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Gram the Sword of Grief has a 10% chance of inflicting 2d12 poison type damage with no save on hit, when upgraded, this two-handed sword is also capable of draining one level from its target each hit unless the victim makes successful saves vs. death at +5 penalty.

There’s also a long sword named Blackrazor which drains level at 15% chance with no save, whose close variant can be materialized by Black Blade of Disaster spell with different characteristics; Energy Drain spell drains two levels from the victim with no save; you may even exploit the vampires summoned by Limited Wish spell to do evil cleric’s biding.

Gram the Sword of Grief +5

Loaction

In Template:ToBTemplate:BGII:EE(ToB), this weapon is dropped by Abazigal when he is killed.

In-game description

This is one of the many weapons of the great hero Siegfried. The blade is particularly sharp and well-balanced, and in a certain light one can see the faint image of a serpent within the hilt.

Gram the Sword of Grief +5 (upgraded)

Acquisition

In Template:ToBTemplate:BGII:EE(ToB) Cespenar can upgrade it, which requires Heart of the Damned and 5000gp.

In-game description

Siegfried's fearsome blade is even more powerful with the Heart of the Damned set into its pommel.

Gameplay

  • Beware: If the victim is level-drained to equal or less than level 1, disintegrated, petrified, or frozen shattered to death, there’s a good chance the above process will destroy some, if not all of the non-plot items from their inventory, rendering them unobtainable
  • More details on Energy Drain#gameplay

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