Daggertail

OncethegrapplingchainofaGnomishBattleConstruct,Daggertailstarteditslifeas
asimplemundaneimplementusedforthedefenseofthegnomishpeople.Whenitbecame
lodgedinthearmofaKaortiChampionthischanged.Theresinsecretedbyhisarmchanged
itandheuseditsnewpropertiestowreakhavoconthegnomeshispeoplefought.Daggertail
becameafearedweaponofthegnomesthatbuiltitthechampionitsnightmarewielder.

Eventually,inthelastgloriousbattleofthewar,thechampionfell.Thegnomerushed
toretrievethedreadedweaponintheaftermathofthebattlesothatitcouldbedestroyed.
WhattheyfoundinsteadwasacorpsemissinganarmandDaggertaillosttotheworld.

Requirements

Skills
Intimidate8ranks.

Feats
EWP(SpikedChain),WeaponFocus(Spiked
Chain),ImprovedGrapple,EWP(Kaorti
ResinSpikedChain)

Special
Abilitytowieldspikedchainswithonehand.

Abilities

InitialAbilities
Whenfirstacquired,Daggertailfunctionsas
a+2spikedchain.Anyfeatsthatwould
applytothespikedchainapplytoDaggertail.
IfacharacterhastheabilitytowieldSpiked
Chainsonehandedthenhemaychooseto
embedtheweaponinhisarmandgainthe
abilitiesdescribedbelowunder
Embedded

Weapon
.Ifhechoosestoembedthe
weaponDaggertailtakesonthefollowing
stats.

BattleScion
Level

AbilityGained

EmbeddedWeapon

st
1

Extending+

nd
2

PiercingGrapple

rd
3

SpitefulWeapon(0),
LifeChanneling(0)

4th

SpitefulWeapon(1)

th
5

LifeChanneling(1)
Enhancementbonus+3,

th
6

SW(2)

th
7

LifeChanneling(2)
Enhancementbonus+4

th
8

SW(3)

th
9

LifeChanneling(3)
Enhancementbonus+5

th
10

SW(4)

Name

Dmg

Critical

Range

Type

Daggertail

2d4

1820/x4

10ft*

Slashing**

*Threatensallsquareswithinitsrange.
**WhenusedtograppleDaggertaildoesPiercingdamage.

EmbeddedWeapon
Daggertailisaweaponembeddedinthearmofitswielder.Asaresultthewieldergainsthe
WillingDeformityFeat.Additionally,thewieldergetsa+10bonustoresistdisarmattempts
againstDaggertail.

Ifadisarmattemptdoessucceed,however,thewieldertakes1d10*battlescionlevel+
(Daggertailscurrentenhancementbonus)indamageandissickenedfor1d10rounds.Ifthe
opponentrollsandconfirmsacriticalontheirdisarmattempt,inadditiontothedisarmeffects
describedabove,DaggertailswieldermustmakeaFortSave(DC20+battlescionlevel)or
losehisarmandsuffer1d4bleedingdamageperrounduntilaDC15healcheckismadeor
someformofmagicalhealingisreceived.

TounequipDaggertailthewieldermustundergoasurgerywhichcosts5,475+(500*battle
scionlevel)gpandrequires1fulldayofbedrest.Ifthecharacterdoesnotgetafulldayof
bedrestitsuffersthedamagenormallyassociatedwithbeingdisarmed.

Extending+
DaggertailgainstheExtendingweaponspecialability.Additionally,Daggertailcanretractall
thewayessentiallysheathingitselfbyhavingareachof0.Thepartembeddedinthearmof
thewielderremains.

PiercingGrapple
Daggertailcanbeusedasagrapplingweaponwithnopenalty,thoughnotatrangeunless
youhavethatabilityfromanothersource.DaggertaildoesPiercingdamagewhenusedina
grapple.WhenyouuseDaggertailtograppleyoumayaddyourbattlescionlevelasabonus
onyourgrapplecheck.

WhenyouuseDaggertailinagrappleyoucanthreatenandconfirmcriticalsasyoucanina
normalattack.Additionally,theeffectsofSpitefulWeaponandLifeChannelingworkwith
thesegrapplecriticals.

SpitefulWeapon

YougainthefeatImprovedCritical(Spiked
BattleScion
Chain)evenifyouwouldnotnormally
Level
qualifyforit.Thisfeatappliesto
Daggertailasmentionedabove.
3

Additionally,anytimeyousuccessfully
4
makeacriticalattackyoumustmakea
6
FortSaveortake2d6nonlethaldamage.
TheDCforthisfortsavestartsatDC15
8
andincreasesby1eachtimeyouthreaten
acritical.TheDCisresettoitsbaseof15
10
ifithasbeenatleast6hourssinceyou

lastsucceededonacriticalhit.

Attacks
against
foe

Critical
AC
ThreatRange

1520

1420

1320

1220

1120

WhenyousuccessfullymakeacriticalagainstafoeyourCriticalThreatrangeincreasesfor
futureattacksagainstthatsamefoe.Whilebenefittingfromthisincreasedattackrangeyou
alsotakeapenaltytoAC.Thetableabovereflectstheseabilities.Ifinanyroundyoudonot
attackthefoeyouaregainingthebenefitfrom,youareimmediatelyresetto0attacksonthe
table.Attacksofopportunitycanprogresstheeffectsiftheyareagainstthesamefoebut
resetitiftheyareagainstanyoneelse.YoucanonlyprogressasfarasyourBattleScion
levelallows.

LifeChanneling
Startingatlevel3anytimeyoumakeasuccessfulcriticalhityougaintemporaryhitpoints
equaltoaportionofthedamageyoudealtonthecriticalhit.Atlevel3youget25%ofthe
damageyoudealtonthecriticalastemporaryhitpoints.Thisincreasesto50%atlevel5,
75%atlevel7,and100%ofthedamageatlvl9.Thesenumbersarealwaysroundeddown.
Thesetemporaryhitpointsdonothealanyofthenonlethaldamageyouhavetakenfrom
SpitefulWeapon.Thesetemporaryhitpointscannotletyouexceedyourmaximumhitpoints.