Arena:Ebony Blade/Intro

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Artifact: Ebony Blade (lore page)
Shares Appearance With	Ebony Katana
Statistics
Damage	3-16
Damage	3-16		{{{health}}}
Weight	6 kg
Enchantment
Transfer Health: 100 points from target to caster for 10 rounds per level, release 1 point per round Transfer Fatigue: 100 points from target to caster for 10 rounds per level, release 1 point per round Silence: 100% chance for 1 round per level
Map Dungeon Province
Morrowind
Can be used by the following classes
Archer, Assassin, Barbarian, Battlemage, Knight, Monk, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Spellsword, Warrior

Ebony Blade

"The Ebony Blade, sometimes called the Vampire or the Leech, resembles an ebony katana, but its power is very dark indeed. Every time the Ebony Blade strikes an opponent, part of the damage inflicted flows into the wielder as raw power. The Blade itself may not be any more evil than those who have used it, but at some point in its long existence, a charm was cast on it so it would not remain with one bladesman. The wizard who cast this charm sought to save the souls of any too infatuated by the Blade, and perhaps he was right..."
— Codex Scientia

The Ebony Blade is an ebony katana artifact that can be obtained by taking part in its artifact quest.

The Ebony Blade's potent single-target ranged enchantment is capable of restoring a hefty chunk of both your own health and fatigue while also dealing significant damage to its victim, and with a bonus of momentarily silencing them as well if they are capable of spellcasting. While the silencing effect only scales minimally in duration with level, the duration of the two Transfer components of the enchantment do scale well and provide higher level characters with some bonuses to using this artifact. That being said, the actual magnitudes of the health transfer and fatigue transfer effects do not scale with level. Despite what its description states, the Ebony Blade's enchantment is a targeted ranged spell that must be cast - it is not a touch-based enchantment that activates whenever physically striking an enemy with the blade.

The Ebony Blade is also notable for the extremely high casting cost of its enchantment, far higher than even other weapon artifacts, and even at higher levels its enchantment can only be used a handful of times before the artifact is exhausted. If you intend to use and keep this artifact, you will need to be judicious in your use of its enchantment and monitor its condition in your inventory - lest you find it disappearing on you halfway through a dungeon - and be mindful of keeping up with repairing it whenever you reach a settlement.