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Dead Jester's Cap

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125) Dead Jester's Cap
The Good: Creepy in a good way and I kind of love the description even though it is superfluous.
The Bad: Super nich
The Ugly: When you make a bunch of zombies laugh uncontrollably I want something to happen to living observers because that's just creepy.
Overall: 3 stars- middling but it will likely make it into a game because I regularly use an NPC called Hal the Friendly Necromancer and his wife is a Jester type bard. She used to paint his undead minion like clowns to make them less scary, for some reason that failed?

Hey, thanks for your feedback. I think you are right that it is a little too niche. It's probably a better item for a villain or NPC. I hope that Mrs. Friendly Necromancer gets good use out of it. :)

Thanks all who commented on my item (Dead Jester's Cap). I appreciate the feedback!

Hello all,

This was my first year entering the contest. I would appreciate any feedback you might have on my item. Thanks!

Dead Jester's Cap
Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th
Slot head; Price 10,500 gp; Weight 1 lb.
Description
This macabre jester's cap appears to have sprung directly from a child's nightmare. Sewn from blood-red velvet and stitched in a black spiderweb pattern, it has been liberally decorated with the bones of several kinds of sentient creatures.

Once donned, the cap twists the wearer's sense of humor in sick and disturbing ways. Once per day, as a standard action, the wearer may tell a joke to undead creatures. This ability functions as hideous laughter (DC 18, CL 5th), but it affects up to 10 HD of undead and may affect multiple targets. The wearer is considered the same “type” of creature for purposes of this ability. Even mindless undead are susceptible to this dark and alien humor, but living creatures are immune.

While wearing the cap, the wearer becomes more charismatic to the undead. He receives a +5 circumstance bonus to Diplomacy checks made with intelligent undead. The cap unsettles living creatures, giving the wearer a -5 circumstance penalty to Diplomacy checks made with them.

Finally, the wearer may cast detect undead at will, as he manifests a strange, sympathetic bond with undead creatures.
Construction
Requirements Craft Wondrous Item, hideous laughter, detect undead, creator must be non-good; Cost 5,250 gp