Circlet of the Adder (Magic Circlet)

The circlet of the adder is a thin, golden, snakelike headpiece that winds around the wearer's scalp and turns up at the brow like an attacking cobra. It radiates faint magic when within 10' of the flail of the desert kings (see Flail Weapon), but its enchantment is active only in the presence of the flail. Its only function is to unlock the flail's power for its wielder.
The headpiece still carries the curse placed on it thousands of years ago, a bane spell that consumes the mind of any individual using the circlet to unlock the flail's powers. Using the circlet to activate the flail curses the user with delusional insanity. Anyone suffering from this affliction believes himself to be a monarch or even a god. Victims are instantly hostile to those who fail to recognize their glory and are seized with a desire to use the flail's powers to punish unbelievers. Pursuing greater power becomes the owner's sole preoccupation.
The circlet can be removed from the head of the wearer, breaking its hold on the victim, though the wearer will never allow this. The only way to break the curse is to destroy the circlet utterly.
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Category:Magic Items
Category:Magic Circlets