Banded Weights of Empowerment

While these glimmering gold banded weights may appear ordinary, if not a bit bold, many are humbled by their harsh nature. The metal latches that fasten the bands emit a faint yellow light, hinting at the hidden strength within. Those who endure the weight's burden undergo a transformative journey, shedding their limitations to emerge stronger than ever before. 

While you are attuned to the weights, you gain the following effects:

• Your movement speed is reduced by half.
• Your Strength score is reduced by 2.
• You have a -2 penalty to Armor Class and Dexterity saving throws.
• Regardless of abilities or magic items, you cannot make more than one attack during your turn.
• When you attempt to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action, the spell doesn’t take effect until your next turn, and you must use your action on that turn to complete the spell. If you can’t, the spell is wasted.

If the wearer is attuned to the weights for 12 consecutive months, on the last day of the 12th month the weights latches snap off with a loud pop, un-attuning itself from the wearer.

When the latches open this way, you gain the following effects:

• Your movement speed is increased by 10 feet.
• Your Strength score is permanently increased by 4 (up to a maximum of 24).
• Your natural armor class is increased by 1.
• When you use the Attack action with a weapon, you can make an additional weapon attack as a bonus action.
• When you attempt to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action, you can instead cast the spell as a bonus action. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus.

Unencumbered: 

When you move on your turn in combat, you can double your speed until the end of the turn. Once you use this trait, you can’t use it again until you move 0 feet on one of your turns.

Once attuned, only the wearer may remove the weight from themselves. 

Removing the weight before the 12-month period ends will restart the process from the beginning. 

The wearer may only benefit from the weights once. When the weight is un-attuned naturally at the end of the 12-month process, it will cease to latch onto a previous wearer. 

Requires at least 16 or higher Strength score to be attuned to.