Consecrated Briar

Consecrated Briar is a zweihänder, a hefty two-handed sword made of Bone Steel. The hilt is covered in thorns and rose prickles making it difficult and painful to hold without gloves or gauntlets. The weapon is a gift from the Dryad Demigod, Amara, and must always be wielded in occurrence with their oath, and any straying from that oath will cause the vines on the hilt to grow and become unusable for a time.
Dormant State. 
*The wielder has a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this weapon.
*Change Stance. Whenever you are within 5 feet of an enemy, attacking becomes a bit more difficult due to the size of this weapon. Holding the sword by the handle and gripping the blade, attacking and allowing for an easier way to deflect and disarm. While you are half-swording you gain a +1 bonus to your AC when being attacked by melee weapons within 10 ft. and melee attacks against you have -1d4 to attacks.
Awakened State. 
*The bonus to attack and damage rolls increases to a +2.
*Counter. While half-swording you gain the ability to counter melee attacks within 5 ft. When you are hit with a melee attack, you may use your reaction to add +2 to your AC for the purposes of that attack, possibly causing it to miss. Regardless of weather the attack hits or misses, your AC returns to normal after you parry the attack. You may use this reaction after the DM announces the results of the attack roll, but before damage is rolled. If you are successful in parrying an attack this way you can make an attack against that creature, dealing 1d6+damage mods, piercing if you thrust, slashing for a normal attack, or bludgeoning if hitting with the pommel.
*Grasping Vines. As an action you can cause the vines to spread around yourself and covering a 10 ft. radius, creating a thick briar patch which damages creatures caught within the patch. You take 1d4 damage at the start of your turn for every round this ability is active. Creatures that start their turn within the thicket takes 1d6 piercing damage and take this damage when they enter the patch.
Exalted State. 
*The bonus to attack and damage rolls increases to a +3.
*Riposte. Your Counter ability evolves into Riposte. Your bonus AC increases to +3 while countering. Whenever you counter a melee attack, the attack you make has a +1d4 to hit and deals half damage of a normal damage roll.
*Rose Burst. As an action, you can cause the briar to tighten and restrict around anything within range, and cause the vines to burst, dealing 2d8 piercing damage in a 15 ft. radius circle centered on yourself. Creatures damaged by this ability have thorns and rose prickles embedded into their armor and skin. These thorns begin to grow and spread across the victims body, causing them to become restrained after 1d4 rounds of the thorns embedding themselves.
Category:Divine Artifacts
Category:Weapons
Category:Magic Weapons
Category:Two-Handed Weapons
Category:Swords
Category:Zweihänder