{"id":1379,"date":"2014-01-04T19:05:52","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2024-09-18T05:05:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T05:05:01","slug":"the-beastblade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"The Beastblade"},"content":{"rendered":"

This longsword\u2019s wide blade extends from the lion-headed crosspiece like a steel tongue from the open jaws. It bears enchantments which give the wielder +1 to attack and damage, but is considered +2 and deals an additional 1d6 points of damage against mundane and magical beasts such as giant rats, dire wolves, chimeras, hydras, and gorgons.<\/p>\n

Though sentient, the Beastblade communicates mainly in growls and roars. Those who wield it are immune to all fear effects, but the blade\u2019s spirit will not accept retreat from combat \u2013 those attempting to disengage from melee or flee a fight must successfully beat the Beastbalde\u2019s ego score of 17 (Charisma, Will, or Fear saving throw to resist) or it will force them to continue fighting. This has resulted in the death of many of the Beastblade’s wielders.<\/p>\n

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Those with bardic knowledge or who are deeply steeped in arcane lore may recall the tale of a Beastblade that bears a blessing and a curse \u2013 “those who wield it know no fear.”<\/p>\n

As the wielder reaches higher levels, the Beastblade may gain additional powers. At 5th level it deals an additional 1d6 damage against magical and mundane beasts.\u00a0 It’s roar becomes more forceful as it’s wielder grows stronger, and at 7th level gains the power to evoke thunderwave<\/em>, shatter, <\/em>and fear<\/em> (per the spells) once per day each. At 9th level it gains the ability to cast\u00a0shout<\/em> once per day, and deals an additional 1d6 damage against mundane and magical beasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This longsword\u2019s wide blade extends from the lion-headed crosspiece like a steel tongue from the open jaws. It bears enchantments which give the wielder +1 to attack and damage, but is considered +2 and deals an additional 1d6 points of damage against mundane and magical beasts such as giant rats, dire wolves, chimeras, hydras, and gorgons. Though sentient, the Beastblade communicates mainly in growls and roars. Those who wield it are immune to all fear effects, but the blade\u2019s spirit will not accept retreat from combat \u2013 those attempting to disengage from melee or flee a fight must successfully beat the Beastbalde\u2019s ego score of 17 (Charisma, Will, or Fear saving throw to resist) or it will force them to continue fighting. This has resulted in the death of many of the Beastblade’s wielders. Those with bardic knowledge or who are deeply steeped in arcane lore may recall the tale of a Beastblade that bears a blessing and a curse \u2013 “those who wield it know no fear.” As the wielder reaches higher levels, the Beastblade may gain additional powers. At 5th level it deals an additional 1d6 damage against magical and mundane beasts.\u00a0 It’s roar becomes more forceful as it’s wielder grows stronger, and at 7th level gains the power to evoke thunderwave, shatter, and fear (per the spells) once per day each. At 9th level it gains the ability to cast\u00a0shout once per day, and deals an additional 1d6 damage against mundane and magical beasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,17],"tags":[279],"class_list":["post-1379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-magic-item","tag-sword"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}