User:

JinxedBear

DCI:

Character:

Nathan "Brimstone Wanderer" Dawnrose

Name:

The Prism-Heart of Cania

Rarity:

very_rare

Location:

DDHC-BG:DIA - Path of Devils (Diabolical Deal with Mephistopheles)

Table:

Result:

Included in Count?:

true

Source:

DDHC-BG:DIA - Path of Devils

Notes:

Prism-Heart of Cania, Fractured Blade Wakened Crystal Dragon’s Wrath Halberd (reflavored as greatsword) Weapon (martial, melee), very rare (requires attunement) Damage: 1d10 slashing Properties: Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed Mastery: Cleave Appearance In its bounded form, the weapon is a rag-wrapped, chipped, like someone broke parts of it over centuries of usage and kept using it. Infernal leather straps bind its pieces tight. When drawn/unbounded, the straps snap open and the “broken” portions separate into floating shards of pale crystal and black steel. Between them blooms a blade of rigid, radiant light laced with infernal glyphs (Mephistopheles’s script) that hold the pieces in perfect alignment. The weapon lengthens to polearm length, explaining its Reach. The cross-guard and lower third are sleeved in frost-smooth metal and bear a nine-pointed sigil above a snowflake rune—the same hallmarks of Cania. Origin The core is still the heartshard of Isyra the Winter Choir, ancient crystal dragon of Cania. Instead of being grown into a bow-limb, Mephistopheles pinned the shard along a broken blade and taught it the same command: “Sing.” The Lord of the Eighth meant it as a sister-gift to Nathan “Brimstone Wanderer” Dawnrose—this time to arm her for close work. How it fights Fractured Edge (baseline). On a hit, the blade sheds tiny motes of starlight that cling to the target until the start of your next turn. While a creature is dusted this way, its speed is reduced by 10 feet (this is your former “slow made visible”; if you already apply a slowing rider from another feature, use the better one, not both). Mastery: Cleave. As per halberd. The weapon’s floating shards pivot with you—your second attack looks like the blade “rewrites” its own reach. Starburst (crit). On a 20, the heartshard rings. A corona of razor-crystals erupts around the target. You choose which creatures in 5 feet are spared. Each other creature in 5 feet takes 1d8 radiant (crystal light) or your weapon’s damage type (your choice when the crit happens). Aurora Exhalation (Action, 1/day). You speak the command and the blade fans apart—segments circling like petals—then blasts a 30-foot cone of blue-white, rune-edged light. Creatures in the cone make a Dex save (DC = 8 + your prof. bonus + your Str or Dex, your choice). On a fail: 4d8 radiant; on a success: half. Creatures that failed also shed starlight until the end of your next turn; while dusted, their speed is reduced by 10 feet. Afterward, a new infernal-frost rune momentarily etches on the hilt and fades at next dawn. (If you want to mirror Dragon’s Wrath breath scaling, use that item’s progression instead.) Dragon’s Key (element). Its first song is radiant (Isyra’s breath). If you steep it in another dragon’s hoard per Dragon’s Wrath rules, it changes to that dragon’s breath type—but the blade always carries a faint prismatic edge. Attunement Signs & Quirks On attunement, you taste snowmelt and hear far-off choir-chimes. The sigil of Mephistopheles warms, then goes cold. The weapon dislikes lies: if you knowingly lie while wearing/carrying it, the floating shards give a faint, glassy crackle. In bright light, its scattered motes on the floor slowly turn toward your nearest sworn oath—a harmless tell. Infernal Favor (RP) Devils recognize the maker’s mark. Lesser devils start cowed; servants of rival archdevils are irritated. Publicly dedicate a victory “to the Lord of the Eighth” and the mark flares—next devil you talk to starts one step friendlier. Consecrate a victory to the Heavens and the sigil chips a flake of black ice. Ties to Nathalia In Nathalia’s hands, the radiant seams pick up a faint red edge—the “Maid’s Dawn.” Canian whispers say the Fractured Blade sang once over Elturel the moment the chains broke. Commands “Iliavrith” (Draconic: “Sing for me”): readies Aurora Exhalation; the shards loosen, glyphs brighten. “Canor fractus” (Draconic/Infernal: “Break the song”): cancels a readied Exhalation harmlessly; shards click back into place. Growth & Temptations 30 nights under an open sky with auroras or in an ancient crystal dragon’s untouched hoard → further awakening, clearer song. Resting it in a chromatic tyrant’s hoard stains the light—its chime becomes a hiss, infernal glyphs grow sharper. Lore Checks DC 10 History/Religion. This is a Dragon’s Wrath weapon; it learns its element from a dragon’s hoard. DC 15 Arcana. Crystal dragons breathe radiant light; this weapon’s cone mimics that breath. DC 20 Religion/Arcana. The nine-point sigil is Mephistopheles; such gifts are tracked—and envied—by Cania.