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Arrows & Quarrels


Arrow of Disease

Forged: Unknown
Enchanted: Unknown
Appearance: These magical arrows can immediately be identified as nonstandard arows. The shaft is a deep gloss black with sickly yellow runes. The head is cylindrical and tapered, but does not terminate in a pointed tip; it is on the bulbous side. The feathers are black, but have a strange, irridescent appearance. These arows almost always come in groups of three.
Type: Arrows +3
Special Abilities: These arrows are plus 3 to hit, but inflict NO damage. These arrows dissipate upon contact with its target (Once fired, these arows are always irretrievable; they disappear upon contact with anything if fired). Upon hitting a target (armored or otherwise), they will always cause a disease at random. The disease will always be terminal, and will cause death within 1-12 weeks. Roll randomly to decide which body part is affected, but the disease is always terminal. The resulting disease can only be cured by a cure disease spell casted by a least a 7th level cleric, and even then must re-administered every week for the duration of the disease. If the spell is not recast on the afflicted person, the time before death is halved ( the disease effects speed up).

Creator: Chad Okumura
Notes: An ideal assassination weapon. If shot at night, observers will NOT see the arrow at all. If shot during the day, they will only see the arrow hit and then disappear into thin air -- no trace of the weapon. The disease will begin slowly at first and then rapidly accelerate its infection, debilitating the host in a very short period of time.



Aaron 'Raz' Wrasman
Fri Feb 17 09:20:12 EST 1995