Lorestealer

Yorik the half-ogre

Lorestealer is an excellently balanced throwing axe with stylized mithril handle and a crystalline curved blade on which arcane and divine runes have been carved.

Lorestealer (throwing axe +1)

Price: 2,308 gp  

Weight: 2 lbs

Slot: none

CL: 5th 

Aura: faint enchantment

Omen: Runes begin to cycle across the blade if magic scrolls are within 10 feet.

When wielding Lorestealer, the wielder can attempt Use Magic Device checks untrained.

Legacy Abilities:

Decipher Scrolls (Su): Starting at 5th level you decipher any magic scroll as if you benefited from a read magic spell.

Locate Scrolls (Su): Starting at 5th level you detect magic scrolls within 60 feet as if using the detect magic spell.

History:

Yorik was not witty, nor insightful, nor sociable, but the half ogre Yorik was fanatically loyal to his employer, the Oracle of Lore Drendar Wands. For a seemingly quiet member of the aristocracy, Drendar had many enemies. Yorik protected him with life and limb, though he came close to death on more than one occasion. If a wizard threatened Drendar or made an attempt on his life, Yorik took the brunt of whatever damage the spellcaster could deal out, giving Drendar a chance to finish off the foe. Drendar returned Yorik’s loyalty in full and forged a weapon of great power for him—an axe known as Lorestealer.

Unfortunately, it became apparent to Drendar that Yorik was not equipped for the magical conflicts he habitually sought out. Drendar’s ambitions waited for nobody. Because Yorik had no spell casting skill, Drendar constructed Lorestealer to compensate for this shortcoming and to shore up his own offensive power. With the throwing axe, Yorik could use a scroll by cleaving its parchment, thereby releasing the stored magic.  

When Drendar gave Yorik Lorestealer, the warrior unlocked within the weapon the potential to use scrolls of the highest order, but he had no ability to do so wisely. Such an occasion arose during an altercation at court when daemons were summoned to the foil a critical treasury vote. The battle was won, but Drendar succumbed to a bleeding wound. Devoted to his master, Yorik had kept a wish scroll tucked away for just this possibility. Using Lorestealer Yorik utilized the wish in an attempt to restore life to his master.

Requirements:

No spellcasting ability, base attack bonus of at least +3.