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Sword of Sharpness

Sword Of Sharpness
  • Category: Weapon (Glaive, Greatsword, Longsword, or Scimitar)
  • Rarity: Very Rare (Requires Attunement)

When you attack an object with this magic weapon and hit, maximize your weapon damage dice against the target.

When you attack a creature with this weapon and roll a 20 on the d20 for the attack roll, that target takes an extra 14 Slashing damage and gains 1 Exhaustion level.

Tactical Applications​

Enhanced Cutting: Functions as +3 slashing weapon with critical hit enhancement and severing abilities. Exceptional for critical hit builds, slashing specialists, and characters requiring enhanced cutting power with limb severing potential.

Class Synergies:

  • Fighters: Perfect for weapon masters wanting enhanced critical hit capabilities and cutting power
  • Barbarians: Essential for berserkers needing improved critical damage and slashing enhancement
  • Rangers: Excellent for hunters requiring enhanced weapon effectiveness and cutting abilities
  • Critical Specialists: Outstanding for characters prioritizing critical hit optimization and enhanced damage

Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides ongoing enhancement with critical hit bonuses. Most valuable for characters prioritizing critical hits and slashing damage.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires sharpness magic, cutting enchantments, and blade essences. Creation cost 15,000-30,000 gp and takes 25 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Weapon enhancement specialists and sharpness enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary weapon masters and cutting experts
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in weapon sharpness magic
  • Found in the collections of blade researchers and cutting specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in weapon forges or obtained from cutting creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to weapon crafting and blade enhancement.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 20,000-40,000 gp, with higher demand among weapon specialists and critical hit optimizers.

Trade Considerations: Popular among martial characters and anyone requiring enhanced cutting and critical hit capabilities.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with weapon mastery, blade crafting, or professional roles requiring enhanced cutting and weapon expertise.

Character Concepts:

  • Weapon master with sharpness expertise and blade crafting experience
  • Critical hit specialist using enhanced cutting for combat advantage and damage optimization
  • Character with extensive experience in weapon environments requiring cutting capabilities
  • Blade expert combining sharpness enhancement with traditional weapon techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Cutting Challenge: Combat scenarios where enhanced sharpness provides crucial cutting advantages and weapon effectiveness.

The Blade Mastery Test: Weapon competitions where cutting capabilities determine victory and martial superiority.

The Severing Mission: Adventures requiring precise cutting where sharpness magic enables objective completion.

The Critical Strike: Combat situations where enhanced critical hits determine tactical effectiveness and damage output.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Sword of Sharpness (Legendary): Enhanced cutting power and additional blade abilities with improved sharpness capabilities.

Blade of Ultimate Cutting (Artifact): Includes comprehensive cutting magic and ultimate sharpness enhancement.

Master's Sharp Blade (Very Rare): Optimized for weapon mastery with enhanced cutting bonuses and blade perfection.

Specialized Variants:

  • Executioner's Sharp Blade: Enhanced for precise cutting with improved severing abilities and execution effectiveness
  • Surgeon's Precision Blade: Optimized for medical applications with enhanced precision cutting and surgical capabilities
  • Warrior's Battle Blade: Specialized for combat with enhanced durability and battlefield cutting effectiveness

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by legendary weapon smiths who needed ultimate cutting enhancement for their most challenging blade crafting and weapon mastery.

Historical Significance: These blades enabled crucial combat victories and the mastery of cutting techniques throughout martial history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the pinnacle of weapon craftsmanship and the ultimate expression of blade sharpness and cutting mastery.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates master-level understanding of weapon enhancement and the most complex blade sharpening processes.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 10-18 when enhanced weapons become crucial and critical hits provide significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides powerful weapon enhancement balanced by attunement requirement and specific weapon focus.

Combat Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring frequent weapon combat and critical hit optimization.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Combat scenarios where enhanced cutting enables superior weapon effectiveness and damage output
  • Critical hit encounters where sharpness provides tactical advantages and enhanced combat performance
  • Precision challenges where cutting capabilities determine success and objective completion
  • Weapon mastery situations where blade enhancement advances martial effectiveness and fighting superiority

Sharpness Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for significantly enhanced cutting capabilities and critical hit potential.

Weapon Items: Other items that enhance cutting and provide blade capabilities.

Martial Equipment:

  • Items that improve weapon effectiveness and cutting capabilities
  • Equipment for blade enhancement and weapon mastery
  • Tools for weapon crafting and cutting development

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance weapon abilities or provide additional cutting benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Weapon Mastery: Characters develop expertise in cutting techniques and blade enhancement.

Martial Leadership: Cutting capabilities create opportunities for leading weapon training and blade mastery instruction.

Blade Excellence: Enhanced cutting enables impressive demonstrations of weapon mastery and blade superiority.