[Swordtember 2024] Flora Mordice (Patreon)

Flora Mordice

Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement)

Component: Plant pouch of pollen

The flora mordice, also known as the fanged flower or the biting blossom, was first created by a biomancer’s apprentice who tried to enchant a flower bed on an empty stomach. Ever since then, it’s widely regarded as a best practice among wizards to keep one’s apprentices fed.

Vampiric Blossom. As an action while holding this sword, you can make a melee attack with it against a creature within reach, commanding the flowers to bite it. On a hit, the creature takes 4d8 necrotic damage instead of the weapon’s normal damage. If a creature of CR 1 or higher takes this damage, you regain 1d8 hit points.

Every Rose Has Its Tooth. When you’re hit by a weapon attack from a creature within 5 feet of you while holding this weapon, you can use your reaction to prick it with fangs and thorns. The creature makes a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, it takes 2d8 necrotic damage and can’t take reactions until the start of your next turn. On a successful save, a creature takes half as much damage only.

Sentience. A flora mordice is a sentient, unaligned item with an Intelligence of 3, a Wisdom of 10, and a Charisma of 16. It can smell and taste, and has blindsight out to a range of 10 feet. The item can only communicate by emotions and impressions, and it conveys its frequent hunger by making its wielder hungry as well. 

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Uncommon variant: Reduce the DC to 13, the damage of the Vampiric Blossom property to 2d6, the hit points regained to 1d4, and the damage of the Every Rose Has Its Tooth property to 2d6.

Rare variant: Reduce the DC to 15 and the hit points regained to 1d6.

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Today's prompt combines Floral and Tooth! Check out the rest of our Swordtember creations here!