Gravesplitter

This battle-axe can damage ghosts, even when they are immaterial. It does not help with perceiving them, nor does it provide Scale .

A new and fairly minor Artifact weapon crafted by an unknown Anathema around 20 years ago in the jungles of An-Teng’s Middle Lands.

The handle is made from a core of teak inlaid with other hardwoods and shaped to hint at a scythe without compromising balance, the blade is a wedge of steel with tiny chips of White Jade hammered into it in patterns matching constellations of the sky in the Underworld.

To use Gravespliter it must first be attuned, then used to decapitate a living creature at least as big as a fox or large cat. This death powers the weapon for a week, and must then be repeated (until it is the axe remains attuned but quiescent).

Artifact 1: artifact 2 for duplicating Spirit Cutting Attack but reduced by the hefty drawback. The blood from the decapitation also counts as the exotic ingredient which is why it is only effective against ghosts - for other spirits the blood is not special enough to empower the artifact. White Jade is the wrong sort for this kind of category but precisely shaped chips could be carved from money. Gravesplitter is a triumph in design for creating just enough of an artifact to do the job despite almost no resources or facilities to build it with.

Item type

Magical