Luck Blade
- Category: Weapon (Glaive, Greatsword, Longsword, Rapier, Scimitar, Sickle, or Shortsword)
- Rarity: Legendary (Requires Attunement)
You gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While the weapon is on your person, you also gain a +1 bonus to saving throws.
Luck. If the weapon is on your person, you can call on its luck (no action required) to reroll one failed D20 Test if you don't have the Incapacitated condition. You must use the second roll. Once used, this property can't be used again until the next dawn.
Wish. The weapon has 1d3 charges. While holding it, you can expend 1 charge and cast Wish from it. Once used, this property can't be used again until the next dawn. The weapon loses this property if it has no charges.
Tactical Applications
Combat Strategy: +1 weapon that provides luck bonuses and contains wish spells. Exceptional for critical moments and emergency situations requiring divine intervention.
Class Synergies:
- Any Class: Universal utility for luck enhancement and emergency wish casting
- High-Stakes Builds: Perfect for characters in dangerous situations requiring backup options
- Leaders: Essential for characters whose decisions affect entire parties or organizations
- Luck Specialists: Excellent for characters building around fortune and probability manipulation
Build Considerations: Limited wish charges make this a legendary emergency tool. Most valuable for characters in high-stakes campaigns requiring ultimate backup options.
Acquisition Methods
Crafting Requirements: Requires wish magic, luck enchantments, and legendary craftsmanship. Creation cost 100,000+ gp and takes 1 year by master artificers.
Common Sources:
- Divine gifts from luck deities and fortune gods
- Ancient treasure hoards of legendary heroes and fortune seekers
- Commission from the greatest magical artificers with divine approval
- Found in the deepest vaults of luck-based organizations
- Rewards from gods for completing epic quests of cosmic importance
Alternative Acquisition: Sometimes discovered in planar rifts or obtained through trials of legendary proportions.
Value & Trade
Estimated Value: 150,000-300,000 gp - considered priceless by most standards and rarely available for purchase.
Trade Considerations: Artifact-level rarity means most acquisitions involve divine favor or epic quests rather than monetary exchange.
Character Integration
Roleplay Elements: Suggests legendary hero status, divine favor, or completion of epic quests worthy of artifact-level rewards from fortune deities.
Character Concepts:
- Legendary hero blessed by luck and fortune deities
- Character with divine mandate requiring ultimate backup options
- Hero of epic campaigns where cosmic stakes require divine intervention
- Guardian of reality-altering artifacts and wish magic
Adventure Hooks
The Cosmic Crisis: Apocalyptic scenarios where only wish magic can prevent world-ending disasters.
The Divine Trial: Celestial quests to prove worthiness for wielding reality-altering magical artifacts.
The Luck Test: Fortune-based challenges where probability manipulation determines cosmic outcomes.
The Ultimate Gamble: High-stakes scenarios where wish magic provides the only path to success.
Variants & Customization
Greater Luck Blade (Artifact): Enhanced luck bonuses and additional wish charges with fortune-based abilities.
Fortune Lord's Blade (Artifact): Blessed by specific luck deities with unique probability manipulation powers.
Cosmic Luck Blade (Artifact): Forged from pure fortune energy with reality-altering probability effects.
Specialized Variants:
- Hero's Luck Blade: Enhanced for legendary heroes with destiny-altering capabilities
- Fortune Master's Blade: Includes probability control and luck manipulation abilities
- Divine Luck Blade: Blessed with specific deity powers and cosmic intervention capabilities
Lore & History
Origins: Forged by cosmic forces during the creation of probability itself, when weapons capable of altering destiny were necessary.
Historical Significance: This blade has shaped the outcome of legendary events and prevented multiple reality-ending catastrophes.
Cultural Impact: Represents the ultimate achievement in luck magic and the power of mortal heroes to alter cosmic probability.
Magical Craft: Demonstrates the highest possible mastery of wish magic and the binding of pure fortune energy.
Balancing Notes
Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 17-20 when legendary items become accessible and cosmic threats emerge.
Campaign Impact: Game-changing artifact that should be the focus of major campaign arcs and cosmic adventures.
Power Level: Requires exceptional campaign integration due to its reality-altering wish capabilities.
Encounter Design
Recommended Challenges:
- Cosmic encounters with reality-threatening entities and probability-based dangers
- Climactic battles where wish magic affects universal outcomes
- Legendary conflicts requiring artifact-level power to resolve reality crises
- World-threatening scenarios where divine intervention is the only solution
Tactical Adjustments: Encounters must be scaled to challenge wielders of reality-altering artifacts.
Related Items
Wish Items: Other artifact-level items capable of reality alteration and cosmic intervention.
Luck Equipment:
- Items specifically designed for probability manipulation and fortune control
- Equipment for legendary adventures requiring cosmic intervention
- Tools for wielding and supporting reality-altering magical artifacts
Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance luck-based abilities or support wish magic usage.
Roleplay Opportunities
Cosmic Responsibility: Characters become forces of destiny whose actions affect universal probability and cosmic balance.
Divine Recognition: Wielding such weapons creates relationships with luck deities and cosmic forces of fortune.
Reality Stewardship: The power to alter fundamental probability comes with proportional responsibility for cosmic consequences and universal balance.