Incognito Cane
Wondrous item, uncommon
This slender, handleless walking cane has the insignia of a sword imprinted on the top. Regardless of a sword's shape or size, you can place it in the cane by sliding the blade into the insignia, as if the cane were a scabbard. When you do, the sword magically disappears into a special demiplane contained within the cane, and the top of the cane is magically transformed to represent the sword that was sheathed into the demiplane. If the sword has a crossguard, the cane can also create a handle that matches the guard. Only one sword can be stored within the demiplane at a time; you can withdraw a sword from it as though unsheathing it from the top of the cane.
Regardless of its form, the cane is indistinguishable from a normal cane, and neither it nor any sword stored within its demiplane can be targeted by divination magic, although a detect magic spell can determine that the cane itself is magical.
A gentleman would be a fool to walk with arms in full evidence. It speaks of overcaution, a lack of confidence that wherever one walks they have an unquestionable right to be.
Of course, a gentleman would be a far greater fool to actually walk unarmed.
Comments (4)
So, basket hilts?
I bet you could make the top look wrapped up in a bit of the basket, like filligree!
Love the upgrade from the veteran's cane. A friend borrowed from the idea of a rod of lordly might for a cane that's a warhammer (dragon head handle, dragon face is the hammer head and tail is the handle and combined spike). Then it can transform from that to dagger, sword, axe, spear or partisan polearm. Normal size is the cane shape or collapsed to the size of a flashlight on the belt. It skips the cause fear and battering ram ability though.
So effectively an upgraded version of the veteran's cane. But it can use any sword, which makes it far more useful as you collect magical swords at higher levels. I like it very much.