Tawny's Brilliant Brush

Tawny's Brilliant Brush - Player Version

Wondrous Item (legendary)

Tawny's Brilliant Brush is a finely crafted hairbrush made of silver with a conch shell embedded on the back side of the brush head. This artifact does not require attunement.

• Charges: The brush holds 2 charges.

• Time Stop: By expending 1 charge, the user can cast Time Stop as a 21st-level spellcaster.

• Recharge: The brush regains all expended charges when the user levels up or is exposed to powerful time magic.

• Spellcasting Focus: The brush can be used as a spellcasting focus for chronomancy spells, providing a +3 bonus. For all other spells, it provides a +1 bonus.

• Spell Knowledge: Anyone who uses any power of the artifact gains knowledge of the following spells:

  • Cantrip: Undo Harm
  • 1st-level: Time Capsule
  • 2nd-level: Novice
  • 3rd-level: Slow
  • 4th-level: Curse of Aging
  • 5th-level: Ephemeral Ward, Move Heavens

Additionally, the sorcerer with proficiency in arcana has detected that there is higher than 9th level magic within the artifact, which obscures or hides other abilities or effects of the item. These additional powers remain unknown and will unlock as the user grows in power.

Tawny's Brilliant Brush - DM Version

Wondrous Item (legendary)

Tawny's Brilliant Brush is a finely crafted hairbrush made of silver with a conch shell embedded on the back side of the brush head. This artifact does not require attunement.

• Charges: The brush holds 2 charges.
• Time Stop: By expending 1 charge, the user can cast Time Stop as a 21st-level spellcaster.
• Recharge: The brush regains all expended charges when the user levels up or is exposed to powerful time magic.
• Spellcasting Focus: The brush can be used as a spellcasting focus for chronomancy spells, providing a +3 bonus. For all other spells, it provides a +1 bonus.

Additional Powers:

Tawny's Brilliant Brush is a temporal anchor, meaning it has the ability to manipulate and anchor time. Its true potential unfolds as the user grows in power, unlocking new abilities at every 5th level increment. At each 5th level increment (5, 10, 15, 20), the player rolls 1d4 to unlock one spell option and then can choose another option from that level or any previous level.

Level 5 Unlock:

1. Déjà Vu (1st-level chronomancy)
   • Briefly rewind the thoughts of a creature, forcing it to repeat its last action or take no action.
2. Fast-Forward/Reverse (Cantrip)
   • Alters the age of objects, speeding up or reversing their state.
3. Expeditious Retreat (1st-level chronomancy)
   • Allows the caster to take the Dash action as a bonus action.
4. Halt (1st-level chronomancy)
   • Stops a creature’s movement, reducing its speed to 0.

Level 10 Unlock:

1. Haste (3rd-level chronomancy)
   • Doubles a creature's speed, grants +2 AC, advantage on Dexterity saves, and an additional action.
2. Grist (2nd-level chronomancy)
   • Reverts a nonmagical object to its raw materials.
3. Hurry/Delay (2nd-level chronomancy)
   • Alters a creature's initiative and grants advantage or disadvantage on its next action.
4. Time's Arrow (3rd-level chronomancy)
   • Freezes a projectile in mid-air and redirects it to a new target.

Level 15 Unlock:

1. Spacetime Anomaly (6th-level chronomancy)
   • Creates a 30-foot radius area of warped space. Affected creatures can teleport 30 feet as a bonus action.
2. Erase (5th-level chronomancy)
   • Erases a small nonmagical object or a creature's memories and any trace of it.
3. Curse of Youth (4th-level chronomancy)
   • Turns a humanoid target into a helpless infant for up to 1 hour.
4. Prescience (6th-level chronomancy)
   • Reveals the future of an object, creature, or location, showing a vision of a significant event.

Level 20 Unlock:

1. Temporal Bubble (8th-level chronomancy)
   • Creates a demiplane where time passes significantly faster, allowing creatures inside to experience 24 hours in just 1 hour.
2. Sequester (7th-level chronomancy)
   • Hides a willing creature or object, making it invisible and stopping time for it until a specified condition is met.
3. Time Travel (9th-level chronomancy)
   • Transports objects or creatures up to 1,000 years into the past or future.
4. Rewind (7th-level chronomancy)
   • Reverts a creature or object to its state at the beginning of the last turn, including hit points, conditions, and magic effects.

Note for the DM: Tawny's Brilliant Brush is a powerful artifact that can significantly alter the course of a campaign. Use its abilities to create unique and engaging challenges for the players, and consider how its powers can be woven into the story. The brush’s powers can also serve as plot hooks, especially the time-related ones, opening up opportunities for adventures involving time travel, temporal anomalies, and powerful time magic entities.