Chains of Tyranny

To d&d campaign μας, μετά από ένα μεγάλο καλοκαιρινό break ξεκίνησε ξανά, πιο δυνατό από ποτέ! Ο Nechthor, paladin του καλού πολεμαρχου θεού Hieroneous αποφάσισε σε μια πλέον κρίσιμη καμπή της ιστορίας να προδώσει την πίστη του και να στραφεί προς το κακό και μάλιστα στη λατρεία του Hextor που είναι ο ημίαιμος αδερφός και νέμεση του Hieroneous. (και παράλληλα έτσι να ξεκινήσει μια καινούρια καριέρα ως "Antipaladin") Για αυτή του την προδοσία, ο τύραννος θεός του Πολέμου, "ευλόγησε" τον Nechthor με αυτά τα όπλα που αποτελούν embodiment της θέλησής του.

... η ειρωνία της υπόθεσης, είναι ότι αν και αρχικά ο Nechthor έλαβε αυτή την απόφαση, τουλάχιστον εν μέρει, προκειμένου να σώσει τους συντρόφους του, όταν η ένωση με τον Hextor ολοκληρώθηκε, εκμεταλλεύτηκε αυτό το πλεονέκτημα εις βάρος των συντρόφων του που τελικά σκοτώθηκαν μαρτυρικά (και αηδιαστικά) στην κρίσιμη μάχη!

Το όπλο αποτελεί δικιά μου έμπνευση. Ήθελα να είναι κάτι σε γαμάτες heavy flails (το αγαπημένο όπλο του Hextor), να συμβολίζει το "δέσιμο" της ψυχής του Nechthor από τον Θεό του Πολέμου (εξ ου και οι αλυσίδες που είναι μόνιμα ενσωματωμένες στο σώμα του πρώην Paladin) και πέρα από τους αριθμούς και τις στατιστικές, να φέρεται σαν ένα θεόσταλτο όπλο που σφυρηλατήθηκε στα αμόνια της κόλασης προκειμένου να υπηρετήσει τα σχέδια του κυρίου του! Τέλος, έχει 6 διαφορετικές ιδιότητες, όσα και τα χέρια του Hextor.

Μπορείτε να το χρησιμοποιήσετε αυτούσιο για το d&d campaign σας, να το "κατσαβιδώσετε", ή να φτάξετε με βάση αυτό το πρότυπο άλλα όπλα που μπορεί να προσφέρει μια θεότητα του campaign σας σε ένα εκλεκτό της άτομο.

Chains of Tyranny - Lesser artifact

These cruel weapons are bestowed by Hextor upon his emissaries, for a truly special mission, an extraordinary evil deed or anything important enough to draw the attention of the Scourge of Battle to a specific person. They are essentialy a pair of heavy flails (they are ALWAYS bestowed in pairs and can ONLY be used in pairs. Without one, the other ceases to function) each ending in a 10 foot long chain which extends through the wielder’s flesh and fastens directly to his bones.

The Chains of Tyranny cannot be bought, found, traded nor made by mortal hands. They can only be bestowed by the Scourge of Battle himself (IF he wills it so), after the recipient has willingly made a decision of dire importance, concerning Hextor, often bound with a great sacrifice or a major act of betrayal, especially to one’s former faith. This fusion comes with a mandatory offering of allegiance. The wielder must worship – and swear his service – to Hextor.

The terrible deed of bestowing the Chains of Tyranny leaves the wielder with a permanent drain of 1 point of Strength and 1 point of Charisma, as the Chains sear his arms and are forever attached to his bones, leaving the wielder permanently scarred and injured. These lost ability points cannot be restored in any way, not even with spells as powerlful as wish, or miracle. Once the fusion is made, it is permanent. Nothing but the will of Hextor, direct divine intervention or the permanent loss of the wielder’s arms can take away the Chains of Tyranny. If they are somehow permanently removed from the wielder, the lost ability points do not return.

a) The Chains of Tyranny are +3 adamantine flails. The wielder can fight with them as if fighting with two weapons, but if he does, he incurs all the normal attack penalties associated with fighting with two weapons, just as if he were using a one-handed weapon and a light weapon.

b) He who wields the Chains of Tyranny, cannot be disarmed. He gets a +2 bonus on opposed attack rolls made to disarm an enemy. He can also use them to make trip attacks. But if he is tripped during his own trip attempt, he cannot drop the weapons to avoid being tripped.

c) The Chains of Tyranny have reach and can strike opponents 10 feet away, as well as adjacent foes. Any character who is bestowed the Chains of Tyranny is considered proficient with them.

d) As a standard action, the wielder may command the Chains of Tyranny to mimic the characteristics of any metal the wielder chooses, allowing to overcome damage reduction, even though the actual metal does not change. For example, the wielder could choose “cold iron” and the Chains of Tyranny would act as though they were made of that metal for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. This designation persists until a new choise is made by the wielder.

e) The Chains of Tyranny have 40 hit points and a hardness of 20 – but they cannot be sundered in a traditional fashion. If some event should destroy the Chains of Tyranny (such as exposyre to a sphere of annihilation, or similar powerful magic) whatever is left of the Chains retracts into the appendages of the wielder and remains dormant for 24 hours, after which new chains and flails are regenerated and are fully functional again. Hextor would NEVER allow something as trivial as the destruction of the material representation of his will stop his plans!

f) The wielder is able to use the Chains of Tyranny as though he had the whirlwind attack feat, regardless of whether he qualifies for the feat.

The Chains of Tyranny

Exotic Weapon
Dmg (S)
Dmg (M)
Critical
Type
One handed melee weapon
Chains of Tyranny
1d8
1d10
19-20/ X2
Bludgeoning

...written by Seth