The hilt of this rapier is set with three moonstones. At the base of the blade is an inscription that reads, “Caution is for the cowardly.” Those who live by their wits often find themselves in situations over their heads. This rapier is an incomparable boon to those in such situations.

When you wield a rapier of desperate measures, it functions as a +2 rapier if you are chaotic neutral, neutral, chaotic good, or chaotic evil.

Relic Power: If you have established the proper divine connection, a rapier of desperate measures gains the keen property while you have fewer than your full normal hit points, and the speed property while you have fewer than half your full normal hit points. To use the relic power, you must worship Olidammara and either sacrifice a 5th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat and at least 9 HD.

Lore: The first of these rapiers was crafted by a rogue/sorcerer who had been rescued one too many times by her party’s paladin, only to hear a lecture on her erratic behavior. She gave the rapier to a disguised Olidammara when she met him in a tavern. Since then, the Laughing Rogue has awarded one of these rapiers to a fellow traveler whenever the whim strikes him (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Sanctify Relic, keen edge.
Cost to Create: 4,500 gp (plus 320 gp for base item), 360 XP, 9 days.