Swordtember Day 15 - Thirst

Dreadful Drought

Weapon (shortsword, longsword, or greatsword), very rare (requires attunement)

The Dreadful Drought is a sword with a grotesque mummified fiend skewered onto its hilt by a dark, iron stake, was birthed by a vengeful cabal bearing deep-seated malice against the Azalis royalty. With the blade forged from seemingly fluid sands, its form is paradoxically steadfast and lethally sharp. To create this sinister weapon, the cabal harnessed the tormented spirits of desert wanderers, binding them to the essence of a vanquished fiend. Infused with these spirits and bathed in cursed desert springs, the blade was designed not just to kill but to bleed an empire dry. Using this weapon’s cursed ability, they orchestrated a reign of terror marked by strategic slaughters and destroying valuable water sources, all to sow the seeds of chaos and trepidation in the heart of the Azalis Empire territory.

Desiccation Strike. Once per turn, when you hit a creature with this weapon, you can force the target to make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes an additional 1d6 necrotic damage and gains one level of exhaustion. The target can make this saving throw again at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success and removing the level of exhaustion inflicted by this feature.

Desert's Wrath. As an action, you can plant the Dreadful Drought into the ground to create a sandstorm in a 20-foot radius centered on you. The storm lasts for 1 minute. Every creature except you that starts its turn in the storm or enters it for the first time on its turn must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw, taking 2d6 slashing damage and being blinded until the start of its next turn on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one without being blinded. Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until the next dawn.

Curse. While attuned to this weapon, any liquid you attempt to drink turns to sand before you can swallow it. Each day you fail to quench the blade's thirst by either killing a creature and using the Desiccation Strike on it or absorbing an amount of liquid equal to twice your size, you gain one level of exhaustion that can't be removed by any means other than satisfying the blade's thirst. A remove curse spell will end the effects and unattune the creature from the weapon, but once separated in this manner, the creature can’t attune to the Dreadful Drought again for the next 7 days.

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