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Magic Scabbards

by Cab Davidson

Just some ideas I'm playing with.

Scab-bard: This bright coloured magical scabbard resizes for any bladed weapon. The wearer gains the general skill singing. Half of all scab-bards are cursed, and the wearer is unaware of the fact that they must sing all of the time, instead of talking. If the wearer of a scab-bard already has the singing general skill, they gain a +2 bonus to that skill.

Scabbard of Caddying: This scabbard, shaped as if to fit a normal sword, will hold up to 6 sword or dagger like items. The user must number each, and states the number upon reaching for the hilt, withdrawing only that weapon. The scabbard has the encumbrance of the largest weapon stored therein. If contained within an antimagic field all weapons are trapped in the scabbard until the magic reactivates.

Scabbard of Drawing: This magical scabbard resizes to fit any blade from the size of a dagger to a two handed sword. When a weapon is taken from it, the tip held to a surface and a command world spoken, it will draw an image of the last creature that the weapon was used to kill. Only one weapon can work with a scabbard of drawing at a time, and it must have been drawn from that scabbard when the creature was slain.

Scabbard of Healing: Once per day, this scabbard (which magically resizes to fit any blade from a dagger to a two-handed sword) can cure its wearer of 3d6+3 damage (as if by a cure critical wounds spell), restore one lost sense (sight, sound, etc.) or cure one disease. Only the wearer can be affected, and the harm to be cured must be incurred while the scabbard is worn.

Scabbard of Sharpening: This magical scabbard that can resize to fit any bladed weapon from the size of a dagger to a two handed sword is most useful when paired with any non-magical weapon. It magically sharpens and hones the edge of a non-magical blade, making it more damaging in battle (imparting no bonus to hit a +2 bonus to damage), provided that it is stored and carried in the scabbard. This sharpening effect can only work for a single blade, it is not possible to cycle multiple blades through the scabbard to attain this sharpness.