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Equal Measure - AI-generated fantasy Magic Item

Equal Measure

Equal Measure is a beautifully balanced longsword with a mirror-bright blade and a gold-inlaid fuller etched with tiny rays of holy light. Its ivory grip is wrapped in white leather, and its ornate silver crest holds five precious gems: ruby, sapphire, emerald, amber, and amethyst. Each stone glows faintly when its bearer is wronged, as if keeping count of a debt still unpaid.

Magic items
Rare · Longsword (weapon) · Attunement

Equal Measure

Equal Measure is a beautifully balanced longsword with a mirror-bright blade and a gold-inlaid fuller etched with tiny rays of holy light.

At a glance

Longsword (weapon), rare (requires attunement by a creature willing to accept the burden of vengeance)

Made by The sun-priestess Aveline of the Fivefold Vow

Value 1,000 gp

Weight 3 lbs

  • holy
  • longsword
  • vengeance
  • retaliation
  • attunement

Charges

5of 5

At the table

A quirk

The card

3 properties

Longsword (weapon), rare (requires attunement by a creature willing to accept the burden of vengeance)

Charges5The five gems do not recharge. Each shatters after its Retaliation effect resolves.
  1. Always on
    The blade sits naturally in the hand, its weight seeming to settle perfectly along the wielder's wrist.
  2. Reaction
    When a foe lands a devastating blow, one gem kindles with holy light, holding the memory of that attacker until the bearer can answer.
  3. Always on
    Though its jewels are spent and its vengeance exhausted, the blade remains an elegant, dependable weapon.

Its story

Equal Measure is a beautifully balanced longsword with a mirror-bright blade and a gold-inlaid fuller etched with tiny rays of holy light. Its ivory grip is wrapped in white leather, and its ornate silver crest holds five precious gems: ruby, sapphire, emerald, amber, and amethyst. Each stone glows faintly when its bearer is wronged, as if keeping count of a debt still unpaid.

Lore

The faithful say Equal Measure does not punish the innocent or strike first. It remembers only a grave wound dealt to its bearer, and answers that violence with a single, exacting stroke. When its fifth gem falls, the sword's holy purpose is spent, but its balance and beauty endure.

History

Aveline forged the sword after her order was betrayed and its sanctuary burned. She set five gems into its crest, one for each sworn vow of vengeance, then tempered the blade in the sanctuary's sacred spring. After the order's vengeance was fulfilled, the sword passed from guardian to guardian, its gems breaking one by one as it answered grievous blows.

Quirks

When a gem shatters, it vanishes in a brief flare of warm, harmless light.
The blade gives a clear, bell-like note when it parries a critical blow.

Details

Made byThe sun-priestess Aveline of the Fivefold Vow, with the blessing of her order's patron deity.
PowerModerate
SystemD&D 5E

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