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Level Four Artifact
Orichalcum Dire Lance
Mhadga was a terror from the birth of Creation; a massive serpent with scales as hard as orichalcum, fangs the size of daiklaves, and venom so deadly that it could strike a God dead in seconds. It had slept through the war against its creators, hibernating deep in the East, but sometime during the First Age the Serpent Father awoke from its Eastern Den and made its way into the lands of the East. There it was met by one of the Solar Exalted, an ancient Dawn Caste named Saeleris. When Great Mhadga refused to return to sleep or accept banishment to the edges of Creation, the two titans joined in mortal combat. The battle shook the land for miles and everyone in the East heard the death scream of the Serpent King when Saeleris plunged his mighty God Spear into its heart. But though he was victorious, the death throes of the Behemoth shattered his orichalcum spear beyond the ability of even the mightiest sorceries to rebuild.
For the construction of a new weapon, Saeleris took one of the mighty serpents own fangs and turned turned to the greatest craftswoman known to him - Aeas, the Forge-Queen of the great city of Antalas.
Mhadga's Fang is itself dominated by the seven-foot long onyx black Fang that makes up its spear-head, inseparably joined to an enchanted blackwood haft by a sturdy latticework of pure Orichalcum. While the fang itself is razor sharp and never dulls, it has been intricately carved along its length and minute amounts of Orichalcum settled into the grooves in the shapes of intricate characters which offer a prayer to Mhadga and spell out the tale of the Behemoth's might and prowess in battle against its Dawn Caste wielder. The blackwood haft is the weakest part of the entire artifact, but is still enchanted with all the durability afforded to any Magical Material, and further reinforced by being wrapped in some of Mhadga's own hide.
Both beautiful and deadly, the massive Dire Lance is one of the most legendary Spears of the First Age -- its current location is, however, unknown. Most suspect that it was either buried with the late Dawn when he died in the Usurpation, or it passed into the care of a guardian who watches over it even now.
| Name | Speed | Accuracy | Damage | Defense | Rate | Minimums | Attune | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhadga's Fang | 5 | +3 | +7L/+11L | +3 | 3 | S **, D*** | 6 | P, R |
Mhadga's Fang still carries with it some of Mhadga's potent venom. If the Solar hits his target, and the attack isn't stopped by Hardness, the Fang reflexively injects the dead Behemoth's potent venom through the wound. This poison has the following stats: Damage of 3A/Action, Toxicity of 5L, no Tolerance rating, and a Penalty of -3. The first time in a scene this power is used, the Spear consumes 3 motes of Essence from its wielder.
The orichalcum bonuses have already been factored into the above statistics. If not fully harmonized, reduce the weapons Accuracy, and Defense to +2 and its Rate to 2. This weapon is Piercing, halving Lethal Soak from armor (round down), and is a Reach weapon that can attack mounted opponents or opponents at a higher elevation without penalty. The weapon can be used as a Lance, inflicting the higher amount of damage when used in a charge or braced against a charge.
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