Morningstar

For the equipment type, see Morningstars.

Morningstar is a mundane, nonmagical variant of the Morningstars family of weapons. It is a martial melee weapon wielded in one hand.

More of this morningstar's iron spikes are bent than not.

A tuft of hair is caked to the base of one of this morningstar's jagged spiked.

Properties

Damage

1d8 (1~8) + Strength modifier ⁠Piercing

Details

 Morningstars

 Rarity: Common

Enchantment: None

 One-Handed

 Dippable

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Weight: 1.8 kg (3.6 lb)

 Price: 50 gp

UID

WPN_HUM_Morningstar_A_0

UUID

26a9fba6-1a60-4691-84ea-da7ffcb304e0

Stats

WPN_Morningstar

Special

The holder of this item gains:

Main Hand Only

Tenacity

When you miss a melee attack, you deal Strength Modifier⁠⁠Bludgeoning damage (minimum of 1) anyway.

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.)

 Heartstopper ()

Smash an enemy's chest in and possibly inflict  Chest Trauma. ( Recharge: Short rest.)

Notes

Regarding Tenacity:

• If a weapon action misses, using Tenacity does not trigger its effects.
• As Tenacity deals weapon damage even if an attack misses, it can trigger many on-hit effects from equipment. For example, from the  Gloves of Power, the  Callous Glow Ring, weapon coatings, or any infusion from the  Ring of Elemental Infusion.

Bugs

• When dual-wielding a flail or morningstar with a non-Tenacity weapon using the  Dual Wielder feat, Tenacity can be triggered by missing an attack with the non-Tenacity weapon, dealing ⁠Bludgeoning damage regardless of the weapon used.
  • Some non-Tenacity weapons can trigger their on-hit effects via Tenacity as well, such as the  Ritual Dagger and  Loviatar's Scourge.

Regarding Tenacity:

• As  Horde Breaker (Melee) rolls invisible, zero-damage weapon attacks against all enemies in the Horde Breaker area of effect, Tenacity can be prompted to trigger against them even if the first attack hits. It is therefore possible to score 2 hits in one attack: the full attack against the original Horde Breaker target and a Tenacity hit against another target.