Ritual Axe

Ritual Axe is an uncommon Handaxe which inflicts  Bane against the wielder's targets.

Though shiny and recently polished, dried blood still fills the deepest crevices of this axe.

Properties

Damage

1d6 (1~6) + Strength modifier Slashing

Details

 Handaxes

Rarity: Uncommon

Enchantment: None

 One-Handed

 Light

 Thrown

 Dippable

Consumable by Gale

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Weight: 0.9 kg / 1.8 lb

Price: 280 gp

UID

WPN_GOB_PainPriest_Handaxe

UUID

5c996c03-99e9-40c1-8acf-d761550d26f5

Special

The holder of this item gains:

The Scourge Mistress' Bane

Chance to inflict upon the target a 1d4 penalty to Attack rolls and Saving throws. If the attacker still has 50% or more hit points, they take 1d6Piercing themselves.

Weapon actions

If you have proficiency, equip in main hand to gain:

 Lacerate ()

Slash at your target's vital points to make it  Bleed. ( Recharge: Short rest.)

Where to find

• Shattered Sanctum X: 338 Y: -26: On the table next to Abdirak

Notes

• The duration of  Bane is 2 turns. It does not stack by additional applications, but its duration can be renewed.
• The  Bane effect applied by this weapon is the same as the  Bane  spell and does not stack.
  • This effect, however, does apply alongside the similarly named  Baneful Strike condition, and is applied by the Gloves of Baneful Striking
• Because of the bug listed below, the Battle Master Fighter's  Sweeping Attack applies this debuff to every target within the cone's area of effect, hit or miss.
• Many situations increase the self-damage dealt by this axe:
  • The  Savage Attacker feat results in secondary damage being re-rolled higher.
  • A critical hit with this axe doubles the self-damage.
  • Some damage riders such as  Lightning Charges, radiant damage from the Callous Glow Ring and  Psionic Overload increase the self-damage.
• Effects which reduce incoming piercing damage reduce the self-inflicted damage.
  • However, as the self-damage is classified as magical, effects like  Heavy Armour Master do not help, but  Blade Ward and Magical Plate do.
• If at 50% health or higher, the wielder suffers self-damage even if the target dies from the axe blow.

Bugs

• Although the description for The Scourge Mistress' Bane states it only has a "chance to inflict"  Bane on a hit, it always does.
• If at 50% health or higher and an enemy is knocked out by  Non-Lethal Damage with this axe, the wielder is also knocked out, even at full HP.