The Harrowgate Horn

Item

Item Type: wondrous

Magical: true

Rarity: rare

Value: Priceless to the garrison; about 2,000 gp to a collector

Description

A bronze signal horn older than the keep, green with age and dented where a crossbow bolt once hit it. When sounded from the walls it can be heard in every corner of the fortress, and every ally who hears it gains the courage of the garrison that held here two hundred years ago.

Lore

Blown by the first garrison of Harrowgate when raiders broke the landward wall, and the wall held. The dent is from that night.

Properties

Action: sound the horn (1/dawn). Every ally within 300 feet who can hear it gains 2d6 temporary hit points and advantage on saves against being frightened for 1 minute. Heard anywhere within the keep's walls.

magic item · wondrous item · rare · signal horn · siege · war campaign