My wizard and his flaming Pick
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Vorput
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Meloncov said:
Well... assuming we could find a buyer... and such a buyer had enough capital and desire to purchase said item- but I have a feeling most people with that much money sitting around are heading for the hills, as the invading army consists mainly of orcs, drow, bugbears, and other nasty human killing things.
Plus we don't exactly have time to track down a likely buyer.
frankthedm
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And advertising you have a spare magical weapon may result in the local ruler gladly accepting it as scutage. The campaing sounds like one where you can buy and trade items, but such dealings are not hand-waved for player convienence.
scutage - paid in lieu of military service; strictly speaking a commutation of a non-tax obligation rather than a tax as such, but functioning as a tax in practice
scutage - paid in lieu of military service; strictly speaking a commutation of a non-tax obligation rather than a tax as such, but functioning as a tax in practice
Quasqueton
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Back in a AD&D1 campaign, our 3rd-level party was captured after a very foolish raid. The BBEG illusionist confiscated all our stuff, including my magic-user's spellbook, and threw us in the dungeon until he could decide what to do with us. My m-u got us all free by using his last spell (charm person) on the lone orc guard. As we managed to make our way out of the dungeon, we all collected gear from the orcs we killed.
My 3rd-level magic-user, with no spells left, no spellbook, and no money to replace the spellbook, was equipped with orc scalemail and an orc spear. I managed to kill one orc with that spear in our escape.
I was all set to continue adventuring as an armored and armed and spell-less magic-user, but the campaign fizzled before our next try on the dungeon.
Quasqueton
My 3rd-level magic-user, with no spells left, no spellbook, and no money to replace the spellbook, was equipped with orc scalemail and an orc spear. I managed to kill one orc with that spear in our escape.
I was all set to continue adventuring as an armored and armed and spell-less magic-user, but the campaign fizzled before our next try on the dungeon.
Quasqueton
Vorput said:
My Living Arcanis PC (a cleric) got a bastard sword in a recent adventure. I guess it's a replica of a sword that's famous in the campaign; it does an extra point of fire damage, due to the metal it's made from, and it lets the wielder wreathe his face in an illusion of flaming hair and beard as a free action.
In the Battle Interactive at Origins, we were surprised by some trolls, and I didn't have any weapons that were going to be particularly useful against said trolls. So, just for the shock value (knowing trolls don't like fire much), I pulled out the sword (non-proficient and all), and turned on the flaming SFX. Then, I actually managed to score a hit with the darn thing.
TheGogmagog
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I always start my wizards (and frequently clerics) with a spear. When you are out of appropriate spells, you can 'safely' aid another to give the fighter +1 to attack or AC. It's like a single target bard stick.Greylock said:
I had a cleric near the end of a campaign that got a brilliant energy scythe. He used that even though he did not have proficiency, but touch attack with a 3/4 bab progression can handle a little setback. Too bad the end of the campaign was set in undead/construct city so he only used it once against some summoned demons.
hagor
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In a 2E birthright campaign my dwarven fighter (as a matter of fact specialised with the pick, which agreed with his miner profession) once started throwing some bread towards an advancing skeleton...
To be honest, it was dwarven bread, based on that described by Pratchett in his discworld-books...
Anyway, it didn't help: the skeleton was actually a bone golem, and my dwarf fighter soon died when caught in the blast of a fireball from a friendly wizard...
Hagor
To be honest, it was dwarven bread, based on that described by Pratchett in his discworld-books...
Anyway, it didn't help: the skeleton was actually a bone golem, and my dwarf fighter soon died when caught in the blast of a fireball from a friendly wizard...
Hagor
SpiralBound
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Oh, "flaming Pick"!! Man, you had me doing a double-take with that thread title!! 
I had a Gnome Fighter who used the Gnomish Pick as his weapon, but you kinda expect that combo... His backstory was that he was a gem miner turned adventurer, boy could he ever appraise! 
As for unusual weapons, one of my favourite characters was a Gnome Rogue who started out using common weapons like shortswords and knives (lots of knives...), but through a series of encounters involving head bounties and gravedigging, ended up discovering and prefering a very unusual weapon - the sharpened spade shovel!
Yep, he took an ordinary spade-tipped shovel, flattened it, and sharpened the digging edge. After a while he took a feat just to become proficient in it, and then another for weapon specialization! At one point he hired a blacksmith to make him a "weapons-grade" shovel according to his exacting specifications (masterwork, better balance, etc.) It was a pretty good weapon too! The handle was long enough that he had reach and could use it to parry/block blows as a short staff, the blade did slashing damage or the "flat" of the shovel did bludgeoning damage, and the "back edge" of the shovel's "spade" could be hooked around an ankle for a trip attack! The battle tactic that he would often use was to either trip opponents or let a party member knock them down, at which point he would deliver a coup-de-grace at the neck via a swift downwards chopping motion with him jumping on the shovel like a pogo stick! (Yes, I know, "yuck", there was a *bit* of a dark side to this Gnome...)
Anyway, that probably tops my list of "wierd weapons". Although there was the player whose character had blades imbedded all over his body and would litterally fling himself at his opponents... the imbedded blades did damage to him as well as the enemy, but he had a high con, plus a bunch of other feats geared towards reducing/ignoring/recovering from the effects of damage. That character didn't last long though, he was too attracted to opportunities for pain and eventually bit off more than he could handle...
Another player I knew had a character that used a length of rope with a spiky ball on the end. He did loads of damage in mass melee, (to both sides I might add...), but was essentially useless in smaller skirmishes. That character eventually gave up that weapon in favour of a bow and became useful to the party again.
I had a Gnome Fighter who used the Gnomish Pick as his weapon, but you kinda expect that combo... His backstory was that he was a gem miner turned adventurer, boy could he ever appraise! As for unusual weapons, one of my favourite characters was a Gnome Rogue who started out using common weapons like shortswords and knives (lots of knives...), but through a series of encounters involving head bounties and gravedigging, ended up discovering and prefering a very unusual weapon - the sharpened spade shovel!
Yep, he took an ordinary spade-tipped shovel, flattened it, and sharpened the digging edge. After a while he took a feat just to become proficient in it, and then another for weapon specialization! At one point he hired a blacksmith to make him a "weapons-grade" shovel according to his exacting specifications (masterwork, better balance, etc.) It was a pretty good weapon too! The handle was long enough that he had reach and could use it to parry/block blows as a short staff, the blade did slashing damage or the "flat" of the shovel did bludgeoning damage, and the "back edge" of the shovel's "spade" could be hooked around an ankle for a trip attack! The battle tactic that he would often use was to either trip opponents or let a party member knock them down, at which point he would deliver a coup-de-grace at the neck via a swift downwards chopping motion with him jumping on the shovel like a pogo stick! (Yes, I know, "yuck", there was a *bit* of a dark side to this Gnome...)
Anyway, that probably tops my list of "wierd weapons". Although there was the player whose character had blades imbedded all over his body and would litterally fling himself at his opponents... the imbedded blades did damage to him as well as the enemy, but he had a high con, plus a bunch of other feats geared towards reducing/ignoring/recovering from the effects of damage. That character didn't last long though, he was too attracted to opportunities for pain and eventually bit off more than he could handle...
Another player I knew had a character that used a length of rope with a spiky ball on the end. He did loads of damage in mass melee, (to both sides I might add...), but was essentially useless in smaller skirmishes. That character eventually gave up that weapon in favour of a bow and became useful to the party again.
