Assassin's Fury

The wizard, Alana, created the blade for her lover, Meira Reylana the assassin, and in her image.  Meira was a moon elf who possessed smooth silvery skin with brilliant blue eyes.  Despite being an assassin Meira was loyal to her friends and didn’t pray on the innocent.  She had a code and followed it feverishly.  That devotion is what drew Alana to Meira.  So, Alana had the finest elven smiths craft the silvery mithral blade with a blue star sapphire embedded in the pommel.  Then she spent weeks enchanting the blade and finished by etching runes with her blood on the blade to show her undying love for Meira.

Armed with the blade and with Alana by her side Meira adventured around the world.  Over the decades Meira became a renowned assassin but a horrible illness plagued her.  On her deathbed she pleaded to Alana to place her soul in the blade, for the blade is too powerful for anyone to wield.  With her soul entrusted within the sword Meira could deem whether the wielder is worthy of the blade’s full potential.

You have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon.  It scores a critical hit on a roll of 19 or 20.  The sword appears to be a mithral blade with no intricacies.

Awakened

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 When a character awakens Assassin’s Fury the pommel cracks revealing the blue star sapphire and apply the following changes to the item’s traits:

• Increase the bonus to attack and damage to a +2.  Additional when you hit with an attack using this weapon, the target takes an additional 1d4 psychic damage.
• In addition, you don’t need advantage on your attack roll to use your Sneak Attack if no other creature other than your target is within 5 feet of you.
• When you hit with an attack, you can declare a shocking strike.  The target takes an additional 3d8 lightning damage and they must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or be stunned until end of its next turn.  You cannot use this ability again until you finish a short or long rest.

Exalted

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 When a character exalts Assassin’s Fury crimson red runes appear on the blade and apply the following changes to the item’s traits:

• Increase the bonus to attack and damage to a +3.
• The psychic damage dealt by attacks with this weapon increases to 1d6.
• You can use your shocking strike ability twice between rests, and the saving throw DC increases to 17.
• Assassin’s Fury can cast the haste spell on you once per day.
• You can apply Sneak Attack to an attack even if you have already used it this turn.  You can do so three times, and expended uses recharge daily at dawn.  The wielder will gain one level of exhaustion per use.

Proficiency with a Shortsword allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

Notes: Damage: Psychic, Bonus: Magic, Stunned, Rogue (Assassin), Finesse, Light, Vex