Ritual axe

Ritual axes were enchanted axes used as weapons and as torture devices by the members of the Church of Loviatar in the late 15 century DR.
==Description==
Ritual axes were kept shiny and polished, but they ended up splattered in caked-on blood regardless.
==Powers==
Ritual axes possessed the Scourge Mistress' bane, an enchantment that affected the wielder and their targets. Every landed slash with the axe had a chance of worsening the aim of the opponent and making them more vulnerable to mundane and magical effects. However, unless the axe's wielder was severely wounded, each attack with it cut and bled the wielder.
==History==
In the , one such axe was wielded by a torturer of Loviatar, Abdirak, who was summoned to the Shattered Sanctum of Selûne to interrogate prisoners of the Cult of the Absolute.
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Category:Magic items
Category:Items from Toril
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from West Faerûn
Category:Items from the Western Heartlands
Category:Items from the Sword Coast
Category:Magic weapons
Category:Axes
Category:Loviatan items
Category:Slashing weapons
Category:One-handed weapons