Star-Blessed Harpe

The Star-Blessed Harpe is a unique longsword come to the Ten Sword Isles from another world entirely. Somewhat weakened by the passage of space and eons from when it was used to slay an alien god of time, the Star-Blessed Harpe nevertheless remains a potent weapon against tyrants of the spiritual plane.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

The Star-Blessed Harpe is a double-edged, yard-long straight sword. About halfway down one side of the blade lies a hooked protrusion pointing down towards the hilt; this protrusion can be used to snare an enemy's blade or shield with a practiced pulling motion, helping the wielder to get at the vitals of the opponent. Having been been in the blood of a dying god, the spirit of the weapon has become addicted to the power inherent in such beings and seeks it out - to the benefit of the wielder. Against kami, dragons, yokai, or other entities strongly tied to the spiritual plane, the blade strikes harder and cleaves more easily through the natural, manufactured, or magical protections such creatures typically possess.
Notably, the benefits the Star-Blessed Harpe provides to its wielder against supernatural foes seem to taper off in potency as the wielder becomes more potent as a warrior themselves. It is believed that this phenomenon has to do with the fact that, in the Ten Sword Isles, the more one engages in the Do Cultivation process required to achieve greater personal power, the closer to a being a spirit entity one becomes in their own right. It may simply be that the weapon prefers to aid those starting their journey to greatness more than those already blessed with experience in that vein, or that it was created specifically to help the 'underdog' in a given confict. The truth of the matter is, as of yet, unknown to the sages of the Ten Sword Isles.

A harpe functions in all respects as a normal longsword for wielders proficient in martial weapons. A wielder who possesses the Exotic Weapon Proficiency (harpe) can use the harpe to trip or disarm an opponent. The wielder gets a +2 bonus on his trip or disarm attempts using the weapon, and may drop the weapon to avoid being tripped themselves should such an attempt fail.
The Star-Blessed Harpe is a unique adamantine +2 ghost touch harpe. When wielded against a creature of the dragon or outsider type, the wielder of the Star-Blessed Harpe recieves a cumulative +1 luck bonus to attack and damage rolls with the weapon for every 5 hit dice by which the creature exceeds the number of hit dice the wielder possesses. The wielder also recieves this bonus to saves and checks relating to this creature. Moreover, if the creature is a dragon or outsider of at least 20 HD, the weapon automatically overcomes any hardness or damage reduction that the creature might possess.

Item type

Weapon, Melee

Rarity

The Star-Blessed Harpe is completely unique - both in the sense that only one of this named weapon exists and in the sense that it comes from a class of melee weapon and aesthetic tradition almost completely foreign to the cultures of the Ten Sword Isles.

Raw materials & Components

The Star-Blessed Harpe is forged from meteoric iron. Trace elements from the broader cosmos have turned the blade into an alloy that surpasses the strength of most other modern alloys by a significant margin.