Eclipse Blade

The legendary Eclipse Blade is a divine weapon, forged by the gods themselves to unite light and darkness into perfect harmony. Created to grant its chosen hero the power to balance these opposing forces, it stands as a symbol of protection, resolve, and the strength to defend one’s home.   It was first bestowed upon the Moonlit Guardian, a Cat Folk warrior who received the blade in her greatest moment of need. With it, she safeguarded her tribe and went on to protect countless small villages and wandering peoples beneath the moon’s gentle glow.   Should this blade ever be found again, it may signal that the world is ready for the next Moonlit Guardian   one who will prove that darkness can protect, light can guide, and together they can forge a new hero  

by Valcin (Marc Zipper)

Mechanics & Inner Workings

The Eclipse Blade holds several unique abilities tied to both light and dark energy.   The Eclipse Blade can absorb either light energy or dark energy, infusing the weapon with that power. Depending on which energy is used, the blade gains a corresponding aura of light or darkness, sharpening its edge and allowing its attacks to deal both physical damage and light or dark elemental damage.   Each infusion lasts for one minute, and the wielder can continue adding more energy to maintain or refresh the effect.   The blade can also absorb both energies at once. Doing so halves the duration to 30 seconds, but doubles the blade’s power output, creating an even more destructive strike.   The Eclipse Blade allows the wielder to create two different shields: one of dark energy and one of light. By spinning the sword and channeling the desired energy, the user can generate either shield at will and can immediately spin again to create the opposite one.
  • Light Shield: Protects against magical attacks.
  • Dark Shield: Protects against physical attacks.
Each shield lasts for 10 minutes. If both shields are created in the same space and overlap, they fuse into a dual barrier that protects against both physical and magical damage. However, this fused shield only lasts 5 minutes due to the strain of combining the energies.   The blade can also grant flight, manifesting a pair of wings that match the sword’s hilt 4 black and white butterfly like wings with a diamond-shaped mark in the center, inverted on the opposite wing. These wings allow the wielder to soar for about 30 minutes.   Its most powerful passive ability is to absorb light or dark energy and channel that power into the blade making it glow.
  • Absorbing one type of energy causes the weapon to glow and grants a strong attack boost for 10 minutes, dealing severe damage.
  • Absorbing both energies at once fuses them, cutting the duration to 5 minutes, but granting a triple-strength attack boost.
The blade’s final and most dangerous ability can be used up to four times per day: it can fuse any light and dark offensive spells cast through it, doubling their power. That when blade Unique color looks like it even moves more and glows.   Examples include:
  • Shadow Binding + Light Restrictor: Combined into a dual-colored restraint that is far harder to escape.
  • Darkness Blast + Illumination Shot: Merged into a larger, more destructive beam of mixed energy.
Users must take caution—the fused spells can become extremely powerful, to the point of causing unintended damage to the surrounding area.  

Pathfinder Stats Block

Weapon Statistics   Damage: 1d10   Critical: 19–20/x2   Damage Type: Slashing   Category: One-Handed   Proficiency: Exotic   Weapon Group: Heavy Blades   Special Requirement: To use the blade’s abilities, the wielder must be able to cast both light and dark spells (or GM-approved equivalents).   Light Strike / Dark Strike   Action: Move action Cost: 1 mana point Effect: You infuse the blade with light or dark energy.   The weapon gains +1d10 damage of the chosen element.   This effect lasts 1 minute.   You may add additional mana points later to refresh or maintain the duration.   Eclipse Strike   Action: Move action Cost: 2 mana points Effect: You infuse the blade with both light and dark energy.   The blade gains +2d10 mixed light/dark damage.   Duration is 30 seconds (5 rounds).   Light or Dark Shield   Action: Standard action Cost: 2 mana points Effect: Creates a stationary energy shield occupying a 5-ft square.   The shield lasts 10 minutes.   You may create one Light Shield and one Dark Shield at a time.   Light Shield: Magic Resistance 20   Dark Shield: Damage Reduction 20   Eclipse Shield (Fusion Shield)   Action: As above (creating both shields in the same space) Effect: When a Light Shield and Dark Shield occupy the same 5-ft square, they fuse.   Duration: 5 minutes   Benefits:   Magic Resistance 20   Damage Reduction 20   Eclipse Flight   Action: Standard action Cost: 1 mana point Effect: Grants flight at your walking speed with perfect maneuverability.   Lasts 30 minutes per day, which can be broken up into smaller increments.   Each activation requires spending 1 mana point, even if time remains.   Spell Fusion   Uses: 4/day Effect: You may fuse a light spell and a dark spell of the same spell name. Requirements:   Must be a targeted spell (single attack or binding).   The fused spell is treated as:   Maximized (maximum damage or effect values)   Dual damage type: Light and Dark simultaneously   This feature dramatically increases the spell’s potency, so use with caution.

History

Legend of Seraphina Albouto

  Legend tells of a brave Catfolk warrior named Seraphina Albouto, who stood alone against a band of monsters that threatened her tribe. She fought fiercely, wielding her sword and drawing upon both the light and the darkness within her. With graceful, fluid movements, she cut down beasts of every kind—yet the battle drained her. By the time the true threat arrived, a group of powerful raiders of many species, she was exhausted and barely standing.   Even so, Seraphina refused to retreat.   Moved by her valor, her unbreakable will, and her devotion to her people, the gods and goddesses bestowed a divine gift upon her. As the raiders charged, a sword descended from the heavens, blazing with both sunlight and shadow.   The moment Seraphina grasped the blade, wings blossomed from her back like those of a radiant butterfly—   one black with white trim and a white diamond at its center,   the other white with black trim and a black diamond marking its heart.   She rose into the air, her energy pouring into the blade as swirling marble streams of black and white wrapped around it. She struck with such speed and beauty that her slashes were said to resemble butterflies dancing in moonlight.   When a towering orc raider attempted to crush her with a thunderous hammer, Seraphina spun the blade. A shield of fused light and darkness erupted before her, stopping his strike cold. The hammer’s crackling discharge rippled across the barrier and dispersed harmlessly. With a swift motion, she slipped past the shield and cut the raider down.   By dawn, the attackers lay defeated, and Seraphina’s tribe stood safe behind her.   It is said that afterward, Seraphina became the Moonlit Guardian, traveling the night to protect small villages, her black-and-white aura shining beside the blade that danced with both light and dark.
Item type
Weapon, Melee
Rarity
One-of-a-kind
Weight
6lb
Base Price
Priceless


Cover image: by Valcin (Marc Zipper)

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