[Iconic Duos] Death & Taxes (Patreon)

Death & Taxes

Weapon (shortsword and dagger), rare (requires attunement)

Component: Undead ethereal ichor

Relentless and cruel, these two blades represent the dread that looms over every living thing. They drain the life and joy from every creature they touch. Compared to actual taxes, however, they’re practically a mercy.

This shortsword, death, and this dagger, taxes, count as a single magic item with regard to the number of magic items you can attune to. These weapons have a combined 2 charges and regain all expended charges daily at dawn.

Inevitable Demise. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with death, you can expend 1 charge to deal an extra 1d10 necrotic damage to the creature.

Inescapable Tariff. Whenever you hit a Small or larger creature with taxes, you can force the creature to make a DC 15 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, these weapons regain 1 expended charge and you learn the following information:

• How much money the creature is carrying and where on its person it keeps it.
• The most valuable item the creature is carrying.

Once a creature has failed this saving throw, it is immune to this property for the next 24 hours.

Endless Pursuit. Whenever you hit a creature with both death and taxes on the same turn, the creature’s speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn.

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Uncommon variant: Once the Inescapable Tariff property has been used, it can’t be used again for 1 minute.

Very rare variant: Increase the charges to 5 and the damage to 1d12. When a creature fails its saving throw against the Inescapable Tariff property, you also learn of any damage and condition immunities, resistances, and vulnerabilities the creature has.

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