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Non-Persona Cowl

Added 2025-07-17 15:00:11 +0000 UTC

Greetings adventurers!

Have you ever had a polite conversation before with someone, then proceeded to completely forget about them and everything they’ve said a moment after walking away? I had often thought it was because I had a poor memory, but the more I dug into the psychology of it, the more I realized that there’s a whole type of interaction that our brains don’t even bother to try to hold on to. We recognize the likely insignificant value of the discussion and simply drop it into oblivion as soon as we sleep like that. It’s then that I began to wonder, is that something you could manufacture.

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Design notes from Matthew:
I love making serious items that are meant to be a completely normal part of your worlds, but sometimes I just really enjoy getting a bit silly as well. This whole thing was just based on an NPC pun and I won’t be apologizing for it. I’m not sure how many of you are here for the real and silly, but I would hope that there’s at least a good mix that would humor us for a couple of off the wall items here and there. Certainly it won’t be taking over the entirety of the creations here, but from time to time, it’s a blast to make something a bit off the wall.
In the D&D 5E version, I wanted to lean a bit more on the charmed condition and let this act as a way to get someone on your side and then separate that memory a few moments later. This ends up bringing a bit more versatility in how its used and definitely means that you can be a bit more loose with your application. It’s meant to mimic a quick chat that simply goes out of their brain the moment it’s over.
On the PF2E side, this is more of a retroactive change that you can use after a conversation to erase any of the more sultry bits that you want to keep away from them. This also allows it to be used in conjunction with other magical effects. Say if you wanted to charm a person, then use this on them afterwards. You have to be a bit more strategic about what you want to erase, but the timing is better in that you get to use it after you’ve got the information you seek.

Next week we’ll be back with another item as always, but I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for the continued support. It’s meant so much to us to be able to continue creating for you all. We’re going to keep pushing and making fun things for your games as long as it makes sense to. Thanks so much for giving us that opportunity.

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