[Rulers of the Sands] Snapjaw Cleaver (Patreon)

Snapjaw Cleaver

Weapon (greataxe), very rare

Component: Beast (crocodile) bone

The jawbone that lines this weapon is a testament to the bravery of the warrior who wields it. For someone to earn the honour of decorating their weapon with crocodile bones, they must first learn the hunting tactics of these ferocious Beasts, then defeat one in single combat.

This weapon has 3 charges and regains all expended charges daily at dawn.

Death Roll. When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can speak its command word and expend 1 charge, causing the jaw to bite down on the target and roll it violently. If the target is Large or smaller, it must make a DC 16 Strength saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 4d8 bludgeoning damage, is knocked prone, and is grappled (escape DC 16). Only one creature can be grappled by this weapon at a time, and the grapple ends if you let go of the weapon. When you’re grappling a creature in this way, you can only make attacks with this weapon against that creature.

Ambush Tactics. Attacks you make with this weapon score a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20 against prone creatures.

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Uncommon variant: Reduce the DCs to 13 and the charges to 2. The Death Roll property deals no damage on a failed save. Remove the Ambush Tactics property.

Rare variant: Reduce the DCs to 15. The Death Roll property deals no damage on a failed save.

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