Gorgon War Pick (Patreon)

Weapon (war pick), rare (requires attunement)

This war pick is made from the metal armor of a gorgon and designed in its visage. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. If you move at least 20 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with this weapon on the same turn, that target takes an extra 1d6 piercing damage from the attack. You can deal this extra damage only once per turn.

When you roll a 20 on an attack roll against a creature with this weapon, the war pick's metal emits a small plume of weakened gorgon breath. When it does, the target's body begins to stiffen, and it takes a cumulative –10 foot penalty to its speed until it finishes a short or long rest, or until it's targeted by the lesser restoration spell or similar magic. This penalty can't reduce a creature's speed lower than 5 feet.

"Come at me, anyone!" Boasted the champion. His red silk tunic remained spotless, despite the number of combats he'd been in that day.

A halfling man in ill-fitting leather armor walked into the arena. His weapon, a war pick, was almost as tall as he was.

"Aww, and what do they call you? Mouse?" The champion taunted.

"Even a mouse can bring down an elephant," replied the halfling. He swung his war pick around in front of him and patted its blood-stained point reassuringly. "But to you, I am a charging bull, and you're my red flag. Mind the horns."