This gorgeous lance made of everbark and chlorophyte from the Feywild appears to flex and shift like a living entity.

Along the haft of the lance there are four hexagonal slots, each depicting a different image; Stars, Moon, Earth, and Sun. It is said that the Ziran Baohu will unlock new abilities when attuned with enough of its corresponding runestones.

Dormant

The Ziran Baohu grants the following benefits in its dormant state (no runestones):

• The wielder gains a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon.
• Adaptive size. Ziran Baohu reacts to the needs of the wielder, shrinking to be wielded without a mount if needed. This transforms it into a versatile weapon which can be used with one or two hands. The damage die used for this state are a d8 as a one handed weapon, a d10 as a two handed weapon.

Awakened

When the Ziran Baohu reaches an awakened state (two runestones), it gains the following properties:

• The wielder gains a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon.
• Konijan Baohu. Ziran Baohu has two charges which can be expended as a bonus action to cast spells from the attuned runestones. Charges are replenished at dawn.
• Ziran Zhi Guang. A bonus action can be used to light the lance up with the command word, Agiōs, producing a radiant glow in a 20-foot radius. When you hit an enemy with an attack while Ziran Baohu is lit up in this way, you deal an extra d8 radiant damage.

Exalted

When the Ziran Baohu reaches an Exalted state (four runestones), it gains the following properties:

• You gain one additional attunement slot.
• The wielder gains a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon.
• Baohu Diqiu. Ziran Baohu gains two additional charges which can be expended as a bonus action to cast spells from the attuned runestones. Charges are replenished at dawn.
• Baohu Guren. When you hit an enemy with an attack while Ziran Baohu is lit up via Agiōs, you deal an extra 2d8 radiant damage, or 3d8 radiant damage if it is a fiend or an undead.
• Baohu Suoyou Ren. While you hold Ziran Baohu while it is lit, it creates an aura in a 10-foot radius around you. You and all creatures friendly to you in the aura have advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. If you have 17 or more levels in the paladin class, the radius of the aura increases to 30 feet.

Proficiency with a Lance allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it. A Lance requires two hands to wield when you aren't mounted.

Notes: Bonus: Magic, Set: Attunement Slots, Damage, Combat, Heavy, Reach, Two-Handed, Topple