Blade of Broken Mirrors

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Mechanics & Inner Workings

Weapon (dagger), artifact (requires attunement)
Dormant State

• One random minor beneficial property and one random minor detrimental property.
• The wielder knows Abyssal.
• The wielder has a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon.
• If used to make a ranged attack, the weapon immediately returns to the wielder.
• As an action while holding the blade, the wielder may take the form of any humanoid creature killed with this weapon. All statistics except for size remain the same, and any equipment worn or carried by the wielder is unchanged. All forms remembered by the blade are lost when a new creature attunes to it.

Awakened State

• One additional random minor beneficial property and one additional random minor detrimental property.
• The bonus to attack and damage rolls increases to +2.
• The wielder may cast the following spells once until the next dawn with a DC 15 save: Fabricate, Hallucinatory Terrain, Major Image, and Phantasmal Killer.

Exalted State

• One random major beneficial property.
• The bonus to attack and damage rolls increases to +3.
• The DC for the spells becomes 17.
• As an action while holding the dagger, the wielder can turn invisible and remains invisible until they put down the dagger, make an attack, cast a spell that forces the target to make a saving throw or use a bonus action to become visible again.

Item type

Unique Artifact