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Gear of the Sundered Realm: A Matter of Survival

In the grim world of the Sundered Realm, a weapon is never just a sword. It’s a relic of a failed age, a tool of desperate survival, or a grim symbol of a twisted faith. We’ve designed a complete overhaul of the gear system to ensure that every piece of equipment tells a story. We’ve replaced generic magic items with tools of grim purpose, each one a small piece of the world’s grim tapestry. Our goal is to make every piece of loot a discovery that deepens your understanding of this blighted world.

Here are a few examples of the kinds of items you can expect to find in the Sundered Realm:

Weapons

Corpse-Stitcher’s Blade: A shortsword crafted from blighted bone and steel. When you hit a creature with an attack from this blade, you can use a bonus action to spend a hit die to heal yourself. However, you must succeed on a DC 15 Charisma saving throw or take psychic damage as the blade whispers unsettling truths to you.

The Malleus Penitent: A warhammer used by the Church of the Radiant Pyre. Its head is a twisted hunk of lead, its handle wrapped in rusted chains. When you hit a creature with the hammer, it deals an extra 2d6 necrotic damage, and you take 2d4 necrotic damage as penance for the blow.

Armor

Chains of Penance: A set of heavy, rusted chains that wrap around the wielder’s body. While wearing the Chains of Penance, a character can use their reaction to take half the damage from an incoming attack, but the other half is converted to necrotic damage that cannot be resisted.

Warden’s Carapace: This heavy plate armor is forged from the chitin of a slain aberration. While wearing this armor, you have resistance to poison and cold damage, but your speed is reduced by 10 feet.

Consumables

Corpus Fluid Vial: A small glass vial of refined Corpus Fluid that acts as a magical healing potion. When you drink it, you are healed for 4d4+4 hit points, but you must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or gain a temporary point of exhaustion.

The Purge Stick: A stick of incense that, when lit, burns with an intense, purifying Radiant flame. For one minute, all creatures within 10 feet of the stick have a disadvantage on saving throws against Pyreous and Radiant spells.

What do you think of this approach to gear? Do you like the idea of items having both a benefit and a drawback, reflecting the desperate nature of the world?