Cinderwhisper Band
Forged in the caldera of a volcano that no cartographer has ever successfully mapped twice, the Cinderwhisper Band was discovered wrapped in fire-blackened cloth inside a sealed orrery of unknown make — no maker's mark, no accompanying notes, only the faint sound of something breathing when the ring is held close to the ear in silence. Those who study it describe an unsettling sensation that the warmth it radiates is not drawn from magic at all, but from somewhere living. Artificers who have worn it speak of half-remembered dreams involving a vast furnace tended by figures with no faces, and the quiet certainty that the ring is still waiting to be fully understood.
Mechanics
A ring of smoldering ember-light that channels restorative fire into allies, converting latent heat into waves of mending energy and emergency stabilization.
Ember Reservoir — 9 charges, recharge 1d6+3 at dawn
The Cinderwhisper Band holds 9 charges. All activated abilities draw from this single pool. At dawn, the ring regains 1d6+3 expended charges. The ring emits faint orange light in a 5-foot radius whenever it holds 5 or more charges; this light dims to a barely visible glow when fewer charges remain.
Mending Flare
As a bonus action, you expend 1 charge and choose a creature you can see within 60 feet. Embers of warm light stream from the ring to the target, restoring 2d8+5 hit points. If the target is at 0 hit points, this effect also causes it to regain consciousness and become stable.
Hearthward Pulse
As an action, you expend 3 charges to release a ring of slow-spinning cinders in a 20-foot-radius burst centered on yourself. Each creature of your choice within the area regains 3d10 hit points. Additionally, each healed creature gains resistance to cold damage until the end of your next turn, as residual warmth lingers in their flesh.
Veil of Living Smoke
As a reaction, which you take when a creature you can see within 60 feet is reduced to 0 hit points, you expend 2 charges to instantly wrap that creature in a cocoon of weightless ash. The creature drops to 0 hit points as normal but does not make death saving throws until the start of your next turn. During this time, the creature is stable, cannot be targeted by additional attacks, and cannot take further damage. At the start of your next turn, the ash disperses and normal death-save rules resume. This effect ends early if the creature receives any healing.
Eternal Cinder (Passive)
While attuned to this ring, you have advantage on death saving throws. Additionally, whenever you or a creature within 30 feet of you rolls the maximum result on a healing die (e.g., an 8 on a d8), the ring flares briefly and that creature gains 2 temporary hit points. This passive triggers no more than once per turn.
9 charges
Recharges 1d6+3 at dawn
DM Notes
Balance considerations: The Cinderwhisper Band is a support-focused legendary ring deliberately calibrated to feel powerful without overshadowing frontline healers. Mending Flare at 1 charge is efficient but limited by bonus-action economy — the wearer must forgo other bonus-action options. Hearthward Pulse (3 charges) can restore roughly 16–17 hp to every ally in a tight formation, which at tier 3 play is significant burst healing but not overwhelming given the charge cost. Veil of Living Smoke is the splashiest effect: at 2 charges it can functionally negate a single killing blow once per battle, but it requires a reaction and only delays death saves by one turn — a creature still dies if not healed before the ash disperses. The DM should ensure the table understands Veil ends on any healing so Mending Flare the same round consumes both resources. The passive Eternal Cinder's temporary-hit-point trigger is narrow enough (max die face only, once per turn) that it rarely swings combat but creates satisfying moments. The 9-charge pool with a variable recharge (average ~6.5 per dawn) means the wearer must make real decisions; burning all 9 in one fight leaves the ring nearly spent the following day. Suggested introduction: the ring is found inside a mysterious sealed container with no explanation, letting the players uncover its properties through experimentation.
Generated with: Level 12 · Artificer · Artillerist · Ring · Healing or support focused · Mysterious · Fire · Legendary · No curses