Here is my contribution to the Outfitters Contest:
The Spider Queen�s Curse
Heavy Shield
AC Bonus +2(Shield)
Enhancement Bonus: Strength+1
Immunity to Poison
Freedom of Movement
Protection from Arrows (1/day)
Decreased Saving Throws: Electricity -10
Damage Vulnerability: Electricity 25%
The appearance is simple done with an added FX effect (spiderskin)
Lore:
In former times when Dark Elves didn�t walk on the surface there where many small kingdoms scattered across the underworld. One of these was ruled by Queen Laexa K�zex. The army�s champion, known by the name of Evin T�myt was also her lover and for their 5th anniversary the Queen intended to make him a special present � a shield of immense power. The courts master armorer had worked for more than half a year on this single piece, made of the finest materials available and the skin of one of the ancient spiders that lurked in the deepest corners of the underworld.
The Queen was troubled however, because of ruomors, that her champion was unfaithful. Of course it could be just another intrigue, started by her enemies but she felt the sting of truth behind the rumors. For weeks she tried to find out who had stolen her lover but she was unable to detect his mistress. But that her lovers mind and body where absent was undeniable so she decided to get rid of him. To avoid losing her face she decided to let one of the eager young knights challenge her champion to a duel and kill him. But Evin T�myt was the most formidable fighter she had ever seen so she had to change the odds. The Queen ordered the master armorer to imbue the shield with a terrible vulnerability for electricity since she knew, that the knight who would challenge her champion owned just the right weapon to take advantage of this.
Everything worked according to her plans, the young knight, pretending to be drunk, challenged T�myt and the champion did of course carry the shield, his Queen had presented him, into the arena. But what K�zex did not know, was that her champions mistress was in fact the master armorer Drisa N�tal who had told her lover about the shields weakness. T�myt had prepared himself with potions and spells for the battle and after the fight went on for several minutes the Queen knew that someone had crossed her plans. She realized it could only be her own master armorer and immediately ordered some of her guards to surround and kill N�tal on her seat in the arena. T�myt saw what was going on and furiously killed his opponent only to see the guards cut down his lover. Enraged he went for the queen on her balcony, using his spear to catapult himself up. Her guards couldn�t stand against his rage and finally he killed Queen Laexa K�zex before he succumbed to his own wounds.
The shield was buried with the Queen in her tomb and later became known as �The Queen�s Curse� among the Dark Elves, which the Faerun bards changed ages later into �The Spider Queen�s Curse�.
I've corrected the text allready but I am afraid its still not a very good english ;-) _________________________ In case you find my grammar/spelling weird sometimes -----> native german speaker ;-)
Posted by nicethugbert at 2008-08-16 14:49:06 Voted 10.00 on 08/16/08
10 - A Masterpiece, Genuinely Groundbreaking 9 - Outstanding, a Must Have 8 - Excellent, Recommended to Anyone 7 - Very Good, Deserves a Look 6 - Good, Qualified Recommendation 5 - Fair, Solid yet Unremarkable 4 - Some Merit, Requires Improvements 3 - Poor Execution, Potential Unrealized 2 - Very Little Appeal 1 - Not Recommended to Anyone
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