Warden's Eye
Added 2025-12-19 18:42:12 +0000 UTCWeapon (any crossbow), uncommon (requires attunement)
A four-limbed crossbow with a metallic iris at its end, covered in feathers and elegant machinery.
Watchful. You gain a +1 bonus to Wisdom (Perception) checks you make while wielding this weapon.
Binding Shot. You can use a bonus action to speak this weapon’s command word, causing it to glow with magic. This effect lasts for 1 minute or until an attack using this weapon hits a creature. That creature must make a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, the creature takes 2d8 radiant damage and cannot teleport or use interplanar travel for 1 minute.
Once you use this property, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Though the creation of the Ballisteye is beyond most, retooling bits of their build into other applications proved simple enough. Unsurprisingly, smiths and weaponmakers became eager to acquire any Ballisteye scrap they could slap onto mundane weaponry and charge a premium for their troubles. Mechanus authorities took more care in the deployment of their drones in response, though pieces of machinery would still appear on the black market now and again.
