Whispering Mask

Whispering Mask is a common Helmet with connections to Auntie Ethel.

Soft, unintelligible whispers seep from the dark wood, ringing in your ears and resounding in your skull.

Properties

•  Helmets
• Rarity: Common
•  Weight: 0.5 kg / 1 lb
• Price: 1 gp
• 
  UID

  ACT1_HAG_HagMask
  UUID

  73690248-deea-4713-84d6-c1c8fb045869

Special

The wearer of this item gains:

• If Ethel is dead:
   Uncanny Sight

• Can see objects hidden to the unaided eye.

Part of the Flock

Auntie Ethel welcomes you, dearie.

Condition: Uncanny Sight

 Uncanny Sight

• Can see objects hidden to the unaided eye.

Where to find

• Riverside Teahouse: Four of these masks can be found on a table in the Overgrown Tunnel Entrance Gallery, just before the Gnarled Door blocking your path.
• Riverside Teahouse: Also dropped by Mask of Vengeance, Mask of Servitude, Mask of Regret, and Mask of Terror, the thralls located in the Overgrown Tunnel.
• Lower City: Four more masks can be found in The Blushing Mermaid - Basement

Notes

• Removing a Whispering Mask from an unconscious NPC will kill them if the hag is still alive.
• While Auntie Ethel is alive, the wearer of this mask must make a Wisdom saving throw every turn. If failed, they become a Hag's Pawn (controlled by Auntie Ethel) and will attack the party; if all party members equip the mask, the Game Over screen appears. If all of the unaffected party members run away from combat (e.g. back to the Tea House), leaving no one to attack, the remaining mask-affected party member will be able to unequip the mask after making a wisdom saving throw.
• The negative effects of this mask can be prevented by casting  Protection from Evil and Good before equipping the mask. In this case, the NPC mask wearers (e.g. Mask of Vengeance, etc) will not attack the wearer, and the poison gas clouds in Ethel's lair will temporarily dissipate for the wearer.
  • While in this state, the wearer will still roll saving throws against Ephemeral Whispers, but failing them will have no effect.
• If Auntie Ethel is dead, the mask can be worn with no ill effects.
• The condition  Uncanny Sight allows the party to pass through the locked vine doors, including the one in the Overgrown Tunnel X: -351 Y: 581, behind which lies an alternative entrance to the Underdark. Only one party member needs to wear a mask to lead the whole party through the locked vine doors.