Wondrous Item

Common

This matching pair of bracelets magically link themselves when twisted together, forming a single band in the shape of a figure-eight. Two willing creatures can create a magical bond with each other by each putting their wrist through one side of the figure-eight and twisting it apart into the matching bracelets. From that moment until the Fate Linked Bands are rejoined, the bonded creatures’ fates are intertwined.

The Fate Linked Bands can have a maximum of 5 charges, and gain 1 charge whenever the bonded creatures successfully complete a quest together. The two halves of the Fate Linked Bands do not gain charges separately. When one of the bonded creatures gains experience, they can expend 1 charge from the Fate Linked Bands to give half of the experience they would receive to the other bonded creature. If the bonded creatures are receiving experience simultaneously, spending the charge has no effect.

It is not possible to form a bond between two creatures within the same Tier with a difference in character levels greater than 3, and any attempt to do so fails to split the joined bracelets. It is also not possible to form a bond between two creatures if their respective character levels place them in different Tiers, unless the difference in total level between them is 1. If two creatures are already bonded, and either of the bonded creatures expends a charge from the Fate Linked Bands while their respective levels would normally prevent them from forming a bond, no experience is shared and the charge is wasted. When the Fate Linked Bands are rejoined and the bond between creatures ends, the bands lose all remaining charges.

For reference, Tiers are as follows:


Tier 1 = Level 1-4


Tier 2 = Level 5-10


Tier 3 = Level 11-16


Tier 4 = Level 17-20


For example: two characters, Melf and Tasha, want to form a bond. If Melf is level 5 and Tasha is level 8, they are both in Tier 2 and have a difference of 3 levels. They can successfully bond.

If Melf is level 4 and Tasha is level 5, they are in different Tiers but have a difference of 1 level. They can successfully bond.

If Melf is level 8 and Tasha is level 11, Melf is in Tier 2 but Tasha is in Tier 3, and they have a difference of 3 levels. They cannot bond to each other.

Say Melf is level 5 and Tasha is level 8. If they had already formed a bond successfully, but Tasha received enough experience to level up to level 9, and there were no charges remaining in the Fate Linked Bands, then the difference in levels between Melf and Tasha is now 4. Neither of them can share experience with the other using the bands until Melf has levelled up to level 6 (the level difference becomes 3 or less).

Weight: 0.1lbs