Entropic Arrow
Added 2022-06-11 19:50:36 +0000 UTCEntropic Arrow
Weapon (arrow), rarity varies
The rarity of this ammunition is determined by the type of gemstone embedded in its shaft. An uncommon arrow is chrysoberyl, rare is peridot, and very rare is emerald.
Chrysoberyl. An entropic arrow embedded with chrysoberyl has these magical properties:
- On a hit, this arrow deals an extra 1d8 necrotic damage to the target. If the target is a creature, its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the creature finishes a long rest. Once it hits a target, the ammunition is no longer magical.
Peridot. An entropic arrow embedded with peridot has these magical properties:
- The extra necrotic damage increases to 2d8.
- Enervating Cone. If you speak the arrow’s command word while firing it, the arrow shatters into a 30-foot-cone of negative energy. Each creature in the area must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or become enervated for 1 minute. An enervated creature can’t regain hit points and it has disadvantage on Strength-based attack rolls and checks. At the end of each of its turns, an enervated creature can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. Conversely, undead creatures in the area are empowered by this effect, and gain advantage on attack rolls and Strength checks for 1 minute. The arrow is destroyed when used in this way.
Emerald. An entropic arrow embedded with emerald has these magical properties:
- The extra necrotic damage increases to 4d8.
- A target hit by this arrow must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be aged a number of years equal to half the necrotic damage it took, rounded down. This aging effect can only be reversed by a wish spell.
- Enervating Cone’s range increases to a 60-foot-cone and the save DC increases to 16.
Shards of negative energy can be brought into the material plane and stored within gemstones. Contact with this energy immediately saps lifeforce and draws one closer to a withering death. Beings of darkness use this power to forge weapons that surpass physical wounds and harm the soul.
