[The Failed Gods] Hand of the King (Patreon)

Weapon (any sword), very rare (requires attunement by a spellcaster)

When fresh blood is spilled on the pristing blade of this sword, its true, corroded appearance is unveiled, a reminder that a glamorous appearance doesn’t guarantee noble intentions.

This item has 6 charges and regains 1d4 + 2 expended charges daily at dawn.

Decaying Smite. When you hit a creature with an attack using this sword, you can expend 1 charge and one spell slot to deal necrotic damage to the target, in addition to the attack’s damage. The extra damage is 3d8 for a 1st-level spell slot, plus 1d8 for each spell level higher than 1st, to a maximum of 7d8. The damage increases by 1d8 if the target is a celestial, to a maximum of 8d8.

Eldritch Empowerment. You can hold this sword by the blade to use it as a spellcasting focus, taking 1d8 slashing damage when you do so, casting the spell out of the pointing finger on the hilt. When you do so, you can expend 1 charge to cause the spell to be cast at one level higher (up to a maximum of 5th level).

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Rare variant: Reduce the charges to 4 and the recharge to 1d4. Reduce the damage dice of Decaying Smite to d6s. Reduce the Eldritch Empowerment property’s spell level maximum to 4th level.

Legendary variant: Increase the charges to 8 and the recharge to 1d6 + 2. Increase the Eldritch Empowerment property’s spell level maximum to 6th level.

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