Shadow

== Description ==
* Quality: Epic
* Type: longsword
== Abilities ==
Attunement: When not attuned, it functions as a +1 silvered longsword.
Attuned: It deals an additional and cumulative d4 necrotic damage to any target it has already struck on the same turn (i.e. first hit is normal, then +d4, then +2d4, etc.). When it scores a critical, the target takes d4 ongoing necrotic damage until affected by a healing spell or DC 14 Medicine check. All necrotic damage it inflicts is doubled and ignores necrotic resistance if the target is a fiend or undead.
== History ==
This ancient blade's exact history has become vague, but scholar's believe now that it was originally crafted in one of the kingdoms in what is now known as the Beastwrack Hills. Silvered on a blackened blade with an almost flowing appearance, this blade originally earned its name due to this quality when first recovered and examined. The irony of its naming is the manner of the sword's power as it is capable of inflicting deadly cursed wounds to its victims. While the necrosis this sword can bestow upon the living is painful it is nothing compared to what Shadow will do against those it was made to destroy. The type of necrotic curse the blade bestows is particularly lethal to Fiends and Undead - despite the fact that such fell creatures are typically highly resistant or immune to such effects. This, coupled with the silvered nature of Shadow, leads many scholars to believe it was crafted to quell Rakshasa and other Fiendish beings that are believed to have historically plagued the region of Shadow's origin. The sword was eventually paid for at an incredible sum by a collector in Vartia. Unfortunately, the caravan that was carrying Shadow to its new home was raided and the sword lost for several years before being turned up several hundred leagues to the north of where it was supposed to be - buried in an old bandit stash where it was found and given to the hedge knight Gwen Arnimane.