The 17-inch blade of this tool-weapon appears deceptively dull and chipped, its hilt is carved azabache (a mystical stone believed to ward off malevolent spirits), and its handle is carved with a disturbing depiction of writhing, bloated leeches. The bohika (shaman) after which the weapon is named used it to wantonly cut down selva and conduct excessive ritual sacrifice to their patron. A lock of unmarred blonde hair dangles from the pommel, its significance lost to time. If the blade is held at the right angle in light, a scrawled phrase appears on the hilt: “A mi, volpal” which translates from its indigenous tongue as “A blade for me.”
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage and deals an extra 2d8 slashing damage to plants and Plant creatures.
When you attack a creature that has at least one head with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut off one of the creature’s heads. The creature dies if it can’t survive without the lost head. A creature is immune to this effect if it is immune to slashing damage, doesn’t have or need a head, has legendary actions, or the DM decides the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such a creature takes an extra 6d8 slashing damage from the hit.
Curse. Whenever you deal damage with Abi-Teos’s machete, you take 1d6 necrotic damage as the weapon drains your blood. If you roll a 1 on an attack roll made with the weapon, the leeches carved into the handle animate and crawl down your throat—infesting you with throat leeches (a disease). You must succeed on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 level of exhaustion that can only be removed by succeeding on a DC 12 Constitution saving throw upon completing a long rest. If the saving throw fails, you gain another level of exhaustion. If a successful saving throw reduces your exhaustion level below 1, you recover from the disease.
Proficiency with a Scimitar allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.
This weapon has the following mastery property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Nick. When you make the extra attack of the Light property, you can make it as part of the Attack action instead of as a Bonus Action. You can make this extra attack only once per turn.
Notes: Bonus: Magic, by reading the scrawled phrase on the hilt., Damage, Combat, Cursed, Finesse, Light, Nick
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