Lord Gordon's Ram Spear
Weapon (Spear), Legendary (Requires Attunement)
A masterfully crafted black spear with a blade in the shape of a ram's head. it belonged to a legendary noble War Cook, who was known for his high standards when it came to cooking and battle.
Curse: This spear is cursed, a fact revealed only when you attune to it. The Identify spell does not reveal the curse. Lord Gordon's soul is trapped inside the spear and his famously high standards with him.
By default, the spear is a bad-tempered. It attempts to wriggle out of your grip, negating any proficiency with spears. Attacks and damage rolls suffer a -2 penalty; the spear loudly chastises you for your awful cooking, giving you and any creature within 10 feet of you disadvantage on Stealth checks. However, once a day, you can tip the head of the spear into any dish. You must make a Charisma (Persuasion) check (DC 15) to convince the spear of the dish's merits. The GM can increase or decrease the DC by 3 at their discretion, based on whether they believe the dish would satisfy Lord Gordon's selective palate. On a success, you have proficiency with spears if you didn't before, and you gain a +2 bonus to attack, and damage rolls made with it. The spear whispers words of encouragement that give you advantage on Persuasion checks and immunity to the Frightened Condition--all until the next dawn. Then it reverts to its bad-tempered default state until the Persuasion check is done anew. If you attempt to leave the spear behind, it will magically return to the creature attuned to it in 1d20 minutes. It will be outraged you tried to dispose of it, returning to its default state until the next dawn, even if you had succeeded the Persuasion Check.
Attuning to the spear curses you until you are targeted by the Remove Curse spell or similar. The spear speaks in Common, and it speaks a lot. If the attuned creature does not speak Common, the Persuasion check can still be attempted and all effects remain as written, although regular conversation will be more difficult. The curse does not affect children, as Lord Gordon was known to be incredibly patient and understanding with them. A child can wield this as a regular +2 spear.
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