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Weapon of Ceremonial Combat
Price (item level): +10,500 gp (13th)
Body slot: - (held)
Caster level: 9th
Aura: Moderate Divination (DC 16)
Activation: swift

Weight: -

This weapon is extremely beautiful, highly ornate, gilded and inlaid nearly to the point of being gaudy.

Lore: Delve Into Collective Memory, Knowledge(magic/verrik)
DC 15: A powerful mind witch gives these rare gifts. The most prominent was given to a blind verrik bat totem warrior, said to challenge anyone he encountered to a duel, the loser forfeiting his weapon. It is not known if the strange totem warrior still retains this weapon.

Abilities:
This weapon has 4 special abilities. It is a swift action to change which ability currently functions at the beginning of an encounter. After that, it cannot be changed until the beginning of the next encounter.

• First Blood: +6 to initiative,
• Do you Yield: +2d6 non-lethal damage and all damage dealt by weapon is nonlethal,
• One Shot: +5 insight bonus to your first attack roll in an encounter,
• To the Death: +4 bonus to confirm critical hits.
  

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor (lesser learn secret)
Cost to Create: 5,250 gp (420 xp),

OBJECT LORESIGHT

1. It was created 1 year ago.
2. The last person to touch the object was Xa-Marask, Master of the Hidden Fang Strike.
3. The last person to touch the object was a giant.
4. The name of the creator of the object was Lidousa.
5. The creator of the object was a medusa.
6. The purpose of the object is to help win formal duels between warriors.
7. The object is made of steel, gold and silver.
8. The object was created in Tarthalas within the Underforest beneath the Barrens of Serathis.
9. The most recent owner of this object was Morvesh.
10. The magical function of the object is (see above).