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{{5e Magic Item
|name=Pipes of the Sewers <!-- name of magic item -->
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|refs={{SRD5ref}}
|type=Wondrous Item <!-- Weapon, Armor, Wondrous Item, Staff, Wand -->
|typenote= <!-- Note following type. ex. ammunition -->
|rarity=Uncommon <!-- Common, Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare, Legendary -->
|raritynote= <!-- Note following rarity, other than requires attunement. -->
|attunement= <!-- Yes if requires attunement, otherwise blank -->
|attunementnote= <!--blank, unless restriction on attunement-->
|charges=3 <!-- # of charges or uses, otherwise blank -->
|magicbonus= <!-- blank; or +1, +2, +3 -->
|canon=true
|desc=You must be {{srd5lc|Proficiency|Proficient}} with wind instruments to use these pipes. While you are attuned to the pipes, ordinary {{srd5lc|Rat}}s and {{srd5lc|Giant Rat}}s are indifferent toward you and will not attack you unless you threaten or harm them. 

The pipes have 3 charges. If you play the pipes as an {{srd5lc|Action}}, you can use a {{srd5lc|Bonus Action}} to expend 1 to 3 charges, calling forth one {{srd5lc|Swarm of Rats}} with each expended charge, provided that enough rats are within half a mile of you to be called in this fashion (as determined by the {{SRD5|GM}}). If there aren’t enough rats to form a swarm, the charge is wasted. Called swarms move toward the music by the shortest available route but aren’t under your control otherwise. The pipes regain 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. 

Whenever a swarm of rats that isn’t under another creature’s control comes within 30 feet of you while you are playing the pipes, you can make a {{SRD5|Charisma}} {{srd5lc|Check}} {{srd5lc|Contest}}ed by the swarm’s {{SRD5|Wisdom}} check. If you lose the contest, the swarm behaves as it normally would and can’t be swayed by the pipes’ music for the next 24 hours. If you win the contest, the swarm is swayed by the pipes’ music and becomes friendly to you and your companions for as long as you continue to play the pipes each round as an action. A friendly swarm obeys your commands. If you issue no commands to a friendly swarm, it defends itself but otherwise takes no actions. If a friendly swarm starts its turn and can’t hear the pipes’ music, your control over that swarm ends, and the swarm behaves as it normally would and can’t be swayed by the pipes’ music for the next 24 hours.
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|refs=<ref name="wgte">{{Cite Pub|Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron}} Licensed: &copy; Wizards of the Coast (used under 'fair use' clause) &mdash; replaces {{pub|UA Artificer 2019}} & {{pub|UA Artificer2 2019}}.</ref>
|prerequisite=10th-level {{5ep|Artificer}}
|item=Musical pipes
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|artificer canon=true
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Artificer Canon	true +
Artificer Infused Item	true +
Author	SRD5 +
Canon	true +
Charges	3 +
Item	Musical pipes +
Item Type	Wondrous Item +
Prerequisite	10th-level Artificer +
Publication	SRD5 +
Rarity	Uncommon +
Setting	Eberron +
Title	Pipes of the Sewers +