Apotheosis Knife
1d4P/S·Simple·Knife·One-handed
Runes +3, major striking, unholy, wounding
This slim +3 major striking unholy wounding dagger has a curved blade akin to that of a peeling knife. Soft elf-leather strips adorn the handle. If you are a demon, it amplifies any auras you have by granting a +1 item bonus to your aura's DCs.
Activate—Burrowing Splinter ◆ (manipulate)
Frequency one per day
Requirements Your previous action was a successful Strike with the apotheosis knife
Effect You twist the blade, causing a sliver of the dagger to break off inside the body of the creature you damaged with the apotheosis knife on your prior action. Just as the blade itself cuts away flesh, this splinter slices away at the target's mind. The target must attempt a DC 43 will save. If the target is a demon, the burrowing splinter automatically triggers the effects of their sin vulnerability, regardless of their saving throw result.
Critical Success The target takes no additional damage.
Success The target takes 6d6 mental damage and is Stupefied 1 until the end of their next turn.
Failure The target takes 6d6 persistent mental damage and is stupefied 1 with an unlimited duration.
Critical Failure The target takes 12d6 persistent mental damage, is stupefied 1 with an unlimited duration, and is Stunned 3.
Traits
The multiple attack penalty you take with this weapon on the second attack on your turn is -4 instead of -5, and -8 instead of -10 on the third and subsequent attacks in the turn.
You can use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls using this melee weapon. You still use your Strength modifier when calculating damage.
Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.
You can throw this weapon as a ranged attack. A thrown weapon adds your Strength modifier to damage just like a melee weapon does. When this trait appears on a melee weapon, it also includes the range increment.
Effects with the unholy trait are tied to powerful magical forces of cruelty and sin. They often have stronger effects on holy creatures. Creatures with this trait are strongly devoted to unholy causes, and often have weakness to holy. If a creature with weakness to unholy uses an unholy item or effect, it takes damage from its weakness.
A versatile weapon can be used to deal a different type of damage than that listed in the Damage entry. This trait indicates the alternate damage type. For instance, a piercing weapon that is versatile S can be used to deal piercing or slashing damage. You choose the damage type each time you make an attack.
The target takes 1d6 persistent bleed damage. You gain an item bonus to this bleed damage equal to the weapon's item bonus to attack rolls.