Ethereal Manacle
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
These staffs are usually made of stout hardwood, treated with [[Materials#Ambergelt|ambergelt]] and bound with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]]. Often they are decorated at either end, sometimes with grasping claws. They often have the rune [[Queros]] worked into them, and may be carved to look as if they are wound with chains. An ethereal manacle allows a | These staffs are usually made of stout hardwood, treated with [[Materials#Ambergelt|ambergelt]] and bound with [[Materials#Dragonbone|dragonbone]]. Often they are decorated at either end, sometimes with grasping claws. They often have the rune [[Queros]] worked into them, and may be carved to look as if they are wound with chains. An ethereal manacle allows a magician to wield the power of the [[entangle]] incantation to root their opponents in place. | ||
Sometimes called a ''magician's retreat'', a little contemptuously, it cannot be denied that rooting | Sometimes called a ''magician's retreat'', a little contemptuously, it cannot be denied that rooting an opponent to the spot can give the bearer a good head start. A skilled battle magician, however, is quite capable of rooting an opponent to the spot and then beating them down with the advantage of superior reach - even if the magician starts the fight outnumbered the additional power of this staff can quickly even the odds. Matially-minded [[Wintermark magical traditions#Runesmiths|runesmiths]] and curmudgeonly [[The Marches magical traditions#Landskeepers|landskeepers]] are both known to make good use of the short time their opponents cannot move to make them regret trying to gang-up on a magician. | ||
==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
Revision as of 13:16, 30 November 2016
Description
These staffs are usually made of stout hardwood, treated with ambergelt and bound with dragonbone. Often they are decorated at either end, sometimes with grasping claws. They often have the rune Queros worked into them, and may be carved to look as if they are wound with chains. An ethereal manacle allows a magician to wield the power of the entangle incantation to root their opponents in place.
Sometimes called a magician's retreat, a little contemptuously, it cannot be denied that rooting an opponent to the spot can give the bearer a good head start. A skilled battle magician, however, is quite capable of rooting an opponent to the spot and then beating them down with the advantage of superior reach - even if the magician starts the fight outnumbered the additional power of this staff can quickly even the odds. Matially-minded runesmiths and curmudgeonly landskeepers are both known to make good use of the short time their opponents cannot move to make them regret trying to gang-up on a magician.
Rules
- Form: Weapon. Takes the form of a staff. You must be wielding this implement to use its magical properties.
- Requirement: You must have both the magician and battle mage skills to bond to this item.
- Effect: Once per day when you cast the entangle spell, you may use it on two targets rather than one. The second entangle must be delivered within 10 seconds of the first
- Materials: Crafting an ethereal manacle requires seven measures of ambergelt and four measures of dragonbone. It takes one month to make one of these items.