Whispering Mask

Whispering Mask is a common Helmet with connections to Auntie Ethel.

Soft, unintelligible whispers seep from the dark wood, ringing in your ears and resounding in your skull.

Properties

• Helmets
• Rarity: Common
•  Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
• Price: 1 gp

Special

The wearer of this item gains:

• Part of the Flock: Auntie Ethel welcomes you, dearie.
  • While Auntie Ethel is alive, the wearer of this mask must make a Wisdom saving throw every turn. If failed, they become a Hag's Pawn (controlled by Auntie Ethel).
  • The negative effects of this mask can be prevented by casting Protection from Evil and Good before equipping the mask.
  • If Auntie Ethel is dead, the mask can be worn with no ill effects.
• Uncanny Sight: Can see objects hidden to the unaided eye.
  • This allows you to pass through the locked vine door in the Overgrown Tunnel (X:-351, Y:581), behind which lies an alternative entrance to the Underdark.

Where to find

• Four of these masks can be found on a table in the Overgrown Tunnel Entrance Gallery beneath the Riverside Teahouse, just before the Gnarled Door blocking your path.
• Also dropped by Mask of Vengeance, Mask of Servitude, Mask of Regret, and Mask of Terror, the thralls located in the Overgrown Tunnel.