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
• 
  UID

  DEC_HAG_Mask_A
  
  UUID

  73690248-deea-4713-84d6-c1c8fb045869
  
  Stats

  ACT1_HAG_HagMask
  
  File

  ARM_Headwear_Hag_Mask
  

Special

The wearer of this item gains:

• If Ethel is dead:  Uncanny Sight

Part of the Flock

Auntie Ethel welcomes you, dearie.

Condition: Uncanny Sight

 Uncanny Sight

• Can see objects hidden to the unaided eye.

Where to find

• Riverside Teahouse: 4x – on a table in the Overgrown Tunnel Entrance Gallery, just before the Gnarled Door
• Riverside Teahouse: Worn by  Mask of Vengeance,  Mask of Servitude,  Mask of Regret, and  Mask of Terror, the thralls located in the Overgrown Tunnel
• Lower City: Worn by  Mask of Vengeance,  Mask of Servitude,  Mask of Terror, and  Captain Grisly, the thralls located in the Blushing Mermaid

Notes

• Removing a Whispering Mask from an unconscious hag victim kills them if the hag is still alive.
• 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) and attack the party; if all party members equip the masks and become Hag's Pawns, a Game Over screen appears. If all unaffected party members run away from combat (e.g., back to the Tea House), leaving no one to attack, the remaining mask-affected party member can unequip the mask after making a Wisdom saving throw.
• The negative effects of this mask can be prevented by casting  Protection from Evil and Good before equipping it. In this case, the poison gas clouds in Ethel's lair temporarily dissipate for the wearer, and the thralls wearing these masks (e.g. Mask of Vengeance) will not attack the wearer.
  • While in this protected state, the wearer still rolls saving throws against  Ephemeral Whispers, but failing them has no effect.
• If Auntie Ethel is dead, the mask can be worn with no ill effects.
• If equipped by a Paladin when inside the tunnel, a dialogue with Ethel starts where a  DC 15 Charisma Check is needed to prevent succumbing to the mask. Succeeding grants the  Voice of Reason condition.
• Succumbing to Auntie Ethel's will due to wearing a Whispering Mask is an oathbreaking action for  Paladins of Devotion,  Paladins of the Ancients and  Paladins of Vengeance.