Hook of Sinking
Wondrous item, uncommon
You can embed this hook into a creature, dealing 1 piercing damage. You must attempt a grappling check if the creature is unwilling. While this hook is embedded in the flesh of a creature, the hook grants the creature the ability to breathe normally underwater. Additionally, the creature falls at a safe rate of 60 feet per turn while underwater, is unable to swim and must walk along the bottom as if on land. A creature can remove the hook with a DC 13 Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check.
Crafted by the loathsome sahuagins of Ravager Reef to help bring live captives down to the court of Baron Bazoozu. The Baron had them made after a whole boatload of captives were drowned by sahuagins unaware that the landlubbers couldn’t breathe underwater.
Errata 4/9/2023- Increased DC from 12 to 13.