[Swordtember 2024] Archeron's Amber (Patreon)

Acheron's Amber

Weapon (any sword), rare (requires attunement)

Component: Beast stinger

The insect encased within this amber blade twitches, forever trapped between life and death. Beneath its chitinous shell slumbers an ancient plague, ready to be loosed upon an unsuspecting world.

Black Death. When you score a critical hit against a creature with this weapon, the creature takes an extra 10 poison damage and must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of your next turn. While poisoned in this way, the creature is incapacitated. 

Ancient Epidemic. While holding this weapon, you can cast the contagion spell (save DC 15), making a melee weapon attack with the weapon instead of a melee spell attack. Once this property of the weapon has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

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Uncommon variant: Reduce the DC to 13 and the damage to 7. Remove the Ancient Epidemic property. 

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