Nine Lives Stealer

This sword has the power to draw the life force from an opponent.

Description. This long sword has a dark gray blade that appears rather dull. If examined closely, the damascus pattern appears to move. Ghostly figures, some appearing far away, scream in agony from within the blade.

• The sword performs as a +2 long sword.

• If the sword hits an opponent with a natural 20 and causes damage, the target will be subject to a slay living effect (no save; caster level 12).

• If the creature has magic resistance and the slay living ability fails to overcome it, the creature takes an additional 2d8+12 damage from the strike but will avoid the death effect.

• The weapon can perform the slay living effect 9 times before the ability is lost. At that point, the sword becomes a simple +2 long sword (with a faint Evil aura).

• Good creatures that know of the weapon's life stealing ability will gain continuous performance marks for the use of this weapon.