Loviatar's Scourge

Loviatar's Scourge is an uncommon Mace that grants the wielder resistance to Necrotic damage. It also deals additional Necrotic damage to all nearby creatures, including the wielder.

More club than scourge, this weapon has a serrated edge made for drawing long, shallow cuts.

Properties

Damage

1d6 (1~6) + Strength modifier ⁠Bludgeoning

Extra damage

1d6 (1~6) ⁠Necrotic

Details

 Maces

 Rarity: Uncommon

Enchantment: None

 One-Handed

 Dippable

Consumable by  Gale

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Weight: 1.8 kg (3.6 lb)

 Price: 370 gp

UID

WPN_GOB_PainPriest_Scourge

UUID

b1dc33ba-c595-4036-9683-26635f297e44

Stats

GOB_PainPriest_Scourge

Special

The holder of this item gains:

Willing Whip

Grants Resistance to ⁠Necrotic damage. Deals an additional 1d6⁠⁠NecroticDRS damage to nearby targets, including the wielder.

Weapon actions

If you have proficiency, equip in main hand to gain:

 Concussive Smash ()

Hit an enemy with all your might to deal damage and possibly  Daze them. ( Recharge: Short rest.)

Where to find

• Shattered Sanctum X: 338 Y: -21: Carried by  Abdirak

Notes

• If this mace is purchased from Abdirak through his barter screen, it transfers back to him automatically when he needs to use it.

Regarding Willing Whip:

• The area of effect is centred on the creature that is hit, and the radius is 2 m (7 ft).
• Due to the resistance granted by this passive, the wielder takes only 0~3⁠⁠Necrotic damage (fractional damage is rounded down). However, nearby allies take full damage.
•  Helldusk Armour effectively negates all Necrotic damage otherwise inflicted upon the wielder by this passive.
• Attacks which deal multiple instances of damage, such as the various smite spells or  Booming Blade, trigger multiple instances of Willing Whip.
  • Similarly, weapon attacks that target multiple creatures, such as  Tiger's Bloodlust, cause this passive to activate separately on each successful attack, potentially causing the wielder and all nearby creatures to take significant damage.
• This feature is particularly useful against groupings of low-hit-point enemies that may otherwise have many opportunities to score critical hits against the party.
• If  Lae'zel is in the party while fighting the murder of  Shadow-Cursed Ravens on the Ruined Battlefield in Act Two at X: 30 Y: 114, the area of effect damage from this passive may easily earn the  Soldier's ⁠Pentacrush Inspiration, while taking little to no damage in the process.

Bugs

Regarding Willing Whip:

• Some damage riders like  Lightning Charges and  Callous Glow (from  Callous Glow Ring) are added both to regular attacks and to the Willing Whip effect, so they also hurt the mace wielder.
• Creatures close to the one struck by this weapon take damage every time, but those on the border of its AoE radius sometimes do not. This is especially noticeable with wide area attacks, such as  Slashing Flourish (Melee).
• When dual-wielding Loviatar's Scourge with a flail or morningstar using the  Dual Wielder feat,  Tenacity can be triggered by missing an attack with the mace, dealing ⁠Bludgeoning damage and triggering Willing Whip.

External links

•  Loviatar's Scourge on the Forgotten Realms Wiki