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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 6942518" data-attributes="member: 5890">My only issue with the initial magic item is that it's potentially a +8 bonus on a chosen skill.I think it would be a more balanced item if you made the d8 bonus specifically an inspiration effect provided by the muse, rolled at the time of the check.ie:Spend an hour completing a ritual with the statue. For the next 24 hours or until the end of a long rest, whichever is shorter, you are accompanied by a Muse in the form of a spirit associated with your chosen skill, who can only be perceived by you, and those who can see into the Ethereal plane. The muse can converse with you on the topic of the skill in question. As a reaction to you making a check with the selected skill, the muse grants you a 1d8 bardic inspiration die which is applied to the triggering check.I think that gives you a) a less reliable bonus: in the original, you might keep redoing the ritual until you got a high bonus on the skill you needed, or you might only attempt the skill IF you got that bonus.b) a bonus that doesn't just stack with everything.Things it's missing? Stats for the muse. I'd probably go with giving it very basic defenses and having it dissipate if it takes any damage.</blockquote>