Illithileather Wraps

Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement by a monk)

Blue and purple leather straps that wrap around the hands and forearms, made from cured Illithid skin. They are remarkably smooth to the touch, and always just the slightest bit slick.

While attuned to this item, whenever you reduce a creature to 0 hit points, you may choose to reduce its Intelligence to 0 instead. If you choose to do this, the creature is stunned as long as its Intelligence is 0. Also, as long as the creature is alive, if the creature had telepathy, you gain the use of its telepathy and any creature you communicate with telepathically believes you are that creature.

You may only have one creature stunned in this way at a time, and at any point, you may choose to end the stun, requiring no action. If you do so, the creature dies and you regain 1 Ki Point.