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Two-Handed Caster Foci, Legendary Artefact
Crafting Recipe: –
Damage: 300 (d2%) Necrotic Critical: x3 Range: 100m TP Cost: 1
Capacity: 10 Reload: 2 TP Power Potency: 0% TP Modifier: -50%
Properties: – Weight: 2kg Cost: C$140

A small, untuned violin that plays impossibly complex music, designed to fill whoever that listens to it with complete dread and destruction. It was made with the fires of darkness itself, permeating with chaos energy, the person who wields this is surely up to no good.

Rank 1

Muse – When playing all Necromancy and Acoustic powers through this instrument, they receive a +20% Power Potency bonus.

Rank 2

Muse – When playing all Necromancy and Acoustic powers through this instrument, they receive a +40% Power Potency bonus.
Dread Aura – While holding this weapon out, you create an aura of dread in a 5m radius, all creatures that enter this radius must take a Composure action (DC equal to weapon modifier), on fail, they are immediately shaken.

Rank 3

Muse – When playing all Necromancy and Acoustic powers through this instrument, they receive a +60% Power Potency bonus.
Dread Aura – While holding this weapon out, you create an aura of dread in a 10m radius, all creatures that enter this radius must take a Composure action (DC equal to weapon modifier), on fail, they are immediately shaken.
Hysteria – Each time a power is cast through this instrument, all creatures that are affected by an effect created by the user are targeted with the power.

Rank 4

Muse – When playing all Necromancy and Acoustic powers through this instrument, they receive a +80% Power Potency bonus.
Dread Aura – While holding this weapon out, you create an aura of dread in a 15m radius, all creatures that enter this radius must take a Composure action (DC equal to weapon modifier), on fail, they are immediately shaken.
Hysteria – Each time a power is cast through this instrument, all creatures that are affected by an effect created by the user are targeted with the power.
Harrowing Sound – Once per day, the user can create a harrowing, deep sound with this instrument, all creatures within a 200m radius must take a Composure action (DC equal to weapon modifier), on fail, creatures inside of the dread aura fall unconscious, and those outside of it become frightened.

Rank 5

Muse – When playing all Necromancy and Acoustic powers through this instrument, they receive a +100% Power Potency bonus.
Dread Aura – While holding this weapon out, you create an aura of dread in a 15m radius, all creatures that enter this radius must take a Composure action (DC equal to weapon modifier), on fail, they are immediately shaken.
Hysteria – Each time a power is cast through this instrument, all creatures that are affected by an effect created by the user are targeted with the power.
Harrowing Sound – Once per day, the user can create a harrowing, deep sound with this instrument, all creatures within a 200m radius must take a Composure action (DC equal to weapon modifier), on fail, creatures inside of the dread aura fall unconscious, and those outside of it become frightened.
Disturbed – The user is immune to all fear effects. For every creature that is shaken, frightened or panicked by the user and within their sight, the user regenerates 10 HP and MP per round.