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Unrand 'helmet': The Diamond Vampire Grill
Rough Description: enchanted diamond jewelry in the shape of sharp fangs, designed to be worn over the teeth. Rumored to have been left behind by an eccentric (and wealthy) adventurer with a vampire fetish. They grant the wearer the bite of a vampire, at the expense of difficulty correctly pronouncing the syllables of magic spells.
Restrictions: can't be worn by vinestalkers (it doesn't fit in their mouths) or any undead, including vampires.
Rationale: similar to Mask of the Dragon in that you sacrifice some AC (plus other helmet enchantments or resistances) for a sweet branded aux attack. The wiz penalty is a combination of flavour and an attempt to balance it; this could be wiz-- if we wanted to give a harsher penalty.
Further Rationale: crawl has too many interesting but useless unrands, like Vampire's Tooth. This unrand attempts to be interesting and useful.