[Metallurgy] The Crystalliser (Patreon)

The Crystalliser

Weapon (any hammer), uncommon

Component: planar bismuth

Planar bismuth is highly sought after by two very distinct groups: the chaotic fey are transfixed by its beautiful rainbow iridescence, while inhabitants of the lawful Outer Planes admire the orderly nature of its crystalline structure. Violent feuds tend to break out as these two factions vie for control of the rare crystals, which they often weaponise to battle one another.

Crystal Seed. When you hit a creature with an attack using this hammer, you can implant a small piece of crystal within the target, which slowly grows to envelop it. For 1 minute, the target must make a DC 13 Strength saving throw at the start of each of its turns. On a failed save, the creature’s speed is reduced to 0 feet as crystals start to grow around its limbs. If the creature’s speed is already 0 feet from this effect, it becomes restrained instead, as the crystals begin to envelop the rest of its body. If the creature is already restrained by this effect, it becomes incapacitated and blinded as well, as the crystals form a full casing around it, and the creature has total cover against attacks and other effects originating from outside its crystal prison. After 1 minute, or if the creature succeeds on this saving throw a total of three times, the effect ends and the crystals shatter. Once this property of the hammer has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

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Rare variant: Increase the DC to 15. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

Very rare variant: Increase the DC to 16. You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The weapon has the Reconfigure property.

Reconfigure. As a bonus action while holding this weapon, you can speak its command word to cause its crystalline structure to change, transforming it into one of the following hammer weapons of your choice:

• A light hammer with the finesse property.
• A warhammer with the light property.
• A maul without the heavy property.

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Harvesting - Planar Bismuth

Planar bismuth is a metal found only outside of the Material Plane, usually in areas where the barriers between planes are thinner. It has a component DC of 15 and has no time limit in which it needs to be harvested. However, planar bismuth is highly sought after, and when you try to harvest it, there’s a 25% chance you come across a random encounter, usually consisting of hostile fey or constructs.

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