FIENDKILLER’S FLAIL
CHAPTER 3
ITEMS OF LEGACY Illus. by D. Martin
shortly thereafter. Seeing one leader alive and the other Fiendkiller’s Flail is an oversized flail with a spiked dead, he drew the obvious conclusion. Although the head and chain forged from an amalgam of cold iron nalfeshnee claimed innocence, not all were convinced. and silver. The handle is made from the forearm bone (DC 20; Appearance of Guilt) The mariliths and horned devils believed that of a horned devil and wrapped in the cured skin of a marilith. the nalfeshnees were responsible for killing their Nonlegacy Game Statistics: Large +1 cold iron own leaders as well. A combined force of mariliths flail; Cost 4,330 gp; Damage 2d6+1; Weight 10 lb. and horned devils set upon the nalfeshnee chief’s Fiendkiller’s Flail is a Large weapon. A Medium creahouse and wiped out his entire bloodline. This ture can wield the flail with two hands at a –2 penalty still left the hardest part for Xuetari. With four major on attack rolls. Small creatures cannot use the flail leaders eliminated, a huge chasm of authority existwithout some special ability to wield Large weapons ed. Many desired that power, (such as the Monkey Grip feat, page 29). but so long as the balors and Omen: The weapon hisses pit fiends remained in command, the weaker demons when demons or devils are visible within 25 feet. Your awaited orders. Xuetari eyes emit a white glow told his father that he when the weapon hisses. had found reason to believe the nalfeshnee leader HISTORY had been framed, and took him to a remote location Xuetari hated his entire Created to set demons and devils family. In fact, he didn’t where the evidence could against each other, Fiendkiller’s Flail like anything about his be found. At that meeting, worked too well society and what it entailed. Fiendkiller’s Flail suddenThe creatures of both his and the ly awakened into a holy adjoining plane were constantly emweapon, not only causing Xuetari great pain, but also broiled in petty conflicts or insidious quickly facilitating the slaughter of his father. Xuetari blamed the balors, of course, causing a full-scale war to plans to overthrow each other, competing for a fleeting status Xuetari considered erupt that promised to last centuries. A new order pointless. The pursuit for domination over was created. Xuetari, disgusted with the weapon’s weaker creatures had grown tiresome. Xueholiness, abandoned Fiendkiller’s Flail. He hid it tari wanted to end the ennui that permeated on the Material Plane—his only mistake in an otherwise perfectly executed plan. (DC 25; Walkhis world and the other, but to achieve that ing the Fulcrum) lofty goal he’d have to destroy the existing infrastructure. To return meaning to life in the Abyss and Baator, Xuetari had to assassinate a few leaders. The pit LEGACY RITUALS fiend crafted a tool for this purpose, the weapon that Two rituals are required to unlock all the abilities of Fiendkiller’s Flail. came to be known as Fiendkiller’s Flail. (DC 15) Xuetari knew that he would have to make two decisive Appearance of Guilt: You must acquire 2 ranks (or 2 strikes—one against the mariliths of the Abyss and the additional ranks) in the Sense Motive skill. These ranks other against the horned devils of his native Baator. can be taken at any rate you choose, so long as you have The commanders of each camp had grown complacent, them all by 8th level. Cost: 3,500 gp. Feat Granted: Least Legacy (Fiendkiller’s Flail). making it easy for him to dispatch both in turn, baptizing Fiendkiller’s Flail. These murders sent ripples of Walking the Fulcrum: By deed or magic, you must change your alignment to any alignment containfear through the fiendish planes, which Xuetari used ing a neutral component. You must keep this new to his advantage. A member of a prominent family of alignment for at least one level, after which you can pit fiends, he convinced his father to oversee a meeting change back again. If you already have an alignment between the nalfeshnees and ice devils. Xuetari made the arrangements but called the ice devil leader to arrive with a neutral component, you automatically fulfill early. He then ambushed the fiend and left him gutted this ritual (but must still pay the cost). Cost: 13,000 for the nalfeshnee chief to find. Xuetari’s father arrived gp. Feat Granted: Lesser Legacy (Fiendkiller’s Flail).
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