[Swordtember 2024] Blackfrost Shard (Patreon)

Blackfrost Shard 

Weapon (greatsword), very rare (requires attunement)

Component: Undead (lich) bone

When a lich's resurrection cannot be thwarted, the next best thing is to imprison it in ice and scatter its soul and body across the world. This blade of ice seethes with a sliver of a lich's essence and its hilt is one of its stolen ribs. 

This weapon deals cold damage instead of its usual slashing damage. It has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn.

Bloodfreeze. When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can attempt to freeze the blood in their veins. The creature must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be paralysed until the end of its next turn. The sword then melts, becoming a longsword. Subsequent uses of this property cause the sword to melt into  a shortsword and then a dagger. When the sword becomes a dagger, this property can’t be used again until the next dawn, when it regains its ice and becomes a greatsword.

Kiss of the Lich Queen. When you reduce a Humanoid to 0 hit points with an attack using this weapon, you can expend 1 charge as a reaction to rip out the creature’s soul and bind it as a wraith without the Create Specter action, which appears in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of you. The wraith is an ally, obeys your verbal commands (no action required by you), and shares your initiative count, but it takes its turn immediately after yours. The wraith vanishes after 1 minute. 

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Uncommon variant: Reduce the DC to 13. This weapon is a shortsword instead of a greatsword. The Kiss of the Lich Queen property raises a shadow (whose Strength Drain does not raise a specter) instead of a wraith. 

Rare variant: Reduce the DC to 15. This weapon is a longsword instead of a greatsword. The Kiss of the Lich Queen property raises a specter instead of a wraith. 

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