Brimshade the Lamia haunts the Nightmare dunes of Dream Country, terrorizing dreamers with her iridescent black eyes, long needle fingers, and an entourage of carnivorous hats. Yet this is not her only form. If bested in combat, she will seek to join her conquerors by becoming a Hat of Disguise and swearing to serve ‘as long as you walk the waking world’. She intends to terrorize the Material Plane while the hero hosting her slumbers.

As a Hat of Disguise, she is mutable in appearance. If left to pursue her own sense of fashion, she prefers a wide-brimmed and low-peaked style, typically in dark, velvety materials. If confronted with ornate hats, she will attempt to match them by producing false rubies, though this will not fool most fashionistas. If her ruse is uncovered, she reacts with violent embarrassment.

In addition to the normal functions of a Hat of Disguise, the Hungry Haberdasher retains the Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma of its Lamia form. She communicates with her wearer via telepathy and encourages them to perform violent and criminal acts, always with hat-based justifications. For example, it will encourage violence against peasants on the grounds that they are hatless, and therefore basically animals. On the other hand, it will encourage violence against nobles on the basis that they are foolishly trying to ‘out-hat you’ and thus deserve a painful death.

If a character receives a Critical Hit while wearing the hat, they may (one time only) opt to gain Resistance to the damage in exchange for damaging the Hat. A Hat damaged in this way has a 50% of malfunctioning at key moment. It does this intentionally, out of vengeful spite.

Brimshade can cast Identify on any headwear object (she knows her business) but will not volunteer this ability unless her hat-motivated bloodlust is slaked by the attuned wearer.

While wearing this hat, you can use an action to cast the disguise self spell from it at will. The spell ends if the hat is removed.

Notes: Deception, Headwear