Sundering Bones and the Crab Claw

[frankthedm]

improved grab with Constrict tossed on. if the damage drops someone into the negs, then the hand comes off.

 

[Dareoon Dalandrove]

improved grab with Constrict tossed on. if the damage drops someone into the negs, then the hand comes off.

Not a bad idea. As I said after looking through the MM I thought these abilites would better suit the arm.

He made it up.

Personally I think it's too low. A ring of evasion, after all, costs you 25,000 gp.

Given that improved grab and constrict are both monster abilities (close to being class abilities), I'd say they're each 25,000.

In short - this is a very, very effective item you're suggesting, and it's cost should be in line with that.

I looked and looked and couldn't find anything, I wasn't sure if it was printed in some book that I didn't have though. 25,000 though seems a bit high though. Rings on a whole are more expensive than other items because they're small and you can wear two at once. I also think that constrict is a linked ability with improved grab. Constrict is just a name applied instead of just damaging your opponent. For these abilities I thought of it like this: if it was just a mundane armored claw and I enter into a grapple, and win subsequent rolls, I would have the opportunity to damage my opponent. One of my hands is a metal claw. I thought it would be natural to just clamp down on my opponent with the claw. My line of thinking was that if you've got them in a grapple and you've got a claw, which IS how you damage your opponent.


I've also come to think that if I wanted it to also act as a shield it would basically be the equivalent to a buckler.

I'm glad that I'm able to have help on this, thanks everyone.

 

[beta-ray]

I've also come to think that if I wanted it to also act as a shield it would basically be the equivalent to a buckler.

I'm glad that I'm able to have help on this, thanks everyone.

Hmmn have them just steal Lion-O's Claw Shield!

 

[Saeviomagy]

I looked and looked and couldn't find anything, I wasn't sure if it was printed in some book that I didn't have though. 25,000 though seems a bit high though. Rings on a whole are more expensive than other items because they're small and you can wear two at once.

Rings are no more expensive than any other slotted item that gives a bonus.

I also think that constrict is a linked ability with improved grab. Constrict is just a name applied instead of just damaging your opponent.

No it's not. Constrict damages whenever you win a grapple check - when your opponent tries to escape for instance, or when you pin him, or when he tries to draw a weapon. It's really nasty.

For these abilities I thought of it like this: if it was just a mundane armored claw and I enter into a grapple, and win subsequent rolls, I would have the opportunity to damage my opponent. One of my hands is a metal claw. I thought it would be natural to just clamp down on my opponent with the claw. My line of thinking was that if you've got them in a grapple and you've got a claw, which IS how you damage your opponent.

Then take constrict off it's list of abilities.