Was out ice fishin’ for eels, when I sees this lass under the lake, all froze up. She’s holdin’ out this shiny bit of metal. “Oi, you,” I hear in me head, all solemn-like. “Take this blade, for you are…” I didn’t let her finish. “Yeah, yeah, I’m bloody destined or whatever. Hand it over.” The ice cracked, she sank, and I was left with a sword what had a name too fancy for its own good. Excalibrr.
First fight I got into, I whacked a bloke right proper. Thwack. And the sword shattered. Icy shards was flyin’ everywhere, freezin’ the air around me. “Hey, no magic!” he shouts.
I shrugged. “Ain’t my fault you lot can’t dodge.”
By the time the blade grew back, the fight was over. Everyone were either froze solid or run off. Me mate gasped. “That’s well dodgy, that is,” he said, rubbin’ his arms where the ice pricked ‘im.
“Dodgy wins fights,” I muttered.
The sword’s nice and all, but it breaks when it fancies, freezes friends and foes alike, and makes me look like a right knob when I’m standin’ there with just the hilt. But hey, if some posh git comes at me? Just gotta hit ‘im once. Then the sword’ll do the rest.
Excalibrrr
Weapon (Any Sword), Very Rare (Requires Attunement)
You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
As a Bonus action, which you take immediately after hitting a target with this sword, you can deal damage as normal then cause the sword’s blade to shatter. A flurry of ice shards surrounds you in a 10-foot Emanation. Whenever the Emanation enters a creature’s space and whenever a creature enters the Emanation or ends its turn there, the creature must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 3d8 Cold damage. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage. A creature makes this save only once per turn. While the Emanation lasts, you cannot attack with this sword. The Emanation ends when the blade reforms at the start of your next turn.
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