[MW Bonus Batch] Brutescale Gunlance

Weapon (Gunlance), Rare (requires Attunement)

Component: Pouch of Monstrosity (devil jhoblin) teeth

Shamans of the Brutescale tribe discovered that some devil jhoblins who gorged themselves on their own kin contracted a strange curse that severed their connection to the elements. As this rot, dubbed wyrm blight, spread to other members of the tribe, they were faced with the choice to eradicate it… or weaponise it. No prizes for correctly guessing what happened next.

You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. The weapon has the Ammunition (20/— ft.) and Loading properties, uses bullets, and deals 1d8 Piercing damage on a hit.

Wyrmstake. As an action while holding this weapon, you can use it to make a special melee attack against a creature within your reach. On a hit, the attack deals an extra 2d6 Piercing damage, and the weapon conjures a large stake that it embeds in the target.

At the end of the target’s next turn, the stake explodes in a burst of necrotic energy, forcing the target to make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the target takes 4d6 Necrotic damage and becomes incapable of dealing Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage for 1 minute. On a successful save, the target takes half as much damage only. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success. Once this property has been used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

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Uncommon variant: Reduce the DC to 13. Remove the attack and damage bonus. A creature that fails its saving throw against the Wyrmstake property becomes incapable of dealing Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage until the end of its next turn.

Very Rare variant: Increase the attack and damage bonus to +2, the DC to 16, and the Necrotic damage to 6d6.