An enchanted necklace with large gemstones, intended to give the user increased spell ability, however the item was imbued with the soul of All Black, a powerful lich and servant of Null, the god of darkness. This cursed the item and caused it to become a symbiote. The item bonds with the first person to touch it, melding the item to their flesh making it unable to be removed. While connected, the host has constant telepathic communication with All Black.
If the host takes damage they must make a DC 14 Charisma check or be consumed by the symbiote entirely. The host may also allow the symbiote to consume it at will as a reaction.
While consumed, you have an AC of 13 plus your dexterity modifier, your melee attack range is 5 feet, your spells do an extra D4 damage necrotic damage (increasing as you level), you gain a flying speed of 30, and you gain resistance to necrotic damage.
While consumed the range of all your damaging spells is touch, you gain weakness to thunder and holy damage, you lose the ability to verbally communicate (unless All Black allows you), and you take 1D6 psychic damage at the end of every turn where you do not deal damage to a creature.
When you cast a damaging spell that reduces any enemy Hit Points to 0, you may consume the soul, assuming it has one, of that enemy, healing 2d6 Hit Points.
Also while consumed you lose full control of your actions. At any point if All Black is not interested in doing what the host wants to do, it may attempt to resist you by making a DC14 Charisma Saving Throw. The interest of the soul is determined by the DM. If All-Black is not interested in attacking a creature you will not take damage for failing to harm a creature.
If the host wishes to break out of the symbiote they must succeed on a DC14 Charisma Saving Throw. On a successful save, the symbiote retracts. If the host takes holy or thunder damage or falls to 0 health, the symbiote retracts.
As you level up, you gain the ability to control the soul of All Black giving you additional bonuses:
Starting at 4th level, the bonus necrotic damage is increased to 1d6.
At 7th level, you start to form a bond with the soul, you are able to freely communicate while consumed by the symbiote.
At 11th level, the bonus necrotic damage is increased to 1D8
At 14th level, you become one with the symbiote. It will no longer go against your wishes and you do not take damage for not hurting a creature as long as you have consumed a soul in the last 24 hours.
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