These magic earplugs are made of wax which shapes itself to the user's ear, connected in pairs by a small leather cord. The earplugs effectively prevent sound from entering the ear and protects the wearer from spells and effects that require being heard to have an effect, as well as providing resistance to sound based damage. For example, spells which require the wearer  to hear and understand song or speech to have an effect don't work because they are unheard (such as Command and the song of a harpy; DM adjudication applies if unclear, such as Charm Person spells). The sound blocking works without attunement, but if multiple users wear these earplugs and stay within 150' of each other for a full rest period, the earplugs attune to their wearers and other sets of earplugs so that the wearers can communicate with each other using Message. Because the wearer is unable to hear at all (excepting the whispers of attuned wearers of the earplugs), the Deafened condition applies while wearing them. Skills checks which INVOLVE hearing (e.g. any general perception check, DM judgement applies) are made at disadvantage, and skill checks which REQUIRE hearing (e.g. a perception check to hear something) automatically fail.

Notes: Immunity: Charmed, Resistance: Thunder, Deafened, special, see description