I'm currently running a Curse of Strahd campaign, I tend to sprinkle in quite a bit of homebrew. I was wondering if anyone had any sources or ideas for a sort evil version of the sun sword. I was kind of thinking something along the lines of a dark saber. I haven't the foggiest idea how I would implement it into the story or even create a stat block for it but I have this image in my head of the final battle and strahd wielding a glowing black sword facing off against the party and their sun sword. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Do you mean the sunsword specifically, or did you mean the crusader’s shortsword which is another unique magic item from CoS? Assuming you mean the sunsword, maybe the following:
Blacksun Sword
Weapon (longsword), rare (requires attunement)
This item appears to be a longsword hilt. While grasping the hilt, you can use a bonus action to cause a blade of pure darkness to spring into existence, or make the blade disappear. While the blade exists, this magic longsword has the finesse property. If you are proficient with shortswords or longswords, you are proficient with the Blacksun Sword.
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon, which deals necrotic damage instead of slashing damage. When you hit a creature that is neither undead nor a construct with it, that target takes an extra 1d8 necrotic damage.
The sword's antiluminous blade absorbs all light in a 15-foot radius resulting in nonmagical darkness, and reduces bright light to dim light for an additional 15 feet. While the blade persists, you can use an action to expand or reduce the radiuses of darkness and dim light by 5 feet each, to a maximum of 30 feet each or a minimum of 5 feet each.
Sentience. The Blacksun Sword is a sentient laweful evil weapon with an Intelligence of 12, a Wisdom of 16, and a Charisma of 17. It has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. The weapon communicates by transmitting emotions to the creature carrying or wielding it.
Personality. The Blacksun Sord’s special purpose is to promote evil and control, not so much because it wants to subjugate the land of Barovia with evil, but because it wants subjugate all worlds with evil. The weapon secretly fears failure.
You might want to change the personality, and you’ll probably want to add more flavor text to it. I specifically made it nonmagical darkness so creatures with Darkvision can actually see through it.
This..... Is absolutely awesome! Blacksun sword, what an epic name. I'm not even sure I could add anything to make it any better, you really smashed it. Thank you for the help!
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I'm currently running a Curse of Strahd campaign, I tend to sprinkle in quite a bit of homebrew. I was wondering if anyone had any sources or ideas for a sort evil version of the sun sword. I was kind of thinking something along the lines of a dark saber. I haven't the foggiest idea how I would implement it into the story or even create a stat block for it but I have this image in my head of the final battle and strahd wielding a glowing black sword facing off against the party and their sun sword. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Do you mean the sunsword specifically, or did you mean the crusader’s shortsword which is another unique magic item from CoS? Assuming you mean the sunsword, maybe the following:
You might want to change the personality, and you’ll probably want to add more flavor text to it. I specifically made it nonmagical darkness so creatures with Darkvision can actually see through it.
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This..... Is absolutely awesome! Blacksun sword, what an epic name. I'm not even sure I could add anything to make it any better, you really smashed it. Thank you for the help!