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Unseelie Dagger (D&D 3.5)
Lore: Known to few outside of the fey and druidic scholars, the ongoing war between the Seelie and Unseelie courts is a bloody battle that has seen its share of massacres on both sides. Few are as well documented and known as the deaths caused by a small gang of Redcaps known as the Bloody Five. The Bloody Five’s infamy ranges even outside of the knowledgeable circles in the form of wives tales and fairy tales used to keep children in line.
The Bloody Five, a gang of vicious Redcap rogues and murderers, was actually made up of 6 Redcaps; the five and their leader Grimjaw (Rogue 3/Fighter 2/Assassin 5). Grimjaw learned of an ancient recipe for a dread weapon that involved the use of unicorn horns. He sought and killed 6 unicorns, taking their horns to be used in the dark ritual that would produce the cruel Unseelie Daggers. Originally, there were only 6 such daggers, these were the ones used to slay reportedly up to 1000 Seelie fey, including 200 Satyrs in one infamous slaughter the Seelie only refer to as “The Night of Slain Dreams.” Over time though, other Unseelie fey, along with druids or rangers with a bent for evil have sought the recipe and made more.
Description: Cleanly severed, this ivory horn undoubtedly comes from a proud and majestic unicorn. On closer examination something seems slightly amiss with it.
Prerequisites: None
Activation: Continuous
Effect: The Unseelie Dagger is a +1 Fey Bane Dagger. For the effect of overcoming damage reduction it is treated as cold iron. The wielder gets a +2 bonus on saves versus spells and spell like abilities of good aligned Fey. In addition if the wielder has sneak attack damage, the Unseelie Dagger grants an extra +2d6 sneak attack while in forest or wooded areas.
Weight: 1 lb
Moderate necromancy and abjuration; CL 7th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster III, resitance;
Price 8,302 gp; Cost 4,302 gp + 320 XP.