magic item
(Druidic and Necromantic Spell Focus)
- in combat, acts as a proficient mace with the Finesse trait
- inflicts D6 bludgeoning damage (magical)
- when wielded in the off-hand, it grants a +l parry bonus to AC
- has attunement to the Faerie Realm and the Ethereal Planes
- weighs no more than a switch to the user, but for others weighs 7 lbs
This 2-foot baton resembles a stylized tree branch, bare of any leaves, and apparently wrought in a hard silvery material that simultaneously resembles both metal and bone. It is lightweight in the hand, as if made to be gripped, but one senses a great resilience in the material.
A Silver Branch is a token of the Unseelie Court, and is particularly associated with the iconography of queens and noblewomen. It is a symbol of crossing the boundaries between the worlds of humans, spirits, and Faerie. By extension, it is also a symbol of the dead.
Its is unknown if this Unwavering Silver Branch, once owned by the White-Gold Queen of the Moonfae, possesses any related powers beyond the purely symbolic, but it does carry enchantments that make it both durable and heavy, and yet also very light and comfortable for the owner to carry and brandish.
As such, it is an excellent defensive weapon. The wielder may swish it side to side as easily as a willow switch, but for anyone else, it is as unyielding and weighty as an iron bar. The amount of one-sided inertia in the branch allows it to parry heavy blows with surprising ease.
Its is unknown if this Unwavering Silver Branch, once owned by the White-Gold Queen of the Moonfae, possesses any related powers beyond the purely symbolic, but it does carry enchantments that make it both durable and heavy, and yet also very light and comfortable for the owner to carry and brandish.
As such, it is an excellent defensive weapon. The wielder may swish it side to side as easily as a willow switch, but for anyone else, it is as unyielding and weighty as an iron bar. The amount of one-sided inertia in the branch allows it to parry heavy blows with surprising ease.
The branch acts as an Attunement tool for travel between the material world and both the Faerie Realms and Ethereal Planes.
It is also an effective Arcane Focus, facilitating spellcasting of all schools, though Druidic and Necromancy in particular.
It is possible that this branch has been crafted from the living body of an ancient Faerie Birch, a tree spirit known for its ties to the realms of the dead.
Magic: YES
Owner: KORVUUS
Obtained: Chapter 13 - REALM of the MOONFAE
from the vaults of the White-Gold Palace
