Vielot (5e Equipment)

Weapon (maul), very rare (requires attunement) Vielot is a maul with shaft is made of ebony wood, and the head out of adamantine. The head has many ornate carvings of flowers and thorns present, along with a carving of an open book on the top. Vielot gains the ammunition (range 60/150) property, as its head can be shot out as a projectile as a ranged attack, dealing 2d10 additionally bludgeoning damage. You may use your Strength modifier for the attack and damage roll of this attack. The head must be retrieved afterwards, or else the weapon can not be used to attack. This magic weapon deals 1d8 additional bludgeoning damage. Newfound Knowledge. The spirit within Vielot can be questioned to aide the user on any Intelligence checks based on recounting knowledge, granting them a +2 bonus to the roll. Order of The Librarian. You have gained a newfound curiosity to find new information and store it in public places. Your Intelligence and Wisdom scores increase by 1, to a maximum of 20 and you feel drawn to libraries. Seeker of Knowledge. Vielot seeks to unravel all the secrets in the world and obtain boundless knowledge. You can cast legend lore once with this weapon. The weapon regains use of this property at dawn. Sentience. Vielot is a True Neutral maul. Intelligence 25 (+7) Wisdom 18 (+4) Charisma 13 (+2). She sends telepathic messages of the surroundings to the wielder. She has hearing and darkvision out to a range of 60 feet, and likes those who seek out lost knowledge, wish to learn new things, and those who experiment. She can speak and read Common, Elvish, Dwarvish, Celestial, Abyssal, and any language the wielder can speak. She can only speak telepathically to those within 30 feet of the maul. Personality. Vielot is a maul possessed by the spirit of a female librarian who was murdered. Even after death, Vielot always wants to read new books, document new findings about the world, and is curious about anything she doesn't know. If the wielder destroys knowledge, be it in the form of a book or a scroll or does not seek out knowledge every week, a conflict between Vielot and its wielder occurs at the next dawn.

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