My Item

[AuraMancer]

Well, I got caucht by the cutom item rage [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I rally like them...

This will ben my first one, so I want it to be nice and balanced.

Short Sword- Nikoley's Grace +1
1D6+1
Thaco+3
When equiped this blade gives the user a permanent free action and protection from evil.
AC+2
Saving Trows+1
Grands a +30% Fire Resistance
Cast Protection from Magical Weapons 1/day
Cast Protection from Magical Energy 1/Day

'This blade is created by a powerfull mage, Haliow Argrezand, for Nikoley Fleetfoot. The big family of Nikoley was a very famous one, the best cocks in the land some people said. An uknown rival family ordered a hit on the family.
On the next day when Nikoley was wandering unsuspecting in the big cooking room, het got entangeled by some srange web who was coming from the floor.
He let him self down, so he could look to the room trough the bottom of the chest, just to see his lilttle siter slaughtered by an Assasin, and not much later he hear the scream of his Mother, later the one of his brother, and so on... Then he saw a wizard cast a fire balls trough the house, and he would ben death of he wasn't knocked down by a steel box, which protected him against the flames...After he woke up, and realised it wasn't a nightmare, he wen't totally crazy, and attacked the nearest wizard he could find outside the buildig(he tought that that one was a part of the assasination...which was Haliow Argrezand, the only thing Nikoley had left was a short sword, and he tried to stab Haliow with it, but he failed because the heva e enchanted robes of the mage. The mage felt something was wrond, so he cast a spell at Nikoley, so he felt in sleep. Later when he wake up...heavy drugged with calming herbs and such, he told the mage anything what happened, and that he would take revenge.
When the mage found out who killed the familly, he knew the small halfling wouldn't make a chance against the organisation of well trained Mages an Assasins. His hart was heave on compasion, so he asked the little halflingfor his sword, and he enchanted the sword heavy with protective magic...
How the stoery ended does noone know...The only thing which last from this is this small sword.

Well, its full of bad grammar, and it isnt that good.
But I like the short sword.

This oen could be good for dualwielding?

[ 04-23-2003, 11:38 AM: Message edited by: AuraMancer ]

[Raistlin Majere]

yes, i belive that would be a good off hand weapon, since it has a +3 thaco which makes up for the bad attack rolls of the off hand weapon. though with all the powerful weapons in the game, itll probaply be used only to cast the spells or to use the free action ability when battling creatures that stun or hold you.

[Thorfinn]

Those were my first thoughts, too, Raistlin. Early on, there are few creatures that would make a free action, PMW or PME useful, and by the time you encounter creatures for which it is useful, the weapon is too weak for anything other than special cases, and it will just sit in a quick weapon slot, so you can access its powers, or equip it if you see a web or hold person on the way...

I would be tempted to give it a little more power, maybe +3, then put it on a creature or a vendor in Ust Natha. Ooh, or it sounds like a wonderful thing for one of the Elder Orbs in the Beholder city to be guarding. Oh, or maybe equip it on one of the creatures in the cage matches you fight in the Underdark! (I forget what you fight. Might have to add another one if there is nothing butch enough to carry it...)

[ 04-23-2003, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: Thorfinn ]

[SixOfSpades]

Originally posted by AuraMancer: ....The big family of Nikoley was a very famous one, the best cocks in the land some people said.

Wow, no wonder they had such a big family then!

On a more helpful note, this will indeed be a very powerful sword in the early game--perhaps too powerful, since a lot of fights could be stomped through just by casting Web and then letting somebody with Nikoley's Grace (although it really should be called Nikoley's Revenge) go on a slicing spree.

I would suggest Brynnlaw. There's a decent street brawl there that only happens at certain hours, so giving them the sword adds a touch of randomness to finding the item--something the game sorely needs. The leader of their gang could easily be buffed up to be worthy of this sword without changing the difficulty of the battle that much.

[AuraMancer]

Oki, name chance, and ist now +3.

What about a permanent armour of faith when equiped?
Or immumety to +1 or less weapons permanent when equiped?

[Annatar]

At what level is the Armor of Faith casted? Because the outcome depends on the Casters level (A level 20 priest will have 25% damage absorped by it, it improves by each 5 levels (level 5 10%, 10 - 15%, 15 - 20%, 20 - 25%)

Weapon Immunity is nulified due to the Hell Trials (almost everybody chooses for the Immunity to normal and +1 weapons in the selfish trial)

?

[AuraMancer]

Short Sword- Nikoleys Revenge +3
1D6+3
Thaco+3
When equiped this blade gives the user a permanent free action, protection from evil and Armour of Faith at the wielders level.
AC+3
Saving Trows+2
Grands a +30% Fire Resistance
Cast Protection from Magical Weapons 1/day
Cast Protection from Magical Energy 1/Day

Extra's :
Enchantment chaced to +3
Now an equiped Armour of Faith at the wielders level
AC now +3
Saving Trows +2

Is he now useble in the end of the game?

[SixOfSpades]

Hey, whoa, wait a minute--I just noticed the Protection from Magic Weapons/Energy. That's some serious overkill, AuraMancer.

If you want a balanced weapon, make:
Nikoley's Revenge
current description is fine, once we tidy up the spelling/grammar
+1 enchanted
-3 bonus to THAC0
Free Action
Protection from Evil
+20% Fire Resistance
Put the sword either in Chapter 4 or beyond, or give it to a worthy boss enemy (Aran Linvail himself would be a good choice.)

If you want an overpowered weapon, make:
Nikoley's Rage
Alter current description to state how Nikoley stole the newly-completed blade from Haliow Argrezand, and then used it to kill him and his apprentices
+3 enchanted
Free Action
Protection from Evil
+30% Fire Resistance
Immune to Normal and +1 weapons
Armor of Faith
Casts Protection from Magical Weapons 1x/day
Casts Protection from Magical Energy 1x/day
Put the sword right in the very first chest you open in Irenicus's Dungeon.

The weaker of the two swords is by no means weak: Even the Free Action is enough to justify it, even all the way through the end of the game. People wear the Ring of Free Action for the entire game, don't they? The Fire Resistance will also come in extremey handy, and the Protection from Evil will almost always come into play. All in all, this is an extremely useful weapon, especially in the offhand, and there should be only a few situations where Nikoley's Revenge won't provide a serious benefit. (At the moment, the only situation I can think of where the sword's enchantments would be useless is when fighting Golems.)

I should also point out that the enchantments that I like (Free Action, Prot. from Evil, and Fire Resistance) are all quite justified by the sword's description, and could conceivably have been added to the sword purely as an act of generosity on the part of Haliow Argrezand. In contrast, the enchantments that I disagree with (Weapon immunity, Armor of Faith, Magical Weapons & Magical Energy) have no basis in the item's description at all, and turn the weapon into an artifact-class item that no Wizard would ever dream of just making on a lark, and casually passing it on to some luckless Halfling.

[ 04-24-2003, 03:42 PM: Message edited by: SixOfSpades ]