A pair of handheld daggers, called katar, crafted from bronze. The blades, while darkened by use, are sharp. They seem to be named after a pair of lovers from long ago. The katar don’t work properly without their partners.

Dormant

The katar grant the following benefits in their dormant state:

• The katar have a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with them.
• The katar have the properties of a sword of wounding.
• Whenever you hit on an attack with the katar, the target takes an additional 1d6 cold damage.
• Your walking speed increases by 10 feet.

Awakened

When the katar reach an awakened state, it gains the following properties:

• The attack and damage roll bonus of the katar increase to +2.
• You have advantage on the first attack you make with the katar against a creature that’s missing half or more of its hit points on a turn.
• You have advantage on initiative rolls.

Exalted

When the katar reach an exalted state, they gain the following properties:

• The attack and damage roll bonus of the katar increase to +3.
• When you roll a 19 or 20 on an attack roll against a target that has 75 or fewer hit points, that target must make a DC 17 Constitution saving throw if it’s a creature. On a failed save, you reduce it to 0 hit points.
• The cold damage of the katar increase by 1d6.

• As a bonus action on your turn, you can assume a challenging posture. Until the start of your next turn, whenever a creature makes a melee attack against you, that creature takes damage as though you hit it with an attack using the katar.

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

Notes: Bonus: Magic, Damage: Cold, Bonus: Magic, Advantage: Melee Attacks, Advantage: Initiative, Bonus: Magic, Damage: Cold, Damage: Necrotic, Bonus: Speed (Walking), Damage, Buff, Utility, Combat, Finesse, Light, Thrown, Nick