Howler Dagger
2011-11-18, 05:58 PM
So, I have no cost idea for the item detailed below (and the variant). The purpose of this is an instrument a bard can hold with weapons
Violin of War
A Violin of War comes with the following items: A spearbow, a violin, shoulder rest and a case.
The violin and sjoulder rest allow you to use just your head and shoulders to hold the violin, While you can not play while using only your head and shoulders, it allows you to attack without having to stash your violin. The side effect is that your head is stuck in one direction, imposing a -2 penalty to attack rolls. In addition, whenever someone makes a succesful attack, bullrush, or trp on you you have a 50% chance of causing it to go out of tune, imposing a -3 to the DCs of your bardic msuic. You have a 20% chance of breaking it, in that case you can repair it with a succesful craft(?) check, DC 15
Spearbow: This functions as a shortspear, but can also be used to play a violin (or viola or cello or whatever)
Case: This functions as a buckler, usually made of wood. However, it has been specially modified to allow the somatic components of a bard spell. You can also store the Violin of War set in it.
Variant: Viola of War. Change the case to a light shield, and the penalty to attack rolls to -3.
Violin of War
A Violin of War comes with the following items: A spearbow, a violin, shoulder rest and a case.
The violin and sjoulder rest allow you to use just your head and shoulders to hold the violin, While you can not play while using only your head and shoulders, it allows you to attack without having to stash your violin. The side effect is that your head is stuck in one direction, imposing a -2 penalty to attack rolls. In addition, whenever someone makes a succesful attack, bullrush, or trp on you you have a 50% chance of causing it to go out of tune, imposing a -3 to the DCs of your bardic msuic. You have a 20% chance of breaking it, in that case you can repair it with a succesful craft(?) check, DC 15
Spearbow: This functions as a shortspear, but can also be used to play a violin (or viola or cello or whatever)
Case: This functions as a buckler, usually made of wood. However, it has been specially modified to allow the somatic components of a bard spell. You can also store the Violin of War set in it.
Variant: Viola of War. Change the case to a light shield, and the penalty to attack rolls to -3.