Ring of the Butterfly

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Ring of the Butterfly


This delicate silver ring is crowned with a finely crafted butterfly of onyx inlaid with tiny flecks of gold. Though fragile in appearance, the ornament is subtly enchanted, its wings seeming almost poised to stir even at rest.

Upon speaking the command word, the butterfly animates and detaches from the ring, hovering briefly before taking flight. Activating the ring is a standard action. On the following round, the butterfly may fly up to 15 feet and deliver a touch spell cast by the wearer, as if the wearer herself had physically touched the target. The butterfly then returns to the ring at the start of the wearer’s next turn.

The butterfly is a Fine construct and may be targeted in combat. It has 1 hit point, hardness 1, and an AC of 15. Its break DC is 10. If the butterfly is destroyed, the ring permanently loses its magical properties and becomes a mundane piece of jewelry.

Construction

Requirements: Craft Wondrous Item, spectral hand
Caster Level: 3rd
Market Price: 10,000 gp
Cost to Create: 5,000 gp + 400 XP
Time: 10 days
Weight: —

Lore

The Ring of the Butterfly is most often attributed to reclusive enchanters who sought elegance over brute arcane force. Early records describe its creation as an attempt to solve a simple but persistent problem - the danger inherent in delivering touch spells in close quarters. Rather than hardening themselves against harm, these mages chose to distance themselves from it entirely, giving rise to this graceful solution.

In many traditions, the butterfly carries symbolic weight - transformation, fragility, and the fleeting nature of life. Some scholars believe the ring’s design is more than aesthetic, suggesting that the enchantment subtly binds a minor air or spirit essence into the construct, granting it lifelike motion. Whether this is true or merely poetic speculation remains debated among arcane circles.

Adventurers who favor subtlety - particularly those who weave magic alongside martial allies - prize these rings highly. There are even tales of assassins employing them to deliver lethal spells from afar, their victims never realizing the true source of their doom until it was far too late. Despite its delicate appearance, the Ring of the Butterfly has earned a quiet reputation as both a duelist’s tool and a killer’s instrument.

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