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Weapon of Warning

Weapon Of Warning
  • Category: Weapon (Any Simple or Martial)
  • Rarity: Uncommon (Requires Attunement)

As long as this weapon is within your reach and you are attuned to it, you and allies within 30 feet of you gain the following benefits.

Alarm. The weapon magically awakens each subject who is sleeping naturally when combat begins. This benefit doesn't wake a subject from magically induced sleep.

Supernatural Readiness. Each subject has Advantage on its Initiative rolls.

Tactical Applications​

Initiative Enhancement: Provides advantage on initiative rolls and prevents surprise attacks. Exceptional for tactical fighters, alert characters, and parties requiring enhanced awareness and combat readiness capabilities.

Class Synergies:

  • Any Class: Perfect for all characters wanting enhanced initiative and surprise prevention
  • Fighters: Essential for combat specialists needing tactical awareness and combat readiness
  • Rogues: Excellent for scouts requiring alert capabilities and surprise detection
  • Alert Builds: Outstanding for characters prioritizing initiative enhancement and awareness themes

Build Considerations: Requires attunement but provides ongoing initiative enhancement and surprise prevention. Most valuable for characters prioritizing combat readiness and tactical awareness.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires divination magic, alert enchantments, and awareness essences. Creation cost 8,000-16,000 gp and takes 18 weeks.

Common Sources:

  • Alert specialists and awareness enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of legendary tacticians and alert masters
  • Commission from enchanters specializing in awareness magic
  • Found in the collections of tactical researchers and alert specialists
  • Sometimes discovered in guard posts or obtained from alert creature encounters

Alternative Acquisition: Often found in locations with strong connections to alert magic and tactical themes.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 12,000-24,000 gp, with universal demand among combat-focused characters and tacticians.

Trade Considerations: Popular among fighters and anyone requiring enhanced initiative and surprise prevention capabilities.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests experience with tactical combat, awareness training, or professional roles requiring alert capabilities and combat readiness expertise.

Character Concepts:

  • Tactical master with alert expertise and awareness experience
  • Combat specialist using alert magic for initiative enhancement and tactical improvement
  • Character with extensive experience in combat environments requiring alert capabilities
  • Awareness specialist combining alert magic with traditional tactical techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Ambush Crisis: Combat scenarios where alert capabilities provide crucial tactical advantages and surprise prevention.

The Initiative Mission: Tactical operations where awareness enhancement determines combat effectiveness and alert mastery.

The Readiness Challenge: Combat situations where alert magic enables tactical manipulation and awareness superiority.

The Surprise War: Alert conflicts where awareness abilities advance tactical positioning and combat dominance.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Weapon of Warning (Rare): Enhanced alert power and additional awareness abilities with improved tactical capabilities.

Weapon of Ultimate Awareness (Very Rare): Includes comprehensive alert magic and ultimate initiative enhancement.

Sentinel's Warning Weapon (Uncommon): Optimized for guard duty with enhanced alert bonuses and awareness features.

Specialized Variants:

  • Scout's Alert Weapon: Enhanced for reconnaissance with improved awareness control and tactical alert
  • Guardian's Watch Weapon: Optimized for protection with enhanced alert effects and combat readiness
  • Commander's Tactical Weapon: Specialized for leadership with enhanced initiative mastery and alert dominance

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by alert masters who needed reliable awareness for their tactical mastery and combat research.

Historical Significance: These weapons enabled crucial tactical victories and the mastery of alert techniques throughout combat history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the importance of readiness and the effectiveness of alert magic mastery.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates understanding of alert magic and the practical processes required for awareness enhancement.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 4-12 when initiative becomes important and alert capabilities provide significant advantages.

Campaign Impact: Provides useful tactical capabilities balanced by attunement requirement and awareness focus.

Combat Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring surprise encounters and initiative-themed situations.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Combat scenarios where alert capabilities enable superior tactical effectiveness and awareness mastery
  • Initiative encounters where alert abilities provide combat advantages and tactical manipulation
  • Surprise challenges where alert enhancement determines combat readiness and tactical success
  • Awareness situations where alert magic advances objective completion and tactical superiority

Alert Adjustments: Encounters may need to account for enhanced initiative and improved surprise prevention.

Alert Items: Other items that enhance awareness and provide tactical capabilities.

Combat Equipment:

  • Items that improve alert effectiveness and tactical capabilities
  • Equipment for awareness enhancement and combat mastery
  • Tools for alert magic and tactical development

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance tactical abilities or provide additional alert benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Alert Mastery: Characters develop expertise in awareness techniques and tactical magic.

Tactical Leadership: Alert capabilities create opportunities for leading combat missions and tactical operations.

Awareness Excellence: Alert magic enables impressive demonstrations of tactical mastery and combat superiority.