User blog:GunjiBunny/ Sam Patch's Pinky Ring

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Artifact - Sam Patch's Pinky Ring

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Original Owner - Sam Patch

Type - Jewelry

Effects - Makes wearer feel invincible, gaining and attraction to heights

Downsides - Becomes clumsy, tripping while walking

Activation - Worn

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Section - Allentown-22C

Class W

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Origin - Sam Patch (1807 - 1829) was the first famous American daredevil after successfully jumping from a raised platform into the Niagara River near the base of Niagara Falls in 1829. Growing up Patch had a love of making other people happy by amazing them with stunts, on breaks he'd entertain other boys by jumping off the mill that he worked at's dam. By twenty he was attracting more and more crowds by jumping from bridges, factory walls and ship's masts. Even when a stunt didn't go quite right and he fell, tripped or otherwise got hurt he would hop back up, brush himself off and laugh it off. Eventually he decided to use a ladder to get away from the dangers of the falls but still get the height down into the river. He made this jump once, 125 feet in the air and got cocky on his next attempt where he simply ran and jumped off of the falls into the water below. His final jump was off a cliff into the Genesee River. Spectators saw him jump and heard him it the water below however he did not survive the fall this time. The autopsy report listing the possession that he had on his person didn't include the pinky ring as it was left at home before heading out to the jump. Effect - Makes wearer feel invincible, gaining and attraction to heights. However like Patch who flew through the air like a bird they become clumsy, tripping while walking.