Fan Weapons

Overview:

Fan weapons are not the most powerful weapon in terms of raw damage output, but they make up for it with their versatility and their ability to be easily concealed. Even after careful inspection, most won’t know the difference between a common fan and one that has been fitted with a cutting edge at the end of each of its panels, making it extremely easy to discreetly carry them anywhere, even past guards looking out for weapons. Fan weapons can remain unseen -- or rather, seen but unremarked -- both in unsavory street markets and in high society balls. They can be thrown, just like daggers, but to distinguish them from daggers and to justify them being martial weapons, fans can return to their hand after being thrown, provided the target is far enough away.

On Proficiency:

Since fan weapons are not included in standard play, there are no classes with proficiencies with fans specifically. As they are written, only classes with proficiency in all martial weapons would be able to wield them with proficiency. We recommend giving bards, monks, and rogues proficiency with fans.

Returning Property

Fans have an additional property that no other weapon has: Returning. With the Returning property, the fan returns to the attacker’s hand after an attack, provided their target is at least 10 feet away from the attacker.

Bladed Fan:

Martial Weapon

Cost: 10 gold pieces

Damage: 1d4 slashing

Weight: 1 lb.
Properties: Finesse, Light, Thrown (20/60), Returning

Magic Weapon: Thousand-feathered Fan

Weapon (fan), rare (requires attunement)

“This feathered fan belonged to a famous dancer who fell in love with the queen for whom she performed. When the court found out about their affair, they plotted to burn the queen’s chambers with both the queen and the dancer inside -- but a god of love took pity on them and enchanted the dancer’s fan.

“With one gust of wind from the fan, the fire was extinguished like the flame of a candle, and the wounds inflicted by the licks of the fire healed just as quickly.”

You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While you have the fan drawn, you can use an action to activate one of the following properties:

• Quenching Gust. A strong breeze flows from the fan’s feathers. All fire in a 60-foot cone is instantly extinguished.
• Blessed Gust. A gentle breeze swirls from the fan’s feathers. A creature of your choice within 5 feet of you regains a number of hit points equal to 1d8 + your dexterity modifier. Once this property is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.

Proficiency with a fan allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

Magic Weapon: The Gramarye

Weapon (fan), legendary (requires attunement)

“This bladed fan belonged to a dancer who was as gifted as he was ruthless. Through his own charm, as well as the charms cast by this fan, he went from being a lowly court entertainer to being the king himself. Under his reign, he ushered his kingdom into an era of riches and prosperity, but his court roiled with intrigue and subterfuge.”

You gain a +3 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon. While you have the fan drawn, you activate the following properties:

• You have advantage on all Charisma (performance) checks.
• Glamour’s Kiss: You can spend 1 minute performing a dance to cast a charm over any creature that has watched the performance in its entirety. The creatures must succeed on a Charisma saving throw (DC 15) or be charmed for 10 minutes. Any creatures with a Wisdom score of 10 or lower fail the saving throw automatically.
• Glamour’s End. When you hit a creature with an attack using this weapon, you can lull them into a deadly charm. The target must make a Wisdom (Insight) check, contested against your Charisma (Performance) check. On a failure, the target is charmed by you for 1 minute. Any damage you inflict on the target instantly ends the charm. You can use this property a number of times equal to your charisma modifier. Once all the uses of this property are spent, it can’t be used again until the next dusk.

Proficiency with a fan allows you to add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll for any attack you make with it.

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