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Blowfish Basher

Added 2025-03-04 16:00:15 +0000 UTC

Weapon (mace), uncommon

This magic weapon looks like a fishing rod handle lashed to a blowfish. It has two forms: deflated and inflated.

The mace remains in its deflated form until you take damage while holding it, at which point the mace inflates. While in its inflated form, the mace deals piercing damage, instead of bludgeoning damage, and deals an extra 1d4 poison damage to any creature it hits. The mace returns to its deflated form at the start of each of your turns unless you took damage while holding it since the end of your last turn.

If the mace inflates while you're underwater, you immediately rise 60 feet toward the surface.

"The eyes are there for artistic license: rest assured, the fish is not sentient and does not experience pain."
—Sign in a magic item shop

"Postscript: please do not poke the fish, it doesn't like that."
—Smaller sign, below the first, in the same magic item shop