Weapon

Legendary Winter’s Harvest requires attunement by a creature favored by the Raven Queen herself

Winter’s Harvest is a long and slender silver scythe which is a vestige of the Raven Queen. The weapon was made a few years into Dürthang as a means to fight the invading demon forces and especially Axindal, who is a mortal enemy of the Raven Queen. Her Black Talon at the time was given the weapon and wielded it throughout the calamity. It is unknown if Winter’s Harvest got the killing blow on Axindal since Black Talon fell in the battle, but it was essential to his defeat nonetheless.

The scythe is beautiful, slender, elegant and decorated with runes dedicated to her worship. It is entirely made from silver and has a light blue shine to it which is always present. The weapon oozes of cold air and it chills the area around itself. The weapon is a prefered weapon of the Raven Queen’s champions with the title of Black Talon, but has been wielded by others as well. The only prerequisite is that the Raven Queen must allow the wielder to use it; once bound, she has no control over the weapon, but her blessing favors whoever was granted the weapon until they die or the weapon is passed on to a new wielder.

Requires attunement: Winter’s Harvest requires attunement by a creature favored by the Raven Queen herself. A creature who does not fulfill its requirements and attempts to attune to the weapon takes 4d6 cold damage.

Magical Nature: Winter’s Harvest can be wielded as a magical scythe that grants a +2 bonus to Attack and Damage rolls made with it and it deals 2d6 slashing damage plus an additional 1d6 cold damage. The weapon also has the two-handed, reach and finesse properties. Winter’s harvest has 15 charges for its spellcasting property. Winter’s harvest regains 2d6+3 expended charges daily at dusk.

Chilling Touch: When you score a critical hit with Winter’s Harvest, the creature takes an additional 2d8 necrotic damage and it can’t regain Hit Points until the start of your next turn.

Shards of Winter: Once per long rest, you can use an action to create shards of ice from moisture in the air by swinging the scythe through the air. When doing so, roll 1d8+2 to determine the amount of shards you create. You then make a ranged attack roll for each shard using your attack modifier for the scythe, you can choose one target or multiple within 90 ft., of you. On a hit, the target takes 1d8+2 cold damage per shard.

Spellcasting: While holding Winter’s Harvest, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC and spell attack bonus. If you do not have a spell save DC you can choose to use Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as your spellcasting ability for these spells: Cone of cold (5 charges), Creeping cold (2 charges), Frost finger (1 charge), Glacial bolt (2 charges), Hailstone (3 charges), Ice storm (4 charges), Ice veins (4 charges), Ray of frost (0 charges), Ray of ice (2 charges), Winter’s embrace (4 charges).

Winter Domain: You can tolerate temperatures as low as -75 degrees Fahrenheit without any additional protection. If you wear heavy clothes, you can tolerate temperatures as low as -150 degrees Fahrenheit. While in a cold biome or during winter, you deal an additional 1d6 cold damage on each hit and you gain an additional +1 bonus to Attack and Damage Rolls made with Winter’s Harvest.

Cost: Priceless
Weight: 5lbs