[Necromancy] Item - Signet of the Empire Eternal

Once worn by the Winged Pharaoh Atukhati, this ring was thought lost when the mummy lord's forces were overrun by the Osseus Knights. The loss of the ring marked the beginning of the end of the Necromancer's Civil War, but its power still lays in wait for the right person to one day find.

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Signet of the Empire Eternal
Ring, very rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

While you wear this ring, you have resistance to necrotic damage. Additionally, undead creatures with an Intelligence score of 3 or lower cannot be hostile to you unless you attack them or their allies.

Desert Magic. This ring has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dusk. While you wear this ring, you can use an action to cast one of the following spells using your spell save DC, expending the necessary charges: blindness/deafness (1 charge), dominate undead (3 charges; as dominate person, but targets undead only), misty step (1 charge; you transform into sand as you teleport), mummific binds* (2 charges).

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DESIGN COMMENTARY

I'm trying to cover all types of undead. This ring was originally intended to belong to a mummy lord, hence the inclusion of the mummific binds spell. Since a ring of resistance is already a rare item (somewhat debatable), I made sure the low charges didn't add too much utility to the ring to make it a legendary ring. The ward against low-intelligence undead and the dominate undead variant of the spell are situational, but shines very bright in an undead setting - so be careful when giving out this ring.

The Empire Eternal is an ancient empire led by a now-mummy lord.

Design-wise, I leaned into the Egyptian brass and turquoise color scheme, with the overall signet shape inspired by scarab rings. The signet actually belongs to a mummy lord ascended to mummified dragon (stat block coming later), hence the dragon design. The band was initially going to be dragon scales, but they looked weird size-wise compared to the wings, and the ring needed more "mummy" to it. I settled for some zig-zag bands to evoke the feeling of bindings.