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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 5748577" data-attributes="member: 926">I tried for the feel of some of the sillier 1st Edition Gygaxian magic items (I always loved those silly ones.)  I hope it came of right; it's an homage, not a parody. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Grume Blade+2 short sword, rapier, or longswordOne side of this bright silvery-grey mithral bladed shortsword is smooth and straight, but the other has evenly spaced jet-black adamantine teeth or tines running half the length of the blade, starting at it's base.  The sword grants +4 to Sunder attempts against any other light or one-handed bladed weapon due to these "Teeth of Grume."  In addition, these "Teeth" may be used to cause 1d4 Slashing damage to any objects upon which they may be brought to bear in a sawing motion (such as the bars of a cage) as an adamantine weapon, ignoring Hardness of up to 20.At will, the toothed adamantine "Teeth" of the blade may be combed through the wielders hair for 1 minute (10 Rounds) to create a fabulous hairstyling effect, causing the hair to assume any shape or style the wielder desires (without altering the length or color of the hair) and with the addition of water, oil, or similar liquid will retain a pleasing sheen.  The wielder's hair will remain in this state regardless of the weather ("Raining or Blowing"), combat, mussing, or sudden movement, with even high or severe winds only causing the hairstyle to sway attractively in the breeze.  Even total immersion in water will merely cause the hair to be momentarily slicked back in a flattering manner, and it will quickly resume it's fabulous hairstyle, shape and level of desired dryness in a matter of moments.  This effect gives the wielder of the sword a +2 bonus to Diplomacy, or a +4 against members of the opposite gender of similar races and/or anyone who would find the wielder sexually attractive.However, after sleeping for any length of time, the recipient of this hairstyling will be afflicted with the Dreaded Bedhead, causing his or her hair to stand on edge in all directions, giving the afflicted being such a frightful appearance as to inflict a -4 penalty on all Diplomacy rolls, but granting a +4 bonus to Intimidate.  Note that that Dreaded Bedhead may not be intentionally invoked to receive this Intimidate bonus.In addition, once per month (30 Days) the "Teeth"of the blade may be combed through the wielder's hair for 2 minutes (20 Rounds) and cause the hair to change color to any desired shade or tone the wielder can imagine, from pitch black ("Black Number One") to fire red to electric blue, whether a naturally occurring hair color in his or her race or not.  This effect lasts for one month (30 Days), after which time the hair will have grown out enough that the "Roots are Showing," causing a -2 penalty to Diplomacy checks due to this uncouth condition.    Mostly occurring as short swords, but may also be created as rapiers or, very rarely, longswords.  It is believed that this weapon enhancement was created by the elves, as they do not naturally sleep and are therefore not usually subject to the Dreaded Bedhead.  However, if an elf is affected by a Sleep spell while under the hairstyling effects of a Grume blade, the elf will be afflicted by an attack of the DreadedBedhead so severe it will not subside for a full day!Cost: 10,310 gp for short sword, 10,320 gp for rapier, or 10,315 gp for longsword.</blockquote>

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