The Blood-quenched Sword
It thrums in its scabbard, hungering to be drawn and bathed in blood.
- Category
- Major
An ancient blade of deep red bronze, its pommel etched with symbols like those the Hillfolk mark on their drinking horns. Once drawn it leaps free faster than the eye can follow, and it will not return to its sheath until it has spilled blood — your own, if no enemy's is offered. The scars from that bargain never fade.
The more living, bleeding foes it sends to their end, the deeper its thirst takes root, until it presses its wielder toward the blood-rage of Unquenched and the headlong slaughter of A Flickering Flame. Carry it long enough and you stop knowing where the sword's hunger ends and your own begins.
Tags · close · +1 damage · 1 piercing · messy · magical
Properties
When you draw the Blood-quenched Sword, It leaps from its sheath before any present have time to even blink, and must spill blood before you can return it to its sheath.
When you spill your own blood to return the Sword to its sheath, Take 1d4 damage (ignoring armor) and the scars from the cut never fade.
When you strike first in a fight with the Blood-quenched Sword, Gain advantage on your first roll.
When you sheathe the Sword after killing a living, bleeding foe, Mark 1 circle. When you make the last mark, you unlock Unquenched.