The primary function of this epic magical item is to control the 'Storm Lord's' stronghold. Originally created by a great cloud giant sorcerer to protect his cloud stronghold it appears as a gigantic platinum circlet, sized for the head of a Huge giant, and it does not magically resize. (Presumably if made by another it would be the correct size for their head.) No gems or other decoration adorn the plain silvery band.
Besides controlling the cloud, the crown acts as a Ring Of Major Elemental Resistance against electricity, negating 30 points of electricity damage per round for the wearer. Once per day, the wearer of the crown can cause the stronghold to duplicate the effects of a Storm Of Vengeance spell as cast bya 20th-level cleric (save DC 23 for appropriate effects) in a 360-foot radius circle anywhere beneath the clouds. The wearer of the crown need not concentrate to maintain the spell; the storm continues until the crown wearer directs it to stop. At will, the wearer of the crown can send a Lightning Bolt to strike a target on the ground below, dealing 10D10 points of damage (Reflex save DC 16 for half dmg) to anything within 10 feet of the target point, as if from a Call Lightning spell cast by a 20th-level druid. As with Call Lightning, the cloud can produce no more than one bolt every 10 minutes.
The wearer of the crown can also choose the form of the storms that constantly rage below the cloud, within certain limits: The cloud can produce torrential rains, a thunderstorm, or a hailstorm in warm weather, or a blizzard, snowstorm, or sleet in colder weather. The wearer of the crown can not stopprecipitation from falling beneath the cloud.
The wearer of the Crown Of The Storm Lord can control the movement of the cloud as well, to a maximum speed of 15 miles per hour.
Prerequisite: Craft Wondrous Item, Craft Epic Wondrous Item, Resistance, Control Weather, Call Lightning, Storm Of Vengeance.
Aura: Strong Evocation
Caster Level: 20th
Market Price: 450,000 gp
Cost to Create:
Base Cost: 225,000 gp
XP Cost: 14,500
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Weight: 5 lbs.
Based on an entry in Polyhedron Magazine #93 July/August 2002 by James Wyatt