Tuesday Magic Item – Soulshard weapons

As All Hallows Eve is right around the corner (so to speak), today’s magic item is something terrible and frightening.  A weapon forged in pain and despair:

Soulshard Weapon

These, often crudely made, weapons are set with a gem that almost seems to pulse. The gemstone is ever in flux, it pattern changing from moment to moment, for it contains a tortured soul and it is the torment of the soul that powers the weapons.