Xuè quán

Xuè quán is a three‑piece arm harness (gauntlet, vambrace & counter, and rerebrace & pauldron) crafted of a gold filigreed metal and inlayed with jade groves that channel blood as fuel for brutal blood‑magic; it is cursed to weld to the wearer and demands a steady sacrifice to unlock sanguine powers.

Cursed Item: On first equipping the item, the gauntlet welds to the forearm and cannot be removed by mundane means.

Internal Barbs: At the end of each Long Rest, the wearer takes 1 piercing damage (per number of armour pieces) from the barbs inlayed inside.

Roleplay Effect: When you wear this item, a continuous stream of blood pours from your hand. Using the item's abilities requires manually driving the barbs into the flesh.

• Sanguin Volly: As an action, whip a bolt of condensed blood at a target creature.
  1d10 necrotic (+ 1d6 for each additional HP die sacrifice).
• Clot Shield: As a reaction, manifest a barrier of solidified blood in front of you that is capable of shielding you from a degree of damage.
  Absorbs 10 points of damage. (+ 5 for each additional HP die sacrifice).
• Hemalurge Grasp: Create a short spectral blood tendrils in a 15 ft line that can restrain an appropriate creature (Strength/Acrobatics Save).
  Plus one tendril for each additional HP die sacrificed.
• Greater Clot Shield: As a reaction, manifest a barrier of solidified blood anywhere within 10 feet that is capable of shielding you or another creature from a degree of damage.
  Absorbs 20 points of damage. (+ 10 for each additional HP die sacrifice).
• Septicemia: You cast Hemalurge Grasp, but your blood has become infused with a sickening disease.
  Creatures restrained by Septicemia take 1d6 necrotic damage at the start of their turn.
• Life Leech: The blood of your foes becomes your balm. If sanguine volley reduces a creature to 0 HP, you regain HP equal to half the damage dealt (rounded down).
• Sanguin Bastion: Harden blood around your body to act as armour. You gain +5 AC until you long rest.
• Anchor: Teather your life force to that of a creature, immediately drop to death saves and take one point of exhaustion, deal 100 damage to the target creature.