Cursed Locket of Lost Love

== Cursed Locket of Lost Love ==
Item Level: 6
Price: 120 gp
Usage: Worn around the neck
Activate: [Interact]
Resonance: 1
The Cursed Locket of Lost Love is a finely crafted locket made of tarnished silver. It features an intricate design on the outside and contains a miniature portrait of a long-lost love within. When worn, it radiates an aura of melancholy and heartache.
=== Powers and Properties: ===
# Visions of the Past: When the wearer gazes upon the portrait within the locket, they are filled with bittersweet memories and vivid visions of their lost love. These visions can offer insights into their past relationship, providing clues or information relevant to the campaign's plot.
# Healing Tears: When the wearer sheds tears while wearing the locket, the locket absorbs their sorrow and converts it into temporary hit points. The more emotional the tears, the more hit points are gained, up to a maximum of their character level in temporary hit points.
# Searing Longing: The locket imbues the wearer with an unquenchable longing for their lost love. This longing grants them a +2 item bonus to Perception checks related to finding clues or information about their lost love.
=== Drawbacks: ===
# Obsession: The locket's power can lead to an unhealthy obsession with the past and the lost love. Characters may become fixated on discovering the truth behind their separation, potentially to the detriment of their current relationships and goals.
# Emotional Vulnerability: The locket makes the wearer emotionally vulnerable. They are more susceptible to mind-affecting effects and fear effects while wearing it.
# Curse of the Past: The locket's curse causes the wearer to suffer recurring nightmares related to their lost love, potentially causing fatigue and emotional distress upon waking.
=== Discovery and History: ===
The Cursed Locket of Lost Love is believed to have been created by a tormented artist who sought to immortalize the memory of their beloved. Its history is filled with tales of lost romance, tragic separations, and unfulfilled desires.
=== Adventure Hooks: ===
# A distraught NPC asks the PCs for help in locating the Cursed Locket of Lost Love, believing that it holds the key to reuniting them with their lost partner.
# The locket is discovered in a haunted manor, and its visions reveal a forgotten murder or betrayal that occurred in the past, sparking an investigation by the party.
# A character in the party inherits the locket from a deceased family member and becomes increasingly obsessed with the past, leading to a quest to understand the locket's true history and the fate of their lost love.