The Loot Pile: Dwarven Maul

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DWARVEN MAUL
Weapon—Cannot be concealed, expensive, intimidating, unblockable

An ornate and beautiful heavy battle hammer from deep under the mountains. Weapon damage explodes. Ignore the target’s shield bonus. Requires two hands to wield. Intimidation CHA rolls are EASY.

Notes:

  1. When rolling damage (D6), 16.7% of the time you will get to roll a second time (D6+6), and 2.8% of the time you will get to roll a third time (D6+12), etc. It’s like a mini-crit that keeps on giving. I like those odds…
  2. When you want to reward a player with a powerful melee weapon that DOES NOT do magical damage (crossing a threshold in character progression when facing certain foes), something like this is a nice alternative.
  3. Option: Allow one-handed use on a HARD STR roll.
  4. Option: Require character to have +2 STR or greater to wield.
  5. Tags are defined as per Core 2.0 rules.

[From time to time, I’d like to share interesting homebrew loot items, collected HERE. I think it would be great if there were a dedicated subcategory here where we could all post ideas for original loot, spells, et cetera to inspire one another and fuel our adventures. Let me know what you guys think.]