Weapon

Iceveined Scythe

This elegant weapon is forged from ironroot, a rare wood-metal hybrid that gleams with an ethereal frost. When wielded, spectral forms manifest in the weapon's wake—translucent ancestors who mirror each strike with ghostly precision, doubling the scythe's effectiveness in combat. These guardian spirits appear as shimmering silhouettes of warriors from ages past, their forms coalescing around the blade as it cuts through the air. They move with synchronized grace, their phantom swings perfectly echoing the wielder's movements in an otherworldly display of ancestral fury. To maintain this supernatural bond, the scythe demands a price: the wielder must spend one Hit Die during a short or long rest, which is consumed to fuel the spirits' manifestation. Those who neglect this payment find the wraiths growing restless and faint, their mirroring strikes becoming unreliable and weak. The spirits themselves seem to hunger for this sacrifice, their hollow eyes watching the wielder with an ancient, patient expectation. Some say that those who regularly feed the scythe develop a connection with their ancestral line, glimpsing fragmented memories of their forebears' greatest battles. However, using the weapon too frequently without sufficient rest can invite the wraiths to linger beyond their intended purpose, creating an unsettling presence even when the scythe rests.