Shattermantle

A shattermantle weapon was one with the power to damage the mantle of spell resistance around an enemy with each strike.
==Description==
Weapons with this power sparked with writhing blue energy within the material of the weapon itself.
The cheapest of shadowmantle weapons sold for at least 2,300 gold pieces.
==Powers==
These weapons had the power to reduce the spell resistance of any creature struck by a small amount. This reduction was only temporary, lasting about six seconds, but multiple repeated strikes in a short time frame did cumulative damage to the resistance. However, the attacker had no way of knowing how much the blow had reduced the opponent's resistance.
==Creation==
Magic-weapon crafters who desired to forge such weapons had to already be skilled at overcoming the spell resistances of others. On other worlds, an identical weapon property could be achieved by crafting a weapon with the spell assay spell resistance, but this was not the technique used in Waterdeep, from where these Art-crafted weapons were developed.
==Notable Shattermantle Weapons==
The Quarterstaff of Alcedor had one of its two ends enchanted with this power.
The aasimar paladin Xale of the Starry Glen, a member of the Knights of the Blue Moon, bore a shattermantle lance in battle from upon his celestial griffon Arimaspea.
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Category:Weapon qualities
Category:Plus-1 equivalent
Category:2000-2999 gold pieces
Category:8000-9999 gold pieces
Category:15000-19999 gold pieces
Category:30000-39999 gold pieces
Category:50000-59999 gold pieces
Category:60000-79999 gold pieces
Category:Items from Waterdeep
Category:Items from the Sword Coast North
Category:Items from Northwest Faerûn
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril