Mythic Vistas: SpirosBlaak - Property Is Theft!

SpirosBlaak’s currency varies slightly from the d20 System standard.
As the Archduchy of SpirosBlaak has been plagued by lycanthropes
for millennia, the Archduchy places the same value on silver as it
does on gold (for obvious reasons). To fill the currency gap between
valuable silver and gold pieces and cheap copper pieces, the Archduchy
mints coins made of an alloy of copper and silver (mostly copper)
called the argentum piece. Coins minted of argentum (also called
“red silver”; see Superstitions, page 20) replace silver in the default
hierarchy of currency, meaning that the cost of items and services in
other publications involving silver pieces (sp) need to be replaced with
argentum pieces (ap). If this change does not suit the GM’s campaign, it
can be ignored; merely replace the ap listings in price tables throughout
this book with sp, and be sure to note the changes to the Cra skill (see
page 105) and the technologist class (see page 89).
Money
The actual coin shapes, names, and engravings vary from one
duchy to the next, as each still mints its own currency in limited
quantities, but each must match the weight and purity of the official
currencies produced in Dreij. The Archduchy of SpirosBlaak’s coins
are the platinum dame, gold matron, silver patron, argentum knight,
and copper noble.
—Exchange Value—
CP AP SP/GP PP
Copper piece (cp) 1 1/10 1/100 1/1,000
Argentum piece (ap) 10 1 1/10 1/100
Silver or gold piece (sp/gp) 100 10 1 1/10
Platinum piece (pp) 1,000 100 10 1
New Melee and Ranged Weapons
Melee Weapon Descriptions
Battle Cleaver
This immense, exotic, double weapon requires a Strength of 15 or
beer to wield, or the wielder takes a –4 penalty (–8 without the proper
Exotic Weapon Proficiency) to aack rolls. In addition, bale cleavers
are so unwieldy the user also takes a –5-foot enhancement penalty to
his speed unless he has a Strength of 15 or higher and is Large size
or bigger (alternatively, the user can have the Powerful Build racial
feature). The bale cleaver, comprised of a massive blade at one end
and a club at the other, is a favorite among half-ogres and ogres.
Blade Lash
This exotic weapon consists of a length of thin, solid chain with a
long, serrated blade at its end. A spring-loaded cylinder mounted
lengthwise to the underside of an iron bracer feeds the chain. When
the release stud is pressed, the chain lashes out to a desired length,
to a maximum of 15 feet, to strike at a target. The lash may also be
used against adjacent foes. Pressing the same stud causes the chain
to retract about the cylinder as a move action.
The blade lash can also be used to make trip aempts, but if the
wielder is tripped in the aempt, he cannot drop the lash to avoid the
trip aack. The blade lash is also long enough to make ranged grapple
aacks with a +2 bonus, although the wielder cannot cause damage in
this way, nor are his Strength or size modifiers added to any rolls. If
used to disarm, the user gains a +2 bonus to his opposed roll. A blade
lash user cannot be disarmed unless the bracer is removed.
The Weapon Finesse feat may be used with this weapon.
Fist Wrap
Leather strips about one and a half feet long, with thin, flat iron
weights sewn into a rear lining, fist wraps are wound about the
hand’s knuckles to add more power to one’s punch. Silver studs may
also be added at the usual cost of a silver weapon. Fist wraps are
the equivalent of gloves or gauntlets with regards to what slot they
occupy. The damage indicated on Table 11–1: Melee and Ranged
Weapons counts as lethal damage and adds to the damage dealt
by an unarmed strike, although the unarmed strike itself still deals
nonlethal damage unless the wielder has the Improved Unarmed
Strike feat.
Crossbow, Gauntlet
This exotic weapon consists of a crossbow mounted on the back
of a thick leather or metal gauntlet. Clenching the fist against
the palm trigger twice in rapid succession fires the crossbow.
Loading a gauntlet crossbow is a full-round action that provokes
an attack of opportunity.
Bale Cleaver
Hammer Axe
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