Avok's Razor

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Avok’s Razor

(Note: Format follows Tome Of Artifacts. Eldritch Relics And Wonders)


Minor Artifact

Aura Strong necromancy and evil; CL 18th
Slot —; Price —; Weight 1 lb.

DESCRIPTION

Avok’s Razor is a well-worn straight razor with a darkened metal handle engraved with delicate images of women’s faces. Each face is unique, their expressions ranging from serene to sorrowful. The blade is polished to a mirror finish and never dulls.

Closer inspection reveals dried blood embedded within the hinge and handle, impossible to remove. When held by an evil creature or a worshiper of a deity of death, the blade begins to seep fresh blood, which vanishes moments after falling.

Animals react violently to the Razor’s presence, and even those without magical sensitivity feel a deep unease when near it.

LORE

Characters can learn more about Avok’s Razor with a successful Knowledge (arcana) or Knowledge (religion) check.

DCResult
15Avok’s Razor was created by a lonely barber surgeon who descended into madness.
20Those slain by the Razor rise as incorporeal undead bound to its wielder.
25The wielder becomes an incorporeal undead upon death, bound to the Razor.
30+The full history of Avok, his pact, and the Razor’s recurring cycle is revealed.

POWERS

Avok’s Razor functions as a +2 keen dagger in the hands of its attuned wielder.

  • Damage: 1d6+2 (Medium)
  • Critical: 19–20/×2

In the hands of any other creature, it functions as a mundane dagger that deals 1d4 damage and grants no magical benefits.

Constant Effects

  • The wielder gains damage reduction 15/good
  • The wielder gains the evasion ability (as a rogue of equal level)

Activated Ability

  • Greater Invisibility (as the spell), 3/day (caster level 18th)

Bound Haunt (Su)

Any humanoid slain by Avok’s Razor rises at the next midnight as an incorporeal undead (typically a wraith, at the DM’s discretion).

  • The creature is under the complete control of the Razor’s wielder
  • It cannot move more than 100 meters from the Razor
  • The creature retains fragments of its former awareness

These undead cannot be laid to rest while the Razor exists.

Curse of Avok (Su)

Upon claiming Avok’s Razor, the wielder experiences recurring dreams of a vast, black void.

Each night, the wielder must succeed on a DC 20 Will save or shift one step toward Neutral Evil. Once Neutral Evil, further failures instead deepen obsession.

The wielder develops a compulsive desire to possess a permanent companion, often expressed through control, domination, or ritualized violence.

This is a curse effect and cannot be removed while the Razor is in the wielder’s possession.

Final Transformation (Su)

If the wielder dies while attuned to Avok’s Razor, they immediately rise as a powerful incorporeal undead (typically a dread wraith or similar, at the DM’s discretion).

  • The wielder is bound within 10 meters of the Razor
  • The wielder retains memory and personality, twisted by obsession

Only destruction of the Razor frees them.

DESTRUCTION

Avok’s Razor cannot be destroyed by normal means.

To destroy it:

  • A blood relative of one of the Razor’s victims must cast it into a vessel of molten mithral
  • The vessel must be consecrated by a cleric of at least 15th level

When destroyed, all undead bound to the Razor are immediately released and dissipate.

If no such relative exists, the Razor cannot be destroyed.

ADVENTURE HOOK

Shave and a Haircut - Six Copper…

Women have begun disappearing throughout the city. Each morning, another body is found - throat cleanly slit, no signs of struggle.

Animals avoid certain streets. Reflections seem wrong. Some claim to see figures standing just behind certain individuals.

The killer is not alone.

And soon, neither will anyone else be.

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