During the Retribution a number of thread items were crafted to help the Scavian Imperial Guard defeat the Horrors that were ransacking their kaer. Most common amongst these items were so called Elemental Arrows, although most of these arrows are actually bolts for the famous Scavian crossbows.
First devised by Scavian elementalists during the Retribution virtually all the secrets of crafting these thread items have been lost since the end of the Scourge. Most commonly these items are now found within the Dead Man's Gullet kaer along with the corpses of their previous owners. The arrows are found in varying quantities, anything from a single example to as many as six recovered from a single source.
The original design of the arrows allows them to be easily woven to and quickly used to their full potential by an archer. The arrows have the power to explode and cause fearsome damage. Fortunately the arrows can be magically recreated. Constructed of hollow shafts of true wood filled with true air, the arrowheads are laced with true earth and were crafted by weaponsmith adepts in forges fuelled by true fire. The final dousing of the arrowheads used true water. The arrows carry extra potency against creatures that use or consist of elemental energy. Note that this does not include elementalists but does include obsidimen.
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No. Threads: |
4 |
Spell Defence: |
8 |
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Thread Rank |
Legend Points |
Key Knowledge |
Treasure Abilities |
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1 |
100 |
Name the elementalist who made the arrow |
Arrow does +4 steps to damage (+6 vs elemental users) +10 yards to all ranges |
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2 |
200 |
None |
+6 steps to damage (+9 vs elemental users) |
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3 |
300 |
Name of the battle for which the arrow was crafted - usually the Retribution |
Arrow now explodes and damage effects not only the target but also all creatures in a 3-foot radius but the arrow is destroyed |
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4 |
500 |
None |
+25 yards to all ranges |
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5 |
800 |
Deed: Arrow must wound a Horror or a construct, deed is worth 1300 or 800 legend points respectively |
Arrow can be recreated through a Willpower or Willforce test (vs target's spell defence), note that archer adepts can use half magic to recreate the arrow and the attempt to recreate the arrow must be made in the round immediately following its destruction. |
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6 |
1300 |
None |
+7 steps to damage (+10 vs elemental users) |
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7 |
2100 |
None |
+8 steps to damage (+12 vs elemental users) |
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If traded on the open market, Scavian Elemental Arrows can be sold for at least 750 sp with no threads attached.
Now very rare; during the Retribution Scavian Chill Armour provided protection to members of the Imperial Guard against the intense heat of the lava caverns as they battled Horrors. Although the all types of armour (including crystal but excluding living forms) have been found possessing chill properties the magic that powers the armour is in two forms. The first form is the most common in which the armour appears as standard armour except an adept can use stain to power the armour's cooling powers: for two points of strain per hour the armour will provide an extra 6 armour points against heat damage only.
The second and rarer form is a variation of threaded armour. In this case the armour is the same as threaded armour as appears in ED Companion except that an extra rank (always the first rank though) allows the wearer to have an extra 6 armour points against heat damage only for a strain cost of one point per hour.
Note that when the cooling power is employed the effect is obvious with water vapour sublimating onto the armour and creating an eerie effect of smoking armour.
