Campaign of the Month: April 2011
Planejammer: The Spelljoined
Sardiors Fang
Sardior’s Fang
+ 2 psychokinetic, manifester (5 psps, 5/day), mindcrusher, deep crystal longsword.
Dam 1d8+ 2, Crit 19-20/×2
Psychokinetic
Upon command, a psychokinetic weapon glows from the inside with lethal psionic energy. The energy does not harm the hands that hold the weapon. Such a weapon deals an extra 1d4 points of damage on a successful hit. This extra damage is ectoplasmic in nature and is not affected by damage reduction. Bows, crossbows, and slings bestow this ability upon their ammunition.
Aura moderate psychokinesis; ML 10th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, concussion blast; Price + 1 bonus.
Manifester
This kind of weapon generates 5 power points once per day that the wearer can use when manifesting a power he knows. These power points must all be used on the same power. As usual, a psionic character cannot pay a power’s cost with power points from more than one source, so the power points in the weapon must be used for discrete manifestations.
Aura moderate clairsentience; ML 8th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, knowledge of any 3rd-level power; Price + 16,000 gp.
Mindcrusher
Any psionic creature struck in combat by a mindcrusher weapon loses a number of power points equal to half the amount of hit point damage the weapon deals (only the base damage of the weapon contributes to the power point loss; additional damage from high Strength or other sources does not cause additional power point loss). A psionic creature that is out of power points (or has none) must succeed on a DC 17 Will save or take 1d2 points of Wisdom damage.
Aura strong psychometabolism; ML 12th; Craft Magic Arms and Armor, psychic vampire; Price + 2 bonus.
Crystal, Deep
Deep crystal is crystal of above average quality found at the hearts of large veins or deposits of mundane crystal (see below). Deep crystal is renowned for its strength and its psionically resonant nature. Mundane crystal is used for many items of psionic manufacture, such as dorjes, power stones, and psicrystals. Deep crystal is a better grade.
While a weapon made of deep crystal is no different from a mundane crystal weapon for a nonpsionic character, a psionic wielder of a deep crystal weapon can focus psionic power through it, increasing the damage that weapon deals. As a free action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity, the wielder can channel psionic power into a melee weapon or ranged weapon made of deep crystal. For 2 power points, the deep crystal weapon deals an extra 2d6 points of damage. The weapon will stay charged for 1 minute or until it scores its next hit. Bows, crossbows, and slings bestow this power on their ammunition. All missile weapons lose this effect if they miss. However, they may be recovered and charged again.
Any weapon made of deep crystal costs 1,000 gp more than its noncrystal counterpart. Any item could potentially be made out of deep crystal. Because deep crystal armor is considered to be made out of metal, Druids cannot wear it.
Deep crystal has 30 hit points per inch of thickness and a hardness of 10.