I think an interesting sort of weapon-item-thing could be the ghost of an animal stuck inside a smallish rock or another similarly sized object, which someone then throws at an enemy while simultaneously unleashing the ghost with magic.
It’d also be a good tool for surprise attacks because by the time the enemy realizes that it’s not a normal rock the angry and confused ghost of a jaguar has been unleashed.
In this one I talked about using crystals and other magical artefacts to power up and energize melee weapons, well why not have some variants of those objects passively absorb power from there surroundings letting them recharge themselves to be used again.
And they don’t have to just be used on weapons, they could also be used in staffs to amp up spells, or in armour to give it an extra magical defense.
I think a useful tool for making meals while adventuring could be a small-ish metal pot that’s full of a solidified cooking oil which when heated returns to a liquid state that can then be used to deep fry foods.
Or maybe the boiling oil could be used as a make-shift weapon used to inflict some incredibly painful and horrifyingly damaging injuries on a target.
I think weapons that turn into other things are cool.
And I’m not just on about weapons that transform into other types of weapons or similar-sized objects (but those are still very cool).
I’m also talking about weapons that shift and reform into little metallic creatures that can scurry about acting independently until their wielder calls upon them, at which point they transform back into their weapon mode.
Or maybe they could turn into pieces of armor so that they can serve a dual purpose.
Or maybe they could do all of the above, it’s up to you :)
You should have some helmets with a built-in mechanical biting function because it’s a cool and intresting attack to have.
Could also have the biting function just act as a cool mouth thing that could open up when a character wearing one of the helmets needs to let out a scream into the sky.
The time has finally come to share my new Kindred Whispers Armory! This was a project that started with an idea and quickly branched to something more. I built this room for creating a display for some of my work and to try something new. It took a while for everything to come together, but I’m very happy with how it turned out. This adventure helped me explore more of my creativity. I will be shifting, and adding more to my Armory as new pieces are released. Also I have ideas for more rooms to accommodate my work. The wall to the right will feature something special soon. I will also create more blog posts for the accent pieces I added to this project. What do you guys think!?
I’ve made a few new item cards that feature a new “rule-bending” ability called ‘threat’. You might remember from the Combat Rules that there are a lot of D&D mechanics taken out for Age of Exploration. There’s no rolling for initiative, and there’s normally no attacks of opportunity. Weapons with the 'Threat’ keyword are the exception to this rule. Certain enemies, like wolves and guards have had threat for a long time, and we’ve had Katata for about a year, but the other two are new. I’d love to hear what you think. (I’m also open to other ideas for designs for these items.) They are not locked in at all, although I’m really in love with the artwork by Aikurisu (warning: some NSFW pieces if you explore further in his gallery than the page that I linked)
@petermorwood For your collection of fab, but not easy to use weapons
Backing music is Edith Piaf singing “La Vie en Rose” - very apt. :->
This one’s not easy to use simply because it’s so big. Trimming everything down by making the head actual rose-sized, and mounting it on a hollow not solid haft, would result in quite an effective and strikingly (ouch) pretty weapon.
Since the head would no longer be as massive, realistic-looking petals would need compressed into the more compact, sturdy shape suitable for something meant for thumping things - like, for instance, these…
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Maces with flanged heads were fairly common, and the Indian “shishpar” was sometimes even made with with spiral flanges.
I don’t know this one’s exact weight but if it has the usual hollow metal haft then it’s probably about 1 kg / 2.2 lbs or a little (not much) more.
Look at how thin the flanges are compared to the “La Bonk” petals (unusually thin, indeed possibly sharp-edged, though their spiral curve adds strength); between that and the khanda broadsword hilt, I’m betting it’s well-balanced and manoeuverable.
Yet if some Maratha or Rajput warrior had asked the weaponsmith who made it to make one shaped like a rose, the reply would probably have been “Certainly, sahib, would you like a guhlab rose, a paneer rose, a damask rose or a musk rose, and would you like the petal edges sharp or blunt?”
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Here are a few more Indian maces, and here’s another reason why Indian warriors liked hollow hafts - it not only saved weight, it made room for a little extra whether the weapon was a tabar (axe):
…zaghnal (”war-pick”)…
…or bhuj (”hatchet-knife”)
Those daggers seem so common that I’ve started think they weren’t actually a “hidden surprise”, more an accepted way to carry an additional backup weapon. Oddly enough Indian maces seem to be the only hafted weapon which didn’t have them - at least I couldn’t find a pic of one - though there were any amount of maces with sword-hilts.
However maces from other countries did. This one is from Germany, ca. 1550; it weighs 1.2kg / 2.6 lbs…
…while this one is from Poland, ca. 1650s, weight 1.07 kg / 2.4 lbs.
A “Petite La Bonk” scaled down to match these (with or without dagger as optional extra) would be quite something.
