“Those of you among the accursed, I see you. I feel your pain. You are alone no longer.”
~ Excerpt from the Accursed Prayer
Zevian's Nail is a magic +2 longsword that requires attunement to use, as well as a potent relic enchanted with magic from the god Zevian. Though powerful, the sword carries a weighty curse and affixes the gaze of the god upon the user.
Description
A beautiful silver-lined steel sword. The blade is thin, long, and perfectly balanced. Embedded within the hilt are two blood-red gems, on either side. When filled with power, the sword emanates ghostly braided wisps of black and white energy.
Effects
You gain a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.
Actions
Claw
As an action, while holding Zevian’s Nail in one hand, you can attempt to pull a curse out of another creature. If the curse can be removed by a Remove Curse spell, granting a number of curses to the sword based on the curse’s strength. You can’t pull out another curse again until you finish a long rest. However, this ability can freely be used as a reaction to absorb a curse if one is dispelled within 60 feet of the user, in their sight.
Hammer
When you hit a creature with Zevian’s Nail, you can choose to impart one of the sword’s curses to augment your attack, adding an additional 2d8 necrotic damage. If the two dice roll the same number, the creature will receive a random curse.
Curse
When a creature attunes to this sword, they will experience a fundamental shift in their mindset, and will become enamored with curses, endeavoring to collect more. As such, cursed items and conditions become favorable to them, and they will willingly subject themselves to their effects. The creature may justify this in different ways, such as a sense of justice as if they are shielding others from a cursed fate, or a morbid fascination in the outcomes of the curses. The curse cannot be removed with a Remove Curse spell.
The more curses the creature collects, the worse their condition becomes. At 3 curses, the creature will refuse to part with cursed items.
History
Caedali purchased Zevian's Nail at an extremely cheap price from Garash the Dealmaker, later attuning to the sword. When attuning, Caedali was cursed, and she became unable to part with the sword, possessed with the desire to collect curses.
When Kel Stevaen attempted to remove the curse with Remove Curse, a powerful, commanding presence appeared to the cleric, cautioning her against such brazen actions in the future.