Biting Sickle (Patreon)

Weapon (sickle), uncommon

This bone sickle has rows of teeth along its top and bottom edges. When you hit a target with the sickle, you can choose to speak its command word to cause the weapon to magically bite down, as if it were a voracious beast. You then let go of the weapon, and the target immediately takes 1d6 piercing damage from the bite. The sickle remains held in place until it's removed, to a maximum of 1 minute. For the duration, the target takes another 1d6 piercing damage at the end of each of its turns. A creature can use its action to make a DC 13 Strength check, removing the sickle from itself or another creature within its reach on a success. Once the sickle bites down on a target, it can't do so again until the next dawn.

"We plant crops. We tend to them. We nurture and guard them. And then, in their prime, we cut them down and eat them.

"War is no different. You sow enmity. You feed it on rumors and water it with bias. You foster hatred until finally, your efforts bear fruit ready for harvest, and the violence breaks out.

"There is no reaping without hunger. Which begs the question: what are you truly hungry for?"