Animate Dead Weaponry

Animated dead weaponry was created by GameMaster Zissu and released at Duskruin Arena at At The Ready in August 2020. These items are usually wands that, when waved at an animated creature corpse, will create a weapon for the animate. They have 3 Tiers of potency. Wands can be GAZEed at to change the messaging, or INFUSEd to change the weapon summoned if the wand has more than 1 available. Animate wands can be blessed directly. Tier 1 Creates a 4x weapon of the purchased type. Analyze You analyze the wrought iron stake and sense that the creator has provided the following information: --- Animate Dead Weaponry --- This stake is an item used to create a weapon for use by an animated creature. It has 3 Tiers of functional improvement, with each higher tier improving the combat effectiveness of the created weapon. It also allows for unlocking of both new messaging and new mechanical options through certificates. --- Current Settings --- Current Tier: 1 Current Enchant: 20 Current Weapon Ability: None Current Weapon: a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe Create Weapon Message Description: reaching into the earth --- Item Messaging Options --- reaching into the earth - Unlocked an animated limb delivery - Locked summoning a sickly fog - Locked forming from seeping ichor - Locked being forged from balefire - Locked --- Usage Information --- Wave [at animate] - Wave at an an animated dead to create a weapon within its hands. Infuse - Change the weapon abilities that will be created. Gaze - Change the messaging for generating the weapon. You sense that the stake can be altered, bearing in mind it must remain necromantic in nature. You get no sense of whether or not the stake may be further lightened. Usage Verb First Third GAZE You concentrate your necromantic knowledge on a wrought iron stake. A pale green energy flows into the stake, redirecting its energy to find you weapons from reaching into the earth. XXXX's wrought iron stake glows a faint pale green for a moment before fading away. INFUSE You concentrate your gaze on your stake. You vision blackens until suddenly the image a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe enters your mind. As quickly as it came, it fades away as your vision returns to normal. XXXX gazes intently at his wrought iron stake, seemly lost for a moment. WAVE AT ANIMATE You wave your wrought iron stake at an animated creature. An animated creature kneels, then plunges its arm shoulder-deep into the earth. A low, grinding rumble fills your ears before the animated creature's arm emerges clutching a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe. Roundtime: 3 secs. XXXX waves a wrought iron stake at an animated creature. An animated creature kneels, then plunges its arm shoulder-deep into the earth. A low, grinding rumble fills your ears before the animated creature's arm emerges clutching a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe. Tier 2 Improves weapon created with the wand to 6x. Tier 3 Improves weapon created with the wand to 8x. In addition, at Tier 3, additional weapon types and abilities can be unlocked via certificates. Additionally, there are different weapon summoning messaging options, with certificates available to unlock them. Analyze --- Animate Dead Weaponry --- This stick is an item used to create a weapon for use by an animated creature. It has 3 Tiers of functional improvement, with each higher tier improving the combat effectiveness of the created weapon. It also allows for unlocking of both new messaging and new mechanical options through certificates. --- Current Settings --- Current Tier: 3 Current Enchant: 40 Current Weapon Ability: Terror Flares Current Weapon: an ancient bone spear Create Weapon Message Description: reaching into the earth --- Item Messaging Options --- reaching into the earth - Unlocked an animated limb delivery - Locked summoning a sickly fog - Locked forming from seeping ichor - Unlocked being forged from balefire - Locked --- Unlocked Abilities --- Weapon Appearance: a splayed carved bone morning star - None Weapon Appearance: an ancient bone spear - Terror Flares Weapon Appearance: an ancient bone handaxe - Terror Flares --- Usage Information --- Wave [at animate] - Wave at an an animated dead to create a weapon within its hands. Infuse - Change the weapon abilities that will be created. Gaze - Change the messaging for generating the weapon. You sense that the stick can be altered, bearing in mind it must remain necromantic in nature. Additional information Bless When you wave your wand to create an animate weapon type with no flares and your wand is blessed, it will be created with 50 charges of bless, leaving the remaining charges on the wand. You can wave the wand at your animate to transfer another 50 charges to an unblessed animate weapon, or transfer an additional 50 charges to an already blessed animate weapon. When blessing the wands, they are considered magical weapons of an enchant that the weapon would be when determining charges. Cleric blessings will work as usual, adding holy water flares as part of the bless. A soft white glow surrounds the animated creature's battle-axe. Weapon creation messaging Choices GAZE to change Reaching into the earth An animated creature kneels, then plunges its arm shoulder-deep into the earth. A low, grinding rumble fills your ears before the animated creature's arm emerges clutching a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe. An animated limb delivery The ground ripples and heaves as a skeletal arm bursts forth from below, bearing a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe. An animated creature snatches the battle-axe from the skeletal arm as the bones crumble into dust. Summoning a sickly fog A sickly fog swirls around an animated creature, pooling within its hands. The haze thickens, condensing into the shape of a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe. Forming from seeping ichor Glistening darkness seeps from the animated creature's limbs and, like oily ichor, streams into its outstretched hand. Instead of dripping to the ground, the ebon liquid hisses and boils, shaping itself into a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe. Being forged from balefire Tongues of greenish balefire begin to dance around an animated creature. The animated creature reaches into the sorcerous flames and draws forth a scroll-carved finely honed battle-axe in a spray of lambent sparks! Resources Saved posts

Animate Dead Weaponry Information Type Mechanical Item Classification Miscellaneous Item(s) Applied to Wand Alterable Yes Light/Deep Original Release Venue Duskruin Original Release Year 2020 Tiered Yes Number of Tiers 3 How to Unlock Certificate Restrictions Must remain necromantic in nature. Item Verbs GAZE INFUSE WAVE