Suffering Shard
The only thing commonly known is that there was a piece of the blade Stonecutter which was never found, after it was broken in defending Oerdney against the Lich Lords personal assault. From this piece was formed The Suffering Shard. It is rumored to be an object touched by the shadow of one of the Lich Lords, and to have the deep cold of the grave surrounding it. It is a light pick of all metal – seemingly all one piece. As a pick, it has the standard properties of the weapon.
Those possessing it long enough begin to have terrible dreams – a single month cycle seems to bond the item to the owner in some way.
Item Powers (common and Attuned) can be found under Common Knowledge tab.
Chronicle of the Suffering Shard
Information Sources: Mundane Reference | Associated Phenomenology Only | Specific Lore
Pervasive Knowledge / Very Easy Difficulty
Back when the captain of the Black Gorgons died defending the capital Oerdney against the lich lord armies, the legendary blade Stonecutter was broken when the keep gate fell in on itself killing many men. The blade was broken into 6 shards. Of these, 5 were found and used in its reforging process. The sixth was found to be useless in re-forging it because it was grabbed by one of the Lich Lords themselves – robbing it of energies. The only thing commonly known is that there was a piece of the blade Stonecutter which was never found, after it was broken in defending Oerdney against the Lich Lords personal assault. From this piece was formed The Suffering Shard. It is rumored to be an object touched by the shadow of one of the Lich Lords, and to have the deep cold of the grave surrounding it. It is a light pick of all metal – seemingly all one piece. As a pick, it has the standard properties of the weapon.
Those possessing it long enough begin to have terrible dreams – a single month cycle seems to bond the item to the owner in some way.
The blade shard is from the left part of the front tip. It is jagged and has many notches from being used to block heavy items. The outline of a skeletal hand covers part of it where it was grasped. One end is embedded in a piece of meteorite rock, which is wrapped and used as a hilt. The blade has faint markings of what appears to be a bony hand grasping it several times.
Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
Back when the captain of the Black Gorgons died defending the capital Oerdney against the lich lord armies, the legendary blade Stonecutter was broken when the keep gate fell in on itself killing many men. The blade was broken into 6 shards. Of these, 5 were found and used in its reforging process. The sixth was found to be useless in re-forging it because it was grabbed by one of the Lich Lords themselves – robbing it of energies. It is believed that this weapon is cursed.
Curse of Nightmares: Anyone possessing it for more than 30 days will begin to have disturbing, yet powerful nightmares (no save, for 1 week). Eventually the nightmares will pass, though the sensation of another person watching through their eyes persists. After the weapon has been in the possession of the attuned for a month, the nightmares will return each night unless the wielder makes a DC 10 Sanity save each night.
Degradation: All organic items its around within 5m in a 48 hour period due to the lich lords corrupting touch.
i20™ Suffering Shard Details
Item Purpose: Destruction of Constructs/Animating Force; Suppression of life force with cold of the grave.
Lesser Attunement (1 Essence)
iCore™ Suffering Shard Details
[Blade] heavy knife (4+1 base damage); Piercing Stikes against stone creatures and aggravated damage 1/round per wound16 PV / 483 PR total (use to block; PV = % break item)
It has a strangely magnetic property: +1 CS fend, -1 CS melee & projectile
Against earth/stone creature and undead it gains +1 base damage and +1 RS
Sense earth creatures 30m (# and direction; take 1 round concentrtion)
Environmental conditions will always be at least tolerable (1); its considered tough durability and it negates 1 level of degradation…
the problem is it causes a level of degradation of all items its around due to the lich lords corrupting touch
If the item is unattuned, then it causes 2 levels of degradation and damage to organic items around it.
Uncommon Knowledge / Average Difficulty
In 9164 the shard was reforged into a light pick. The forging process was heard across the realms as the hammering smith’s sounds echoed across the land. The smith beat his anvil to death during the forging process.
Scarce Knowledge / Hard Difficulty
Anyone possessing it for more than 30 days will begin to have disturbing, yet powerful dreams (Nightmares – for 1 week). eventually the nightmares will pass, though the sensation of another person watching through their eyes persists (one of the Lich Lords – unknown – can see through the characters eyes). The possessor will be animated as a ghoul if they die.
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About/Chronicle
Common Knowledge / Easy Difficulty
Most Recent History
Believed lost
Commonly Understood Origins
Commonly Understood Development
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When the captain of the Black Gorgons died defending the capital Oerdney against the lich lord armies, the legendary blade Stonecutter was broken when the keep gate fell in on itself killing many men. The blade was broken into 6 shards. Of these, 5 were found and used in its re-forging process. The sixth was found to be useless in re-forging it because it was grabbed by one of the Lich Lords themselves – robbing it of energies. The blade shard is from the left part of the front tip. It is jagged and has many notches from being used to block heavy items. The outline of a skeletal hand covers part of it where it was grasped. The blade has faint markings of what appears to be a boney hand grasping it several times.
Rare Knowledge / Very Hard Difficulty
One end was embedded in a piece of meteorite rock, which is wrapped and used as a hilt.
Those possessing it long enough begin to have terrible dreams – a single month cycle seems to bond the item to the owner in some way.
Dunstrand Rising (Steel Realms Campaign) Record Only
In CY 9164 the shard was re-forged into a light pick. The forging process was heard across the Dunstrand Vale as the hammering Ducateon smith’s sounds echoed across the land. The smith beat his anvil and equipment into pieces during the forging process. It was last know to reside with The Gallants.
Obscure Knowledge / Near-Impossible Difficulty
The possessor will be animated as a ghoul if they die.
The Ducateon that forged the item left the Holt in Dunstrand and returned to the master clans of the Tolkisson mountain range, losing himself in the larger population.