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- Vorpal Sword
- Vorpal Double-Bladed Scimitar
- Vorpal Greatsword
- Vorpal Longsword
- Vorpal Scimitar
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Vorpal Sword
Major, legendary (requires attunement)
You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. In addition, the weapon ignores resistance to slashing damage.
When you attack a creature that has at least one head with this weapon and roll a 20 on the attack roll, you cut off one of the creature’s heads. The creature dies if it can’t survive without the lost head. A creature is immune to this effect if it is immune to slashing damage, doesn’t have or need a head, has legendary actions, or the DM decides that the creature is too big for its head to be cut off with this weapon. Such a creature instead takes an extra 6d8 slashing damage from the hit.
Variants:
Vorpal Double-Bladed Scimitar
- Damage: 2d4 slashing
- Properties: Two-Handed, special
- Weight: 6.0 lbs.
Vorpal Greatsword
- Damage: 2d6 slashing
- Properties: Heavy, Two-Handed
- Weight: 6.0 lbs.
Vorpal Longsword
- Damage:
- One-handed: 1d8 slashing
- Two-handed: 1d10 slashing
- Properties: Versatile
- Weight: 3.0 lbs.
Vorpal Scimitar
Source: Dungeon Master’s Guide p. 209. Available in the SRD