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== Legionblood Fang ==
[[Summary::Not a single specific item but instead a type of artifact weapon in whatever form it takes, it is a weapon so bathed in blood and war it has collected the dead within and bound it to the power of an elder evil of endless necrotic power.| ]]

A legionblood fang is not a single item, but instead refers to any number of rare but powerful weapons that exhibit similar histories and properties.  Born from bloodshed, a legionblood fang can be forged from any weapon that has experienced countless and nigh constant use to kill.  The blood of countless beings stains the weapon dark ruddy in hue that cannot be cleaned and a malevolent force takes possession of it, linking it to what is believed to be an elder evil or some Far Realm or Abyssal spirit known as The [[Legion (3.5e Monster)|Legion]] of Granfaloon.  From that point on, it is a mouth to feed the horrifying entity and a conduit of its power in the world.

Legionblood fangs remember every soul it has killed, and it starts out with an arbitrary number of charges no less than 50 in number.  For each kill made by the weapon, it gains a charge.  And when its abilities are used it loses charges.  It gains the following properties:

:'''Aura of Evil:''' The Legionblood Fang weapons radiates an evil aura as an evil magic item or spell with a level as 20% of its charges.  Thus a 100 charge weapon detects as a 20th level effect.

:'''Dead Thrall:''' The Legionblood Fang can use ''[[Call Minion (3.5e Spell)|call minion]]'' as a spell-like ability at will with no cost, but you can only have one available at any one time.  Calling a minion costs a single charge, and it will always be a generic type associated with whatever the weapon has killed the most (generally humanoids).  Thus you could summon a level 1 orc [[SRD:Warrior|warrior]], who serves you unquestioningly.  Their appearance boils with corruption and dark magic, making any attempt to make them seem normal impossible, and they seem to default to the most chaotic evil interpretation of any and all commands.

:'''Death Signature:''' Every Legionblood Fang hungers for different substances (see Unlimited Necrosis) and whenever it kills a creature it leaves a unique and fitting deformity upon the body, such as sucking it dry of its blood, causing it to undergo advance stages of rot in moments, breaking all of the bones in the corpse, or sucking the essence out of it and leaving it a blank-eyed husk.  While these effects cannot render the body unsuitable for revival itself, they are a signature mark on who and what killed them.

:'''Dominating Impulse:''' While not technically a sentient weapon, if used in combat it must kill a creature before the weapon can be sheathed again.  There is no save on this aspect, but it is a mind-affecting compulsion effect.  On the other hand if using the weapon and combat ends the user must make a DC 20 [[Will]] save or keep fighting, and trying to kill, something living even if that is their allies.  They can attempt another saving throw once every minute, and if disarmed the wielder gains another saving throw to break control.

:'''Unholy Totem:''' The Legionblood Fang counts as both an unholy symbol and an unholy altar for the purposes of effects such as ''[[SRD:Desecrate|desecrate]]''.

:'''Unlimited Necrosis:''' The Legionblood Fang is associated with at least one aspect of the dead: the flesh, the bones, the soul, the blood, and similar.  By expending a single charge as a free action you count as and conjure up the components of its aspect in the form of that which it has killed most (generally humanoids).  Thus a Legionblood Axe may summon orc corpses ready for animation as zombies, or a Legionblood Spear may evoke an entire person's worth of elf blood.  The components appear in the nearest valid available space and are fresh enough for use as components.

Unusual weapons who are linked with rare and more powerful creatures than your typical humanoid may exist, but these may evoke additional charges per use dependent on what is being called for, at a rate of 1 charge per CR.  There is a secret purpose to the weapons as well.  Each act as an anchor for Legion to draw ever closer, and may somehow be involved in opening a portal to its realm.  The means of doing this are fortunately lost to history, but with enough charges or number of weapons Legion may one day return in the flesh to spell doom for the world.

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Author	Eiji-kun +
Identifier	3.5e Equipment +
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Summary	Not a single specific item but instead a type of artifact weapon in whatever form it takes, it is a weapon so bathed in blood and war it has collected the dead within and bound it to the power of an elder evil of endless necrotic power. +
Title	Legionblood Fang +
Type	Minor +