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+1 longsword, cost 2,315 gp.

Wielder Requirements Base attack bonus +1, elven blood, Knowledge (arcana) 2 ranks. Once bound to a family, Moonshadow serves that family unless the bloodline is wiped out.

Ritual: Blessing of Corellon. You must travel to a temple dedicated to Corellon Larethian to find a cleric capable of casting commune. The cleric must use the spell to determine if Corellon thinks you are worthy to wield Moonshadow, passing on his affirmative answer as a blessing from his church. Cost: 3,500 gp. Feat Granted: Least Legacy .

Ritual: Blooding the Blade. You must destroy an evil outsider with a Challenge Rating of at least 10. You do not need to do so alone, and may use whatever means are at your disposal. Cost: 13,500 gp. Feat Granted: Lesser Legacy .

Kalenthor must perform a third ritual at 17th level to unlock Moonshadow’s final tier of abilities, but Firil has not discovered it yet.

Wielder Level	Skill Check	Save	Caster Level	Spell Slot	Abilities
5th	na	na	na	na	fiendseeker
6th	na	na	na	1st	+2 longsword
7th	na	-1	-1	na	na
8th	-1	na	na	2nd	intelligent legacy
9th	na	na	na	na	unceasing servant
10th	na	na	na	3rd	skill enhancement +5
11th	na	na	na	na	+3 longsword
12th	na	na	na	4th	dimensional anchor
13th	na	na	-2	na	na
14th	na	na	na	5th	break enchantment
15th	-2	na	na	na	na
16th	na	na	na	6th	+4 longsword

Fiendseeker (Su) While holding, wearing, or wielding Moonshadow, you can detect any evil outsider within 60 feet, but you must concentrate (a standard action) to do so. You ignore any damage reduction of an evil outsider when attacking it, whether with Moonshadow, some other weapon, an unarmed attack, or natural weapon, provided you are wearing or otherwise using Moonshadow).

Intelligent Legacy (Su) Moonshadow is sentient. Neutral good in alignment, she communicates telepathically and speaks Common, Elven, and two other languages. She can hear and see out to 60 feet using darkvision. She has Int 16, Wis 10, Cha 16, and a starting Ego of 11. As her enhancement bonus improves, and new legacy tiers are unlocked, Moonshadow’s Ego increases. Her current Ego is 14.

Unceasing Servant (Su) You enjoy the continual benefit of an unseen servant, as the spell. If dissipated by 6 or more points of damage from an area attack, or if it ceases to exist by moving more than 35 feet away from you, the servant re-forms 1 round later in any square adjacent to you.

Skill Enhancement +5 (Su) Moonshadow grants a +5 competence bonus on Knowledge (the planes) checks.

Dimensional Anchor (Sp) Once per day, when you issue the command word and gesture with Moonshadow, you can use dimensional anchor as the spell.

Break Enchantment (Sp) Once per day, when you issue the command word and gesture with Moonshadow, you can free subjects from enchantments, transmutations, and curses, as with the break enchantment spell. (Moonshadow may use this power upon you herself if she deems it necessary.)

APPEARANCE
Moonshadow is a longsword, the unmistakable masterwork of elven craftsmen. A line of runes decorates the length of one side of the blade, one for each owner the sword has had.

The sword’s Elvish name, “Il’Lafaliavel” (which roughly translates to “gift of the moonshadow sword”), is inscribed upon the reverse side of the blade.

HISTORY
Moonblades are passed down from parent to child in elven families; the sword itself decides which heir it belongs to. If no worthy heir exists, the sword lies dormant and exhibits no magical powers at all. This seems to be the case with Moonshadow.

Kalenthor believes that the key to unlocking the sword’s abilities lies on the Outer Planes. Firil Starwing is currently researching the ritual.

SOURCE
Moonblades appear in Magic of Faerûn, page 170. Moonshadow, however, uses the legacy item rules from Weapons of Legacy.