Spiritual Armblade
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement by a cleric, druid, monk, paladin, ranger, or warlock)
These magical prostheses were gifted to the warrior-servants of the divine in recompense for limbs lost in ritual sacrifice and glorious battle. As you attune to the spiritual armblade, it wraps around the site of a lost limb and can’t be removed for as long as you are attuned to it.
As a bonus action, the prosthesis can spout a melee weapon made of spiritual energy, with which you are proficient. Your attack roll modifier with this weapon equals your proficiency bonus plus your class’ spellcasting ability modifier (or Wisdom modifier, in the case of a monk). It deals 2d8 damage on a hit. Its appearance and damage type is linked to your alignment:
• Good-aligned creatures produce a golden blade that deals radiant damage
• Neutral-aligned creatures fashion a translucent-white weapon, dealing force damage.
• Evil-aligned creatures spawn a shaft of bruised mauve that deals necrotic damage.
Shield. As a reaction to being the target of an attack by an attacker you can see, you can shift your weapon into a shield, increasing your AC by 2. The shield stays equipped until you use a bonus action to respawn a weapon or dismiss the shield.
Uncommon variant: Remove the ‘shield’ ability.
Very rare variant: Your gain a modifier to attack rolls using this weapon equal to your spellcasting ability modifier (or Wisdom, in the case of a monk), and the AC increase from Shield increases to + 3.
Legendary variant: You gain a modifier to attack rolls using this weapon equal to your spellcasting ability modifier (or Wisdom, in the case of a monk). You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon. The AC increase from the shield increases to + 4.
GM Tip: Deity-specific Items
Why not have armblades linked to specific deities? You can then restrict who can use the item to those with a similar alignment to the deity.
These magical prostheses were gifted to the warrior-servants of the divine in recompense for limbs lost in ritual sacrifice and glorious battle. As you attune to the spiritual armblade, it wraps around the site of a lost limb and can’t be removed for as long as you are attuned to it.
As a bonus action, the prosthesis can spout a melee weapon made of spiritual energy, with which you are proficient. Your attack roll modifier with this weapon equals your proficiency bonus plus your class’ spellcasting ability modifier (or Wisdom modifier, in the case of a monk). It deals 2d8 damage on a hit. Its appearance and damage type is linked to your alignment:
• Good-aligned creatures produce a golden blade that deals radiant damage
• Neutral-aligned creatures fashion a translucent-white weapon, dealing force damage.
• Evil-aligned creatures spawn a shaft of bruised mauve that deals necrotic damage.
Shield. As a reaction to being the target of an attack by an attacker you can see, you can shift your weapon into a shield, increasing your AC by 2. The shield stays equipped until you use a bonus action to respawn a weapon or dismiss the shield.
Uncommon variant: Remove the ‘shield’ ability.
Very rare variant: Your gain a modifier to attack rolls using this weapon equal to your spellcasting ability modifier (or Wisdom, in the case of a monk), and the AC increase from Shield increases to + 3.
Legendary variant: You gain a modifier to attack rolls using this weapon equal to your spellcasting ability modifier (or Wisdom, in the case of a monk). You have a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon. The AC increase from the shield increases to + 4.
GM Tip: Deity-specific Items
Why not have armblades linked to specific deities? You can then restrict who can use the item to those with a similar alignment to the deity.
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