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Periapt of Wound Closure

Periapt Of Wound Closure
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Uncommon (Requires Attunement)

While wearing this pendant, you gain the following benefits.

Life Preservation. Whenever you make a Death Saving Throw, you can change a roll of 9 or lower to a 10 , turning a failed save into a successful one.

Natural Healing Boost. Whenever you roll a Hit Point Die to regain Hit Points, double the number of Hit Points it restores.

Tactical Applications​

Combat Strategy: Stabilizes dying characters and provides advantage on death saving throws, offering crucial survival benefits in combat. Essential for emergency healing and death prevention.

Class Synergies:

  • Any Class: Universal utility for survival and death saving throw improvements
  • Frontline Combatants: Perfect for tanks and melee fighters at risk of going unconscious
  • Support Characters: Essential for healers and characters responsible for ally survival
  • High-Risk Builds: Excellent for characters with dangerous combat roles and survival concerns

Build Considerations: Provides passive survival benefits without requiring attunement. Most valuable for characters frequently at risk of death.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires healing magic, stabilization enchantments, and life-preserving crystals. Creation cost 10,000-18,000 gp and takes 10 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Healing temples and medical organizations
  • Treasure hoards of legendary healers and life-saving specialists
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in healing magic
  • Found in the collections of medical researchers and survival experts
  • Rewards from grateful organizations for life-saving services

Alternative Acquisition: Sometimes discovered in battlefield sites or obtained from healing creature encounters.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 12,000-22,000 gp, with consistent demand among adventurers and combat specialists.

Trade Considerations: Popular among all combat-focused characters and anyone prioritizing survival.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with dangerous combat, medical knowledge, or professional roles requiring survival expertise.

Character Concepts:

  • Battlefield medic with life-saving expertise and healing specialization
  • Dangerous combat specialist requiring reliable survival protection
  • Character with extensive experience in high-risk situations and emergency medicine
  • Support specialist dedicated to ally survival and emergency response

Adventure Hooks​

The Survival Mission: High-risk adventures where death prevention determines success and survival.

The Medical Emergency: Crisis scenarios where stabilization abilities enable rescue and treatment.

The Dangerous Combat: Encounters with lethal enemies where survival benefits provide crucial advantages.

The Life-Saving Quest: Adventures requiring survival expertise to protect allies and complete missions.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Periapt of Wound Closure (Very Rare): Enhanced healing and additional life-saving abilities.

Periapt of Life Protection (Rare): Includes death immunity and enhanced survival benefits.

Combat Medic's Periapt (Rare): Optimized for battlefield healing with enhanced emergency capabilities.

Specialized Variants:

  • Emergency Response Periapt: Enhanced for crisis situations with rapid stabilization
  • Battlefield Periapt: Optimized for combat healing with damage resistance
  • Guardian's Periapt: Includes ally protection and group survival benefits

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by ancient battlefield medics who needed reliable methods for preventing death during combat.

Historical Significance: These periapts enabled crucial military victories through enhanced soldier survival and battlefield medicine.

Cultural Impact: Represent the dedication to life preservation and the mastery of emergency healing.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of healing magic and the complex processes required for death prevention.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 5-12 when death becomes a significant threat and survival is crucial.

Campaign Impact: Provides meaningful survival benefits balanced by specificity to death prevention situations.

Survival Focus: Most valuable in high-lethality campaigns and dangerous combat scenarios.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • High-lethality combat where survival benefits determine character continuation
  • Emergency scenarios where stabilization enables rescue and treatment
  • Dangerous exploration where death prevention provides safety margins
  • Group survival situations where life-saving abilities protect allies

Tactical Adjustments: Death saving throw encounters may need scaling when survival bonuses are present.

Healing Items: Other items that provide healing and life preservation benefits for emergency situations.

Survival Equipment:

  • Items that enhance survival capabilities and emergency response
  • Equipment for battlefield medicine and emergency healing
  • Tools for professional medical work and life-saving operations

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance healing abilities or provide additional survival benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Medical Mastery: Characters develop expertise in emergency medicine and life-saving techniques.

Survival Leadership: Death prevention capabilities create opportunities for leading dangerous missions.

Healing Authority: Life-saving abilities enable consulting work for medical organizations and emergency response.