It would take more solid blows than merely tapping it - force would be required. The first solid blow would send a single crack through the blade, the second, a spiderweb of cracks, and on the third, the blade would shatter into pieces, scattering across the room - and so, too, would the headstone, crumbling into dust.<br/><br/>Imot did not reply, and they are escorted out of the room, though a large bundle is pressed into Sak'bas' arms, as they pass, before they are taken outside. Alison was already preparing the tuning fork to return them to their world, and they were soon swept away and back to the reality they knew - landing not in the capital (unsurprising, given Plane Shift's accuracy issues), but rather only a few hundred feet from where it all began - Oleg's Trading Post.<br/><br/>The journey back to the capital would be uneventful, though the bundle pressed handed to Sak'bas was certainly interesting, especially once they identified the contents - a unique crossbow, known as Death's Apology. A +4 Light Crossbow, the weapon gains all the benefits of both the Nightpiercer and Mage's Crossbow unique items.