Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf

A tiny magical item from the Elderdays, Ashflayer's Brazen Dwarf is an item of Ardon (Elderday Dwarven) origin that can align with a creature of sufficient ferocity to aid a creature burn others to ash.   A creature may seek to align to an individual Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf by spending 10 minutes holding the tiny Brazen Dwarf stautuette in quiet contemplation (i.e. no movement, no actions, no bonus actions, no reactions, no interaction with the world around them) and making a DC 15 strength save at the end of the contemplation.   On a failure, the creature takes 2d8 fire damage. This may not be prevented or redirected, and temporarily reduces the creatures maximum hit points and attack rolls until one long rests.   On a success, the creature can align one Ashflyer's Brazen Dwarf to zimself where it will stay aligned for up to one year, until all its uses are expended or it is destroyed. It will then vaniahs and reappear in one year within d6 x aligned creatures proficiency bonus. Only one Brazen Dwarf can align to any one creature.   On a failure no other creature may attempt to align with the Brazen Dwarf for 24 hours, and the failed aligner one week.   Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf may be activated a maximum of once per long rest and a maximum number of times over one year equal to the aligners stength score. If the aligners strength score is reduced for any reason and the the number of uses exceeds the new strength score, Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf vanishes as above.   If an aligner deals melee damage it may use a bonus action activate Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf for a maximum number of rounds equal to 5 + aligned creatures proficiency bonus:

1. In a round the aligned creature deals melee damage, at the end of the aligned creatures turn it must deal fire damage equal to the aligners proficiency bonus +2 to one creature of the aligners choice within 60" (other than a creature that the aligner dealt melee damage to) and 2 fire damage to one creature damaged by a melee attack.
2. If no other creature is within 30", no fire damage is dealt by Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf that round (including to a succesful melee attack)
3. It may deacticated early by using a bonus action to do so
4. Once deactivated the aligned creature takes fire damage equal to the number of rounds that Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf dealt damage to a creature.

  If a Dwarf aligns to Ashflayers Brazen Dwarf, fire damage dealt increases from +2 to +4, and maximum duration is increased by 2 rounds.