Sickle of the Harvest (Magic Sickle)

The sickle of the harvest is a +2 weapon and has a limited dancing ability, functioning as a dancing sword, except that it dances for only two rounds and retains its +2 bonus for both. It is a +4 weapon against all plant creatures of non-neutral alignment.
The real power of this sickle is as a harvesting tool. When given a command word, it animates and flies through the air, harvesting edible plants in the area designated by a druid's mental command. For example, it can harvest one-half acre of corn or wheat per turn, continuing to do so indefinitely unless it is willed to stop, completes its task, moves a mile away from the druid who commands it, or is physically or magically attacked. In any of these cases, the sickle immediately returns to the druid's hand, arriving within one round unless physically obstructed or destroyed. To obstruct it physically requires that it be completely enclosed in an object of stone or metal: it slips free of any living grasp and hacks its way through 3 inches of wood in one round.
The commands given to the sickle by its wielder can be general (“Cut down every stalk of grain and every piece of ripe fruit within one-half mile of here”), or specific (“Cut only ripe blackberries the size of the ball of my thumb or larger, and always leave half the blackberries on every bush”‘).
This item is usually created by high-level druids to reward beneficial services performed by lesser members of the circle. To possess one is a symbol of status among other druids.
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