Category: Enchanted Weapons

  • Menegildiloth’s Crepuscular Beacon

    Menegildiloth’s Crepuscular Beacon

    Exactly 333 years ago, the infamous halfling Menegildiloth, whose reputation for reviving broken weapons was almost eclipsed by his abject unreliability, acquired a most fearsome armament in an unfortunate state of disrepair. The morningstar presented in two segments, spiked ball and bone shaft, propelled itself into his collection by way of the sole survivor of a delver into that pit of decrepit doom called Kaalun. The irregular globe with muricate surface that once proudly stood affixed to the calciferous pole whispered to him in voiceless words. The witless adventurer sought only a pittance for the engraved bone. Menegildiloth stifled a chuckle as he handed over a 18 pieces of silver.

    Down in his underground forge, the diminutive weaponsmith toiled to remake the two parts into a whole once more. All the while, gentle waves of arcane insight caressed his mind, as the weapon itself bade him to restore its glory. The shaft was carved of dragon bone and likewise engraved with a dragon motif, the ridges of intricate dragon scale ensuring a steady grip. The dread weapon offered an alliance against the enchanted creatures of the Sucnaathoth Glade, those careless monsters of arcane origin who once wronged Menegildiloth.

    Its champion has long passed from this plane, but the Crepuscular Beacon remains a potent antidote to any enchanted foe, and any who take it up will enjoy a pleasant babbling of advice and nonsense.

    This Morningstar +1, +2 vs Enchanted is imbued with a modest intelligence and the ability to communicate telepathically with its wielder. It lusts after destruction of enchanted creatures, but with only an ordinary ego, it may fail as often at succeed in compelling the owner to violence.

    Original output from the Enchanted Weapons generator:

    Morningstar +1, +2 vs Enchanted
    Intelligent (7 INT 12 WIS 8 CHA).

    It was forged 3 centuries past and has need of repair. A shifty mentor known for reforging broken weapons made it to create a legacy of cursed power. Engravings with a dragon motif spiral down the length of the item.

  • Alfred’s Shadowbane Stone

    Alfred’s Shadowbane Stone

    This simple stone glows as bright as a candle when gripped in the hand. It functions as a magical weapon, able to harm all enchanted monsters for 1d4+1 points of damage when thrown. It adds +1 to attack bonus.

    The stone contains the soul of a celestial being who wagered with a devil over whether a mortal would choose wisely in the face of temptation. As payment for the loss, the devil condemned his opponent to a thousand years in the form of a stone discarded in a stream.

    Nearly a hundred years ago, a humble halfling named Alfred plucked a shiny stone from the creek near his home and was surprised to find it glowed as bright as a candle when held. He stuffed it in his pocket and sometimes brought it out as a curiosity, a minor magical device that helped him avoid tripping over tree roots while heading out to fish in the pre-dawn darkness.

    He never told anyone else that the stone whispered to him, encouraging him to keep his faith and to always treat others with honor. Surely the stone could not truly be alive with a real consciousness, he thought. In some particular moments of weakness, Alfred was sure the stone had forcibly turned away an intrusive thought to insult another or to take more than his share at the annual harvest celebration.

    One morning, he stepped past the old oak into a particular dark patch of shade, and he felt the bone-deep chill that comes from the touch of a Shadow, those terrible monsters who sap their victims’ strength. Reacting instinctively, he leaped backwards, pulled the stone from his pocket and hurled it at the nasty Shadow. No ordinary stone could harm such an enchanted creature, but the fortune favored that diminutive fisherman that morning. The magic of the stone dissipated the magical darkness of his foe. From that time, Alfred called his stone Shadowbane.

    Original prompt from the Enchanted Weapons generator:

    Stone +1
    Glows as a candle when held. Intelligent (11 INT 12 WIS 15 CHA).

    It was forged roughly a century ago and still appears new. A divine being made it to fulfill a divine wager. The item is utterly plain, its surface polished to a mirror sheen with no engraving or motif to betray the enchantement woven into its steel.