Wondrous Item

Legendary Requires attunement by a spellcaster

The collar of Undeath Control is a powerful link of chains forged with a steel which has an unworldly texture and magical resonance to it. The steel is crimson with veins of blood seemingly flowing throughout the metal. Any creature who holds these chains feels watched and weak.

A creature who wishes to attune to this magic item must sacrifice part of their own vitality to do so. When you attune to this magic item your Hit Point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to your level. Once you are unattuned to the item, the hit point maximum is restored, but you are not healed for the missing hit points.

The Collar of Undeath can be placed around the neck of an incapacitated creature, or a creature can attempt to force the collar around the neck of another creature which is being grappled. This requires another grapple contest against the creature. The collar then locks around the creature’s neck if it is a large or smaller creature. Once the collar is around the neck of a creature, you can use an action to force it to make a Wisdom saving throw, to attempt to dominate the creature. The DC for the ability is equal to your spell save DC. On a failed save, the creature is permanently under your control, until you remove the chain (the chain not otherwise not be removed) or die. An undead which is normally immune to Charmed is not immune to this effect. You gain control over the undead to a degree equal to the Domiante Monster spell, but the effect does not count as a spell, or can be dispelled or even suppressed by anti-magic. The effect does, however, end if the creature is targeted by the Freedom spell.

Cost: 100 000 gp