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Bloodstone

(Magic Item Compendium, page 29)

Price (Item Level): 2,300 gp (6th)
Body Slot: Melee Weapon
Caster Level: 10th
Aura: Moderate; (DC 20) necromancy
Activation: Free (command)
Weight:

The blade of this weapon bears red crystals carefully inlaid in intricate designs.

A bloodstone weapon can store and cast a vampiric touch spell against a creature it strikes, just as if it were a spell storing weapon. Any such spell cast from a bloodstone weapon is automatically empowered (as if by the Empower Spell feat). A bloodstone weapon can store no more than one such spell at any time, and it cannot store a spell other than vampiric touch.

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Empower Spell, vampiric touch.
Cost to Create: 1,000 gp (plus 300 gp for base item), 80 XP, 2 days.