[Astral Planes] Starforged Handaxe (Patreon)

Starforged Handaxe

Weapon (generic variant), rare

With an enormous array of mirrors (and a touch of magic), starlight can be focussed to such an intensity that the iron within a trapped comet can be gradually wrought into any shape. Such metal is known as starforged iron and is imbued with a unique property that activates as a creature moves towards or away from its target.

Dopplerstrike. When you make an attack with a starforged weapon you can choose to immediately use your movement to move 5 feet directly towards or away from your target as part of the attack, generating a blue-shift or red-shift, respectively. To perform a red-shift your target must be within your reach at the end of this movement. To perform a blue-shift your target must be within your reach at the start of this movement.

Blue Shift. You have a +1 bonus to your attack roll, which deals an additional 1d6 radiant damage on a hit.

Red Shift. On a hit, the target takes an additional 1d6 cold damage and can’t take reactions until the start of its next turn. A creature that loses its reaction in this way does so before it can take an attack of opportunity against you.

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Very rare variant: Increase the additional damage to 1d10, and red shift’s attack roll bonus to +2.

Legendary variant: Increase the additional damage to 2d6, and red shift’s attack roll bonus to +3.

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