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Robe of Eyes

Robe Of Eyes
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Rare (Requires Attunement)

This robe is adorned with eyelike patterns. While you wear the robe, you gain the following benefits:

All-Around Vision. The robe gives you Advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Special Senses. You have Darkvision and Truesight, both with a range of 120 feet.

Drawbacks. A Light spell cast on the robe or a Daylight spell cast within 5 feet of the robe gives you the Blinded condition for 1 minute. At the end of each of your turns, you make a Constitution saving throw (DC 11 for Light or DC 15 for Daylight), ending the condition on yourself on a success.

Tactical Applications​

All-Around Vision: Provides 360-degree sight and immunity to being surprised or flanked. Exceptional for tactical awareness, security operations, and maintaining constant vigilance against threats from all directions.

Class Synergies:

  • Any Class: Universal utility for enhanced awareness regardless of class or perception specialization
  • Guard Builds: Perfect for characters designed to protect allies and maintain security vigilance
  • Scout Specialists: Essential for characters requiring comprehensive threat detection and tactical awareness
  • Paranoid Characters: Excellent for characters prioritizing security and all-around threat monitoring

Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides ongoing tactical awareness and security benefits. Most valuable for characters prioritizing vigilance and comprehensive threat detection.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires all-seeing magic, vigilance enchantments, and perception essences. Creation cost 15,000-30,000 gp and takes 25 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Vigilance specialists and all-seeing enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary guards and security experts
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in perception magic
  • Found in the collections of security specialists and vigilance experts
  • Sometimes discovered in guard facilities or obtained from all-seeing creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to security and vigilance magic.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 20,000-40,000 gp, with extremely high demand among security specialists and guard professionals.

Trade Considerations: Extremely valuable among guards and anyone requiring comprehensive threat detection and vigilance.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with security work, vigilance operations, or professional roles requiring all-around awareness.

Character Concepts:

  • Security specialist with all-seeing expertise and vigilance experience
  • Guard professional using enhanced awareness for comprehensive threat detection
  • Character with extensive experience in security requiring all-around vision
  • Vigilance expert combining all-seeing capabilities with traditional guard techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Security Operation: Protection missions where all-around vision provides crucial threat detection and vigilance.

The Vigilance Challenge: Scenarios where comprehensive awareness enables security success and threat prevention.

The Guard Mission: Protection operations where all-seeing capabilities advance security effectiveness and threat monitoring.

The Awareness Test: Situations where enhanced perception determines security success and threat detection.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Robe of Eyes (Legendary): Enhanced vision range and additional perception abilities with improved awareness capabilities.

Robe of Omniscience (Artifact): Includes comprehensive detection and ultimate awareness enhancement.

Guardian's Eye Robe (Very Rare): Optimized for protection with enhanced threat detection and security vigilance.

Specialized Variants:

  • Security Eye Robe: Enhanced for protection with improved threat assessment and security monitoring
  • Scout's Vigilance Robe: Optimized for reconnaissance with enhanced tactical awareness and threat detection
  • Guardian's Watch Robe: Specialized for protection with enhanced ally monitoring and comprehensive security

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by ancient guards who needed reliable all-around vision for their security and protection duties.

Historical Significance: These robes enabled crucial security operations and the success of protection missions throughout history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the mastery of vigilance magic and the importance of comprehensive awareness in security work.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of perception magic and the complex processes required for all-around vision.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 10-18 when security becomes complex and comprehensive awareness provides significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides powerful awareness capabilities balanced by attunement requirement and specific perception focus.

Security Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring protection themes and security challenges.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Security scenarios where all-around vision enables comprehensive threat detection and vigilance
  • Protection encounters where enhanced awareness provides security advantages and threat prevention
  • Guard missions where all-seeing capabilities advance protection effectiveness and security monitoring
  • Vigilance situations where enhanced perception determines security success and threat detection

Awareness Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for immunity to surprise and comprehensive threat detection.

Perception Items: Other items that enhance awareness and provide vigilance capabilities.

Security Equipment:

  • Items that improve protection effectiveness and security capabilities
  • Equipment for vigilance and enhanced awareness
  • Tools for perception magic and security enhancement

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance awareness abilities or provide additional security benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Vigilance Mastery: Characters develop expertise in all-around awareness and security techniques.

Security Leadership: All-seeing capabilities create opportunities for leading protection missions and security operations.

Awareness Excellence: Enhanced perception enables impressive vigilance demonstrations and comprehensive threat detection.