Shard of the Apex [CARD] (Patreon)

Weapon (greatsword), legendary (requires attunement by a barbarian)

Often, the terrible designs of nature itself can prove inspirational to the art of combat. You gain a +3 bonus to damage and attack rolls you make with this magic weapon.

Primal Presence. When you enter your rage, you summon the terror of the ancient hunter into your body. You force each creature within 30 feet of you to succeed on a DC 16 wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.  If a creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to this feature for the next 24 hours.

Rip and Tear. When you score a critical hit against a creature with this weapon, the target begins to bleed profusely and loses 3d6 hit points at the start of each of its turns. Each time you score a critical hit on the bleeding creature, the damage increases by 3d6. Any creature can take an action to stop the bleeding by succeeding on a DC 14 Wisdom (Medicine) check. The bleeding also stops if the target receives magical healing. Constructs and undead and any other creatures that do not bleed are immune to this feature.

Bring it Down. The first time each turn you damage a large or smaller creature with this weapon, you can force the target to make a contested Strength (Athletics) check. Small and tiny creatures make this check with disadvantage. If you succeed, you yank the creature by the hooked blade of this weapon and knock it prone.

Legends tell of a mighty hunter that ruled over the vast oceans of the world, as vicious and terrible as the waves themselves. But even the mightiest of this world cannot weather time, and soon even her time would come to pass. Worshippers of her power and fury could not stand to see her gone, and took it upon themselves to fashion one of her mighty teeth into a weapon such that she may continue to wreak havoc upon the world. To this day her teeth tear poor victims to tatters as they frantically flee for their lives from her presence, bleeding helplessly before her everlasting might.