The Midas Ring is an elegant, golden ring adorned with an exquisite, shimmering ruby embedded in its center. Once attuned, the wearer gains the remarkable power to transmute objects into gold through touch. When invoked, a gentle warmth radiates from the ring, turning the object into gleaming gold upon contact. The ring often reflects the vanity of the wearer, seeming to shine more brightly when in the presence of acts that emphasize the wearer's self-obsession.
Ability:
This powerful item enables the wearer to transform any inanimate object, except for living creatures, into pure gold once per day by touch, at the wearer's command. The ring regains its power at dawn every day. However, the cursed effect occurs each time a genuine act of selflessness is detected, resulting in an unintended transformation of an item into gold.
Cursed Effect:
The ring is empowered by the spirit of narcissism residing within it. It feeds off the vanity and ego of the wearer. Acts of true selflessness or charity trigger the curse of the ring. As a result, the wearer is afflicted when they commit genuine acts of kindness, unintentionally activating the curse. The curse turns a random item on the wearer's person into solid gold. The ring uses these unintended acts of virtue to amplify the wearer's pride and arrogance, compelling them to value their material possessions over their compassion.