can choose a creature to form a bond with for 24hrs, during that period as a reaction you may choose to take some or all of the damage inflicted on that creature and any other ailments that may also be affecting that creature.

[@jasonandrews1770]

Gear that levels up with you is so cool

[@zach1972]

I'm currently up to Stormgirdle, but anyone else notice there are 7 items, and each item fits almost perfectly with each Mighty Nein character? I'm hoping they find these items at some point

[@NerdImmersion]

Stormgirdle for sure

[@zach1972]

@@NerdImmersion Surely Caleb will find the Grimoire and then have to rescribe all of his current spells over, save a few like the Hut

[@LaviCor-md7ks]

can you explain? I can see some (yasha and the lightning thing, caleb and the book, beau and goggles? nott and the key I guess..) but what about fjord and jester? (assuming cad takes the vermin thing, which is kinda dark turn for his character)

[@zach1972]

@@LaviCor-md7ks Yeah honestly after Stormgirdle I couldn't imagine the items on any character, I felt like the item from Melora (even though meant for a druid) was a good fit for Cad, Not could have the Verminshroud, but I don't see it working the same with Veth, the Wreath was...weird, I was planning to use some of these vestiges in my FR game, I'll probably use some of them, but I'm gonna check out Tal'Doreis vestiges first, they seem more armour and weapon focused than these ones

[@Wreckur4203]

the key works for either Nott or Jester

[@charmer129]

I read up on the wreath of the prism and it was alot different in campaign one. You could only do cr 6 creatures and they were charmed and could follow simple commands until it was removed. He probably did some balancing for the official one

[@echedp8903]

The Stormgirdle sounds crazy powerful. I know I want one!

[@williamnewing689]

I think the important thing to remember about the wreath is that it's unlimited use. No can't use again until the next dawn. So you could redominate a creature or dominate another as soon as it ends

[@HelicopterShark]

Not sure if it's been said but there is a section of Dominate Monster about taking absolute control, until the end of your next turn. when reaching the time limit. Take control, then on the next turn recast the spell. (concentration isn't broken as it's an action to cast) Now this is effectively telling the monster to allow the spell to be cast on them "Don't worry mate it's good for you" I understand there are spells with the "A willing creature can choose to fail" but I know that many tables will allow you to cast a spell on another PC and that PC say's "I dont fight it I let it happen" used in cases of deception say "Faking something" I'd understand maybe the argument of subconscious or fight or flight responses, but the spell says there's that component. It may not be RAW and may be RAI but even if not, I could see that being how Joe using it. If not continuously at least maybe to "break"his manticore in.

[@Opacus02]

Arkhan holds a slightly different version of the Wreath of the Prism. From what we know of it's exalted statblock: The wearer gains darkvision and can see invisible objects and creatures up to 60 feet. The wreath can be removed for up to 1 minute before losing attunement. If the wreath is placed around the neck of a beast, dragon, or monstrosity of CR 6 or lower (requires a successful grapple attempt against the creature), the creature must make a Wisdom saving throw (DC 17). On a success, the creature is immune to the effects of this item for 24 hours. On a failure, that creature is charmed by the attuned and will follow simple commands. This effect lasts until the wreath becomes unattuned, or another creature is charmed by the wreath. A creature that is released from the wreath's influence knows it was charmed by the bearer. So his version sees invisibility, only charms beasts, dragons, or monstrosities up to CR 6, requires a grapple and the charm is permanent until broken.

[@allenfortenberry9924]

If the attunement breaks after one minute, then doesn't that mean that the control effect would only last for one minute?

[@Opacus02]

​@@allenfortenberry9924 You only have to take it off long enough to successfully grapple the creature and put it around the neck, after which you can put it back on. You have 1 minute to take it off, use it, and put it back on.

[@MrAlexBambino]

Items are super cool. But I'm bummed that my boy Bahamut didn't get his vestige in the book.

[@joepellicci8518]

AlejandroAugust his vestige is in the other critical role book it’s a shield

[@zehlsketch]

Honor's last stand, it's a sheild vestage in the taldorie campain guide for the Plat Drago

[@MrAlexBambino]

Thank you guys, I have checked out it and it's kind of bland, it's a good shield but boring.

[@zehlsketch]

@@MrAlexBambino I feel like many of the new Vestiges are alot more powerful and unique than the old taldorie ones

[@Supermantmr2201]

That stormgirdle looks juicy :O

[@arandomcheese]

Yasha with that would be scary. Although it makes half of the barbarian capstone kinda redundant.

[@adarian]

@@arandomcheese Then you stop at 16 or 17 and multi with fighter, probably battlemaster but champion might be good too with the improved crit helping out with brutal crit effectively doubling the number of crits you get. I have always found that multi to be more of a benefit than the capstone anyway even if an item is not taking care of half of the ability for you. Action surge alone is easily worth the loss of 4 con much less the other benefits like second wind and the BM or champion benefits.

[@arpedular4372]

I actually made very similar items for a campaign that I did once. It was actually a kind of way to more completely connect 2 campaigns I ran once. They were made at the end of the 1st campaign and received, in a much more weakened state. It was a neat call back for the group, who was the same for both campaigns, and because story reasons, they were actually called vestiges of Convergence. I swear that I have never watched Critical Role. Seriously, I prefer to play campaigns rather then watch others play campaigns, and this is just a funny coincidence.

[@TheAusturtle]

As it doesnt appear to have a limit on the casting with the prism, i would assume that once you had a creature charmed, aslong as u grappled it again you could recast on it every hour before it expires to refresh its duration? If so, and its already charmed by you, would the creature not be more likely to willingly fail the save making it effectvely permanant aslong as you can recast it before it expires? Just remember to give your creature buddy a hug atleast once every hour

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

This is a cool concept but I feel like more levels of power is a really good idea. Having to wait until level 9, a level most campaigns don’t hit, to bet a dormant vestige is pretty tough. When I’m running a campaign I like planting most of the important elements before level 5. I’d definitely make a weaker relic to give to lower level players.

[@TheMichaellathrop]

The 3.0 erra open source D20 setting book Midnight did something similar as well.

[@Asmodeus696]

If I recall right, the version Arkhan used when fighting alongside Vox Machina had to be forced onto the target creature he wanted to control - as a collar in the instance we saw it. We didn't get to see if it was permanent or not, though.

[@WiseGuyVito]

Real quick: Why isnt some of the abilities of the Stormgirdle with the Storm Herald for barbarian? Im fixing to play one and now I kinda want this in the campaign with the Storm Herald because it jives with it soo well.

[@TheKroganMaster]

Because whoever designed that subclass was an idiot. lol But in all honesty if you want to tough it out for the possibility for this item then go for it.

[@WiseGuyVito]

@@TheKroganMaster it fits it well.

[@TheKroganMaster]

@@WiseGuyVito It very much does, super fun and strong. I personally would use it for a non barbarian, just to play around with other ideas. But still super cool.

[@darkbringer1440]

11:50 Shouldn't they get the base AC of the Studded Leather too, rather than just the plus 1 to AC? I read "you retain the benefits of this armor" as: Dormant 13+DEX Awakened 14+DEX Exalted 15+DEX

[@NerdImmersion]

Yes, when something is +1, it's in addition. So exalted is a +3 studded leather on top of everything else

[@darkbringer1440]

@@NerdImmersion But would the AC be calculated as if it is wearing the armor while in animal form or would it only have the +1, +2, +3 to it's natural armor AC in animal form as implied in the video. Sorry if that sounds confusing.

[@NerdImmersion]

@@darkbringer1440 no I totally get what you're saying. It could go either way, I believe your interpretation is correct

[@Ambers128]

Could turn the dominate use to for a day and allow the creature a new save attempt each day. 3 fails (first failure counts as 1, so there's 2 more) and it becomes permanent. Might give disadvantage on subsequent save rolls.

[@Naivedo]

It is unlimited casts of dominate monster, you can cast it before it ends, and ask them to fail the save.

[@LegionAngel00]

The key is the only utility in any situation, at any time item, making it top of list for me. Especially since I like to run gloomstalker ranger/ assassin hybrid. The Grimoire is second since it increases the spells usable, which can have many uses. The Visor is a close third since most of it's abilities are only useful in an active mode The wreath though is pretty trash, rather than being an item you customize one or two things in a campaign for, it feels like you need to centralize encounters that may occur around this item.

[@rachellathrop347]

I'm pretty sure Joe actually had a collar that he had to put onto the creature he was trying to dominate

[@jacobburk5563]

Can't wait for the next video, hope it comes soon

[@eliotbenitez8362]

Please make a video comparing the Wildemount book to the Tal'Dorei book.

[@SilverFoxR]

I'm thinking that the effect is permanent (or until the spell is dispelled or another creature is effected). Simply put, it's pretty under-powered compared to the rest otherwise. If it IS permanent, it's pretty powerful, but if it can be dispelled, something could happen... so it makes sense.

[@rho_man]

Personally I think visor is the most useful vestige. It's obviously don't designed to be most helpful in the battle, but you can build superior scout or investigator with it.

[@legendswarble2845]

Wait. Are those goggles the ones Beau has? Did Matt give them a vestige and no one noticed?

[@jacobpamplin6449]

no, they are goggles of night vision

[@legendswarble2845]

@@jacobpamplin6449 Oh okay.

[@stevencooper1103]

So the name for the "Evil" stuff is Arms of the Betrayers? That's fucking metal, lol.

[@Fistminer]

Yeah the wreath makes dominate monster an at will spell. Pretty strong.

[@tnm1697]

Could Danoth’s Visor be the dark vision goggles Beau currently has?

[@NerdImmersion]

Seems possible

[@simpleevan3583]

Cant wait for the next vid

[@meandmedog]

the wreath has no cast limit you can hit it again and dominate them again

[@christianlauridsen699]

i kinda wanna give Stormgridle to a vilain i have in mind for a later campaign

[@deathfury4039]

I feel like Wakooh(spoilers) has the visor.

[@jesusmanuelgutierrezduarte5253]

Legacy weapon s then.

[@alexpaul4144]

Book of nine swords also had weapons that had advancement

[@nicklance4788]

The way it reads, you’re right. But if it finds its way into my game, it will be permanen.

[@CufflinksAndChuckles]

The visor seems to be the weakest in terms of combat stats that it offers (not much) but it seems like it can dismantle a lot of the DM's plans.

[@danielboatright8887]

Probably a good thing beau hasnt leveld her goggles up yet

[@Knight-Bishop]

Plus... Would be a monk that can turn on a 10 foot Anti-Magic field. Ouch.

[@FoxHound-ut1hu]

@@Knight-Bishop Sounds like its gonna suck for Matt. but ya monks and anti magic is fucking terrifying.

[@Apexx27]

why is matt mercer so good at naming things?

[@complectogram]

I was disappointed there was no tips for how to create your own vestige like item

[@NerdImmersion]

I know of a couple good resources, maybe I'll make a separate video

[@complectogram]

Nerd Immersion That would be great! I’ve created a couple items that level with the character but they require spell slots of increasing levels.

[@optimus2200]

Its an atunmant so and a vestige so yes i think it should have been for ever without concentration. basicly its an atunmant to keep a pet once at a time I think thats fair. and also thats an evil vistage of teyamat ofcourse it would be Fd Up. the Hide of course is my favoraite because of my obsession with druids finally sometihng for druids wildshape. I wished it game more uses of polymorph and it says you keep your stats whenever you are polymorphed winningly and had its effect usable for more creatures like CR 1 and below and then increase at its level up. just more options for later I guess. and the Stormgirdle sooo cooool. its a good combo too for the druid. having thier whild shape more strong and immune to more effects. My dragonborn druid in taldorie already have the Kiss of the change bringer so atunment to three vistigaes is just ... chief kiss. wish to do so.

[@RodrigoGomes-xe7jc]

Pls, make one with the monsters as well

[@NerdImmersion]

Yup after the arms of the betrayer, that's next

[@daithi1966]

Oh, "Vestiges of Divergence." I thought you said "Vestige of the Virgins."

[@danielboatright8887]

the vestage of virgins stains sheets

[@Meteor2022]

Ah, a huge monstrosity with 66HP.

[@Viking2Go]

Giant constrictor snake is also huge and has 60 HP... What is your point? :)

[@hamishironside6852]

Nice

[@danielboatright8887]

So thats what beaus goggles are..... and I wonder if thats one of calebs books.....

[@jenniferjump9211]

Actually her goggles are just goggles of night for dark vision but this could totally be her next upgrade in a similar vein to the grimoire being Caleb's next book

[@minhsvo]

I didn’t like the Verminshroud. It just seems like a copy and paste of the Hide of The Feral Guardian but with a couple of changes in my opinion

[@ulfbjorn14]

They are similar yes. But some could say they dont like Feral Guardian because its a copy and past of Verminshroud. The way I see it, I like them both. Based on the characters I enjoy playing, I'd prefer Feral Guardian, but Verminshroud could fit the motif of plenty of characters out there. I have no problems with them both being in the game world. They have a bit of different mechanics and uses, and massively different flavours.

[@emperorxander666]

nothing form c1 but your wrong wreath of the prism was held by arkhan

[@Viking2Go]

The Grimoire seems so damn bland. There is put absolutely no creative thoughts into making it. Just buffing buffing a Wizard's features.. Seems meh.