Bramble Staff of Fiery Doom
Character Name: Tobiiasfunke
Category: Intelligence - Staff
Your Items Name: Bramble Staff of Fiery Doom
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Background:
Here lies the infamous and elusive Bramble Staff of Fiery Doom. The evil witch Silknight, residing in the depths of Forest Haven, had the ultimate goal of imparting her evil will upon all of Alterra. In order to accomplish this twisted feat she and her minions captured Forest Haven’s sacred Orbs of Nature and corrupted them with her magic.
Calling upon her favorite element Fire, she bent and twisted the Fire orb's energies around the very fabric of the forest around her. It's once lush vegetation was transformed into something very different, very powerful, and very evil. This is the staff she chose for herself, molded in her image. She began with brambles, as twisted as she was, and wrapped them around the flaming energy. The brambles, once green with life, aged almost immediately and began to turn brown and wither as the corruption moved from source to tip. As the flaming energy approached the tip a roaring fire sprang fourth and charred the end of the staff in a fiery erruption. Thus, the evil Silknight's Bramble Staff of Fiery Doom was born. It is a constant reminder to those who oppose her will that she possesses the power to twist and corrupt the beautiful, living faction of Alterra into something infinitely more terrible and destructive.
Inspiration:
The inspiration for this came from the idea of Silknight twisting the living into a fiery oblivion, as can be seen from the transition of wood from its green point of origin to its charred, flaming tip.
I appreciate weapons whose design calls upon the level/region in which they are acquired (such as the rocky looking gear from sandstone caves) so I tried to incorporate the forest into my design. Also, although I didn't draw other views, my intent was to wrap the two bramble pieces around the fire as it rises up in a column between the two. It is slightly noticable from the shading and overlay near the topmost crossover point but I wanted to mention this outright as well.
Potential Procs:
I think a flaming proc causing damage over time to the target would be appropriate. A small amount of splash damage would also fit the weapon.
Description Idea:
Due to "bramble" being in the name the best I can come up with would be to substitute bramble for something using "ramble". Possibly some allusion to Led Zeppelin's song "Ramble On" (which references a quest, mordor, and other fantasy-type themes). For example, "I'm gonna Bramble on, sing my song!"
I hope you all like my submission.
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Manibrium's Corrupted Iron Wand
Character: Manubrium
Intelligence weapon
Item name: Manibrium's Corrupted Iron Wand
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After many months following Bonebeak into the Dark Forest, hunting the elusive low level pink Dark Forest Leather Armor, Manubrium lost faith in the legend. No longer sharing Bonebeak's passion, she moved on to the Sandstone Caves, leaving Bonebeak and his followers without a mage.
Bonebeak then went missing. Feeling the weight of guilt for abandoning her ally, she returned to the Trail of Thieves, seeking answers, confident her high level powers would amply protect her from the armored forces of Silknight.
Silknight, remembering Manubrium's crimes against her minions, trapped her in the very same spot Bonebeak was felled only a few nights before. Her minions, using new and more powerful weapons forged with the power of the stolen Orbs of Nature, quickly dispatched the mage.
Silknight, ever the opportunist, took Manubrium's Iron Wand, corrupting it, enchanted vines entwining it's handle, hosting an eternal flame that heats the wand's tip, enhancing it's magical power.
Bonebeak's Corrupted Heavy Crossbow
Grizzlybone's Corrupted Hammer
Exploding Licking Flame Wand AKA ELF
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Character Name: Keocaty
Category: Brilliant Intelligence
Your Items’ Name: Exploding Licking Flame Wand AKA ELF
Images of your design. What does the weapon look like?
ELF was just a normal matchstick tucked away in a gnomes rucksack when the gnome and the sack were struck by lightening. The matchstick became enraged at the death of the gnome that he blew his stack. Instead of bursting with all that pent-up anger, ELF just grew in size until his flame became unstoppable! ELF’s intense anger enabled the dancing flame to leap out and wrap its self, snake-like, around his target. His connection to Silknight you ask? Silknight was ELF’s intended victim eons ago when she was just a budding sorceress. While watching from behind some poor hapless bears she had turned to stone, ELF was enamored by Silknight’s dedication to darkness and the fathomless depth of her black soul. Since dark is only the absence of light, ELF and Silknight decided they were the completion of the other and have been inseperatable ever since.