Throwable shield

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>analyze targe
You analyze your banded golvern targe and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
You get the feeling that something special might happen if you KICK or THROW it at something.  It can also be RUBbed, COVERed, ROLLed, POUNDed, or TURNed.
Its appearance can be altered in any way as long as it remains a rounded type of shield.
>kick targe
You toss your banded golvern targe up into the air and immediately pivot into a smooth roundhouse kick, your foot connecting solidly with the spinning disk to send it flying!
[SMR result: 418 (Open d100: 47, Penalty: 5)]
Your targe heads straight for a kobold and hits!
   ... 110 points of damage!
   Blow to abdomen breaks the kobold almost in two!
The kobold crumples to a heap on the ground and dies.
Your targe makes a looping arc back in your direction and you expertly snag it out of the air, slotting it in one smooth motion back onto your arm.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
Daenamaryllis tosses her banded golvern targe up into the air and immediately pivot into a smooth roundhouse kick, her foot connecting solidly with the spinning disk to send it flying!
The targe heads straight for a kobold and hits!
   ... 110 points of damage!
   Blow to abdomen breaks the kobold almost in two!
The kobold crumples to a heap on the ground and dies.
Daenamaryllis's targe makes a looping arc back in her direction and she expertly snags it out of the air, slotting it in one smooth motion back onto her arm.
>throw targe
Locking your left arm tightly around your banded golvern targe, you coil backwards then pivot forward explosively, launching the targe into the air with devastating force!
[SMR result: 439 (Open d100: 79, Penalty: 5)]
Your targe heads straight for a big ugly kobold and hits!
   ... 105 points of damage!
   Every bone in the left arm shattered and scattered about!
   The kobold's wooden shield falls to the ground.
The big ugly kobold keels over and twitches on the ground a few times before dying.

[SMR result: 380 (Open d100: 8, Penalty: 5)]
Your targe heads straight for a kobold and hits!
   ... 80 points of damage!
   Every bone in the right arm shattered and scattered about!
   The kobold's javelin falls to the ground.
The kobold crumples to a heap on the ground and dies.
Your targe makes a looping arc back in your direction and you expertly snag it out of the air, slotting it in one smooth motion back onto your arm.
Roundtime: 3 sec.
Locking her left arm tightly around her banded golvern targe, Daenamaryllis coils backwards then pivots forward explosively, launching the targe into the air with devastating force!
The targe heads straight for a big ugly kobold and hits!
   ... 105 points of damage!
   Every bone in the left arm shattered and scattered about!
   The kobold's wooden shield falls to the ground.
The big ugly kobold keels over and twitches on the ground a few times before dying.

The targe heads straight for a kobold and hits!
   ... 80 points of damage!
   Every bone in the right arm shattered and scattered about!
   The kobold's javelin falls to the ground.
The kobold crumples to a heap on the ground and dies.
Daenamaryllis's targe makes a looping arc back in her direction and she expertly snags it out of the air, slotting it in one smooth motion back onto her arm.

Verb Style First Third
Rub Style You pass your hand lovingly around the rim of your banded golvern targe and the glistening material shimmers at your touch, the various notches and scars garnered in battle smoothing back into perfection. Daenamaryllis passes her hand lovingly around the rim of her banded golvern targe and the glistening material shimmers at her touch, the various notches and scars garnered in battle smoothing back into perfection.
Cover Style You pale and duck down behind your banded golvern targe, holding it protectively in front of your head. Daenamaryllis pales and ducks down behind her banded golvern targe, holding it protectively in front of her head.
Roll Style You flip the shield forward and it bounces a few feet out in front of you before the reverse spin sends it rolling right back into your hand! Daenamaryllis flips her banded golvern targe forward and it bounces a few feet out in front of her before the reverse spin sends it rolling right back into her hand!
Pound Style You hold out your banded golvern targe and strike it like a gong.**** GOOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG!!! **** Daenamaryllis holds out her banded golvern targe and strikes it like a gong.**** GOOOOOOOOOONNNNNGGGGG!!! ****
Turn Style You set your banded golvern targe gently on the ground and give it a quick spin! After spinning a few rotations, it clatters to the ground grip side up. You quickly bend and retrieve it. Daenamaryllis sets her banded golvern targe gently on the ground and gives it a quick spin! After spinning a few rotations, it clatters to the ground grip side up. She quickly bends and retrieves it.
Throwable shield Information
Type Mechanical
Item Classification Shield
Item(s) Applied to
Alterable Yes
Light/Deep Yes
Original Release Venue Great_Auction_of_2016
Original Release Year 2016
Legendary Yes
Restrictions Appearance must remain a rounded type of shield.
Item Verbs