Sanguine Thresher

The Sanguine Thresher is a masterwork mithral halberd crafted for skilled vampire hunters, designed to slash and puncture undead adversaries with pinpoint accuracy, returning them to the grave from where they came. Its twin-headed design includes a curved axe blade carved with gold runes and a savage flanged mace head adorned with divine spikes. At its base is a sharp point that serves as both a stabbing end and a channel for the famed stake-firing skill.

The haft is encased in brilliant gold bands, each etched with leyline-infused sigils and holy wards, sanctified by high clergy and charged with energy from healing crystal circuits. The mithral itself has a subtle golden tinge, indicating its infusion with positive energy and divine intent.

Theodore MacYnnes, the famed vampire hunter, designed and used this fearsome weapon. The Thresher was his most prized weapon and alchemical creation. It became his hallmark weapon throughout his brief but devastatingly efficient campaign against vampires.

The Sanguine Thresher allowed Theodore to fight tirelessly, dispatching swarms of vampires with savage effectiveness. Its lightweight yet durable design let him to remain nimble, while its lethal enchantments kept him alive in the heat of battle.

The halberd is now in the hands of another vampire hunter, and its fame continues to expand. If you are a creature of the night and this weapon is set against you, be warned: you will succumb to the Sanguine Thresher's bite.

Mechanics & Inner Workings

The Sanguine Thresher is a mithral halberd built for putting down and slaying undead creatures. Its sharp edge and exquisite balance allow it to easily slash and penetrate undead foes, relegating them to the earth from which they emerged.

The weapon produced a little amount of life energy with each successful hit, increasing the wielder's vitality and providing minor resistance to necromantic magic and abilities. With a particularly forceful stroke, the halberd might unleash a surge of positive energy. This radiant surge inflicts additional damage on undead, sometimes healing the wielding while scorching the target.

In addition to its melee skills, the Sanguine Thresher has a unique enchantment: up to five times each day, the wielder can conjure a mithrial spike, launching it as a stake-like spike from the halberd's point. If this spike strikes an undead creature—particularly a vampire—in the heart, it works like a magically supercharged stake, potentially pinning or even destroying the creature.

Sanguine Thresher

Damage (S)	Damage (M)	Type	Critical	Range
1d8	1d10	Slashing / Piercing	20/x3	Melee

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Special: Mithral (counts as silver for DR)

Cost: 45,310 GP

Weight: 6 lbs

Enhancement Bonus: +3

Special Ability

Lifesurge

• The wielder gains a +2 bonus on all saving throws against necromantic effects, including ability drain, energy drain, and other undead powers.
• Whenever the wielder receives temporary hit points from any source, they gain +2 additional temporary hit points, as long as the weapon is held.
• The weapon's critical threat range is doubled against undead (e.g. becomes 19–20/x3). This does not stack with keen or Improved Critical.
• When a critical hit is confirmed against an undead, the weapon releases 2d8 positive energy. The wielder can choose to: Deal all energy as damage to the undead, or Absorb half of the energy as healing (rounded down), with the rest dissipated.

Conjure Spike (Su, 5/day)

• As a standard action, the wielder can cause a magical silver spike to extend and launch from the halberd’s tip, targeting an enemy with a ranged touch attack (range increment 30 ft.).
• Damage: 2d8 piercing
• Special: If the spike strikes a vampire, it functions as a wooden stake for the purpose of staking the creature through the heart, bypassing DR if required.

Construction Requirements: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, cure moderate wounds, positive energy affinity, spike stones; Cost 22,655 gp

Item type

Weapon, Melee

Rarity

The Sanguine Thresher is a rare weapon, even among the elite circles of monster hunters. Its construction is a closely guarded secret, requiring rare materials and masterful craftsmanship. Only a handful have ever been forged—and the original, wielded by Theodore MacYnnes himself, is still in use to this day.

Weight

6 lbs

Base Price

45,310 GP

Raw materials & Components

Magical Circuits Blue Print, Cure moderate wounds, Positive energy affinity, Spike stones;
Mithral Ore Some the metal to be infuse with restoration and light energy. if done Mithral will take on light yellow
Magical Ink Blessed by high church member
Lay Line Crystals mix of Earth, Water, Light Crystals

by Marc Zipper (Valcin)