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Cloak of Invisibility

Cloak Of Invisibility
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Legendary (Requires Attunement)

This cloak has 3 charges and regains 1 d 3 expended charges daily at dawn. While wearing the cloak, you can take a Magic action to pull its hood over your

head and expend 1 charge to give yourself the Invisible condition for 1 hour. The effect ends early if you pull the hood down (no action required) or cease wearing the cloak.

Tactical Applications​

Combat Strategy: Provides extended invisibility for infiltration, ambush tactics, and strategic repositioning. Most effective for characters who can leverage invisibility for maximum tactical advantage.

Class Synergies:

  • Rogues: Exceptional synergy with sneak attack and stealth-based combat tactics
  • Spellcasters: Excellent for maintaining concentration and avoiding targeting
  • Any Class: Universal benefit for stealth, escape, and tactical positioning

Build Considerations: Most valuable for characters who can maximize the hour-long invisibility duration through careful planning and tactical application.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires extremely rare materials, legendary-level enchantment expertise, and potentially divine or planar assistance. Typically costs 100,000+ gp if craftable at all.

Common Sources:

  • Rewards from legendary quests or divine intervention
  • Inheritance from legendary heroes or ancient magical practitioners
  • Discovery in ancient vaults or legendary treasure hoards
  • Gifts from extremely powerful magical beings

Alternative Acquisition: These cloaks are so rare that acquisition often becomes the subject of epic quests or major campaign storylines.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 500,000+ gp, with prices essentially unlimited due to legendary rarity and extreme utility.

Trade Considerations: Items of this rarity are rarely traded for money, typically exchanged for equivalent legendary items or major favors.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests legendary status, epic quests, or connections to the most powerful forces in the campaign world. The cloak's legendary nature should impact character development.

Character Concepts:

  • Legendary hero destined for epic adventures
  • Character with connections to divine or planar powers
  • Master spy or infiltrator with access to ultimate stealth tools
  • Inheritor of ancient magical legacies and legendary equipment

Adventure Hooks​

The Legendary Quest: Acquiring the cloak becomes the focus of an epic campaign arc involving multiple challenges and legendary obstacles.

The Ultimate Infiltration: A mission of cosmic importance requires the absolute stealth that only legendary invisibility can provide.

The Divine Mission: Gods or other powerful entities task characters with missions requiring legendary magical capabilities.

The Ancient Legacy: Characters uncover the history and significance of legendary magical items and their role in world-shaping events.

Variants & Customization​

Improved Cloak of Invisibility (Artifact): Provides unlimited uses or additional legendary abilities beyond simple invisibility.

Greater Cloak of True Invisibility (Legendary): Immunity to detection by magical means while invisible.

Divine Cloak of Concealment (Artifact): Blessed by deities with additional protective and concealment abilities.

Specialized Variants:

  • Shadow Lord's Mantle: Additional shadow and darkness manipulation capabilities
  • Archmage's Veil: Enhanced benefits for spellcasting while invisible
  • Assassin's Legendary Shroud: Optimized for stealth attacks and infiltration missions

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by legendary archmages or divine beings as pinnacle achievements in invisibility magic.

Historical Significance: Multiple world-changing events and legendary heroic acts involved the strategic use of these cloaks.

Cultural Impact: In magical communities, these cloaks represent the absolute peak of stealth magic and legendary craftsmanship.

Legendary Magic: The cloaks serve as examples of how legendary items transcend normal magical limitations.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Only appropriate for epic-level campaigns (17+) where legendary items are reasonable and the power level is appropriate.

Campaign Impact: Provides game-changing utility that can dramatically alter how stealth and infiltration encounters work.

Legendary Status: The item should feel appropriately legendary and impact campaign narrative significantly.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Epic-level scenarios where legendary stealth capabilities are necessary
  • Cosmic threats requiring infiltration of divine or planar strongholds
  • Campaign climaxes where ultimate stealth provides crucial advantages
  • Legendary encounters where the cloak's history and significance matter

Tactical Adjustments: Epic-level enemies may have legendary detection abilities or other methods to challenge even legendary invisibility.

Legendary Equipment: Other legendary items that provide comparable utility or power levels.

Invisibility Magic:

  • Items that provide various levels of concealment or stealth capabilities
  • Equipment that enhances or complements invisibility effects
  • Tools that work synergistically with legendary stealth capabilities

Complementary Equipment: Legendary items that work well with ultimate stealth capabilities.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Legendary Status: Characters gain appreciation for what it means to wield truly legendary magical power.

Epic Storytelling: The cloak enables legendary heroic acts and world-changing adventures.

Moral Responsibility: Characters must consider the ethical implications of possessing such powerful stealth capabilities.