God's Bane

God's Bane is a dagger with a mysterious history and a frightening ability to instantly kill any target and transfer its victim's life force to its wielder.

Description
The dagger has a black mirror-finished curved blade, with a silver pommel carved in the likeness of a Tarrasque.

History
In the days of creation before the Dawn War, Torog had a hated rival, a monstrous primordial named Gargash, who went into the Underdark to experiment with powers of torture and imprisonment. Torog entered the Underdark in order to destroy his nemesis at the moment before the Dawn War broke out between the gods and the primordials; Torog and Gargash were thus both left behind. They fought a violent battle in which Torog finally gained the upper hand. As Gargash felt his strength disappearing, he cursed Torog to never heal from his wounds and to never be able to leave the Underdark. After finding himself unable to leave without losing power after eons of trying, Torog carved himself a dominion within the Underdark and settled himself as the god of the Underdark and torture, inspired by his torturous attempts to leave for the surface with his permanently broken body.

In his frustration, he shattered the very foundation of the world. The other Gods, fearful that he might destroy their creation, dispatched Velkyn, the Angel of Secrets, armed with a dagger much like this one, with the task of killing Torog.

The battle that followed was fierce, but seizing a moment’s advantage, the Angel plunged the dagger into Torog’s heart, killing him instantly.

There are rumoured to be others who have wielded this dagger through time, but it is always lost at some point... reappearing only at times of great need, and in the hands of a worthy wielder.

Life Steal
God's Bane has the ability to once a day extract life out of anyone wounded by the dagger, and infusing it into the dagger's wielder. 1D20/day

Life Drain
A perfect strike from God's Bane is capable of delivering a killing blow by sucking out the remaining life of its target, and transfer it to the dagger's wielder.

The target is effectively killed when rolling a natural 20. The dagger's wielder gains whatever remaining HP was in the target before being critically hit by God's Bane. Excess HP gained cannot be regained through healing.