A primal, sword-adjacent weapon, the Aztec's Macuahuitl is a flattened wooden club with obsidian blades embedded in its sides. The blades are intended to inflict bleeding in melee combat, but are sharp enough that the wielder is capable of beheading a horse, if they wish.
Weapon Properties:
- Versatile: This weapon is meant to be wielded with two hands, but can be used with one. Use 1d6 damage die for one hand, and 1d10 damage die for two hands.
- Versatile Damage Type: This weapon can deal Slashing or Bludgeoning damage.
- Heavy: This weapon is 3 kilograms, or about 6 pounds. A fat gnome using this would have to heft about 15% of their body weight, or the equivalent of an average human fighting with a 20lbs sword. For context, the heaviest historical greatswords approached 9lbs.
Special Actions:
- Saw Draw: As a bonus action, the wielder can draw the weapon backwards after taking the Attack action on an unarmored or lightly armored target, shredding its defenses. Saw Draw lets the wielder add 2d4 + STR to their attack's damage roll.
- Dismember: As part of an Attack, the wielder may make a Strength check to Dismember their target, contested by a Dexterity or Constitution check from said target. The wielder's check has disadvantage if the target is heavily armored, or if the wielder is attacking with one hand. If the check succeeds, an appendage can be removed from the target. The target's speed is halved, and they take 1d6 bleeding damage at the end of their turn until the bleeding is staunched, the appendage is regrown or reattached, or the target falls to 0 hit points. If the check fails, the target has advantage on any Attack it makes in its next turn, if it attacks the wielder. The wielder can use Dismember as part of their Attack once per turn. The wielder cannot use Saw Draw as a bonus action if the check succeeds.
Proficiency with a Greatsword 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.
Graze. If your attack roll with this weapon misses a creature, you can deal damage to that creature equal to the ability modifier you used to make the attack roll. This damage is the same type dealt by the weapon, and the damage can be increased only by increasing the ability modifier.
Notes: Based on the Aztec Macuahuitl item written by MexicanMoses. Versatile, Slashing/Bludgeoning Damage Types, Ignore Weapon Property: Two Handed, Damage, Combat, Heavy, Two-Handed, Graze
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