Drow Rod of Tentacles
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johnsemlak
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Good point. I'll blacken my text above. I'm sure there's loads of users here who don't know the module
Dark Jezter
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Speaking of drow-releated weapons, anybody know if there are any 3e stats for the snake-headed whips used by the Priestesses of Lolth in R.A. Salvatore's novels?
Tulon
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Scourge of Fangs
This whip is the famous archetypal weapon of the Drow priestesses. It has a handle of adamantine, and up to five serpentine constructs as lashes. The snakes are extensions of the will of the priestess, hissing and writhing in response to her thoughts, and emotions. At the wielder’s mental command, the snakes will attack. Each snake attacks as a separate creature and the priestess can choose how many of the serpentine heads take part in each attack. If a good hearted is foolish enough to pick up one of these whips, the snake heads will turn on them. If a snake head is destroyed, it falls off the whip. The remaining heads continue to function normally until all are destroyed
The snake constructs ~ HD 2d10; hp 11; Init +3; Spd 0 ft.; AC 17 (touch 14, flatfooted 14); Atk +5 melee (1d2–2 and pain, bite); SA Pain; SQ Construct; AL NE; SV Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +0; Str 6, Dex 17, Con —, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 1. Feat: Weapon Finesse bite).
Pain (Su): The venom of the serpent’s bite causes wracking pains, imposing a –4 penalty on the victim’s attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks for 2d4 rounds. A successful Fortitude save (DC 19) reduces the penalty to –2.
Caster Level: 5th; Spells animate objects, bestow curse
Market Price: 30,000 gp; Weight: 5 lb.
(taken from http://myth-drannor.net/DlabraddathNet/z-sshamath/Main.htm - one of the best websites for Drow-related resources imho)
I think it is also possible to use these stats for the "rod of tentacles", since these both weapons sound very similar to me, since (according to everything I've read) the snakes somehow act exactly like those tentacles mentioned.
PS: Ka dos kyorl dosst rath, lil velvel orn zotreth dosst arlyurl...
This whip is the famous archetypal weapon of the Drow priestesses. It has a handle of adamantine, and up to five serpentine constructs as lashes. The snakes are extensions of the will of the priestess, hissing and writhing in response to her thoughts, and emotions. At the wielder’s mental command, the snakes will attack. Each snake attacks as a separate creature and the priestess can choose how many of the serpentine heads take part in each attack. If a good hearted is foolish enough to pick up one of these whips, the snake heads will turn on them. If a snake head is destroyed, it falls off the whip. The remaining heads continue to function normally until all are destroyed
The snake constructs ~ HD 2d10; hp 11; Init +3; Spd 0 ft.; AC 17 (touch 14, flatfooted 14); Atk +5 melee (1d2–2 and pain, bite); SA Pain; SQ Construct; AL NE; SV Fort +0, Ref +3, Will +0; Str 6, Dex 17, Con —, Int —, Wis 11, Cha 1. Feat: Weapon Finesse bite).
Pain (Su): The venom of the serpent’s bite causes wracking pains, imposing a –4 penalty on the victim’s attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks for 2d4 rounds. A successful Fortitude save (DC 19) reduces the penalty to –2.
Caster Level: 5th; Spells animate objects, bestow curse
Market Price: 30,000 gp; Weight: 5 lb.
(taken from http://myth-drannor.net/DlabraddathNet/z-sshamath/Main.htm - one of the best websites for Drow-related resources imho)
I think it is also possible to use these stats for the "rod of tentacles", since these both weapons sound very similar to me, since (according to everything I've read) the snakes somehow act exactly like those tentacles mentioned.
PS: Ka dos kyorl dosst rath, lil velvel orn zotreth dosst arlyurl...
Twinswords
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Al ilythiiri zhah ves rescho ulu screa. Ka dos rivven shlu'ta naut kampi'un nindel, nindel zhah dosst priqual.
Xal Lloth inbal dosst quortek lu' xal dos el natha phla'ta elghinyrr.
Riathir
M'elzar d' qu'ellar Kalan`Afein
(sorry, the above statement is from my character and certainly not from me. now i must go back to the slave pits.)
Xal Lloth inbal dosst quortek lu' xal dos el natha phla'ta elghinyrr.
Riathir
M'elzar d' qu'ellar Kalan`Afein
(sorry, the above statement is from my character and certainly not from me. now i must go back to the slave pits.)
Bendris Noulg
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I didn't notice mention of the Dungeon issue that had Monte Cook's The Harrowing in it (a daughter of Loth stirring up trouble), which is where I think the 3E version first appeared.
By chance, can someone determine if these different versions are all the same, or if the different sources have different versions of the weapon (damage, effects, creation, etc.)?
It is interesting (trivial, but interesting) that the rods were used by a Drow House that didn't worship Loth, but rather the Elder Elemental God aspect of Tharizdun; IIRC, the rods were unique to the one family, being fashioned by rediscovered lore that no one else had access to. Ah, well... Yet another unusual and unique magical device turned into an everyday item...
By chance, can someone determine if these different versions are all the same, or if the different sources have different versions of the weapon (damage, effects, creation, etc.)?
It is interesting (trivial, but interesting) that the rods were used by a Drow House that didn't worship Loth, but rather the Elder Elemental God aspect of Tharizdun; IIRC, the rods were unique to the one family, being fashioned by rediscovered lore that no one else had access to. Ah, well... Yet another unusual and unique magical device turned into an everyday item...
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