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Caltroppers are experts in the use of caltrops: little spiky bits of whatever that are scattered on the ground in order to harm the feet of whoever moves through them. As a weapon, their effectiveness is as much about denial as actually dealing damage; this makes them a poor choice for a straightforward brawler but an excellent tool for a more tactically-minded battle administrator.
This is a weapon and subject to universal weapon rules.
| Caltropper | Make an area painful to walk in. | |
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| caret-right | Barbed | Pain the conditioned. |
| caret-right | Hoppers | Use in more situations. |
| caret-right | Maker's Path | Immunity to your own caltrops. |
| caret-right | Scatter Wide | Cover a larger area. |
| caret-right | Toss Underfoot | Make interruption attacks. |
| Enterprises | Caltropper School Demolition Ground Squad |
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Caltropper
| Offense | plus-circleSetup: As an action, you may scatter caltrops in a space of your choice in throwing range (0-10 meters) plus all adjacent spaces. Scattering caltrops counts as an attack action for purposes of double-attacks and all game mechanics that affect attacks (such as the Nauseous condition). plus-circleAttack: Every time a creature enters a space that you've caltropped (including allies or even yourself) you automatically attack them with the effect. This does not require you to spend any actions or even for it to be your turn. plus-circleConditions: When the trigger die is 10+, this weapon inflicts its wielder's choice of the X, X, or X conditions to its target. plus-circleVision Independent: This weapon does not suffer failure chances from concealment. minus-circleClearable: Any creature can clear the caltrops out of an adjacent space by spending an action to sweep them aside and move into the newly-swept space. Larger creatures that occupy multiple spaces can clear all adjacent spaces they will be moving into simultaneously as a single action. If a creature dies while in a caltropped space, the caltrops are all automatically removed from that space. minus-circleAmmunition: Roll a trigger die when setting up the effect. When the result is a 1, the attack uses 1 point of Supply or one use of an Ammo Bag item. This weapon cannot be used if you have no Supply/Ammo Bag uses remaining. Note that attacking with the caltrops does not consume or require Supply, only the initial setup does. doubledThrown Effect: As a thrown effect, this ability can be used to synergize with throwing-specific abilities such as the Sprinter's Running Drop or the Archer's Trick Arrow. |
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| Condition | Explanation | |
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| snail | Crippled | minus-circle The maximum distances of all movement and abilities that grant movement are reduced by one step on the standard distance scale (10 → 5 → 2 → 1 → 0). |
| ringing-bell | Dizzy | minus-circle Every time a movement action is taken, lose 1 Endurance. minus-circle Cannot dash (travel further in exchange for Endurance) during a movement action. plus-circle Movement made for free (without spending any actions) is unaffected. |
| player-pain | Sore | minus-circle Do not automatically regain lost Flow at the beginning of each round. |
Barbed
| Protection | plus-circleCripple Hard: The caltrops are barbed, sticking painfully in the flesh of anyone unlucky enough to step on one. When a creature that you used this weapon to successfully inflict a condition on (Crippled, Dizzy, or Sore) moves for any reason under their own power and by their own will (including free actions or any other effects), you may attack them with it again as a free action that is resolved immediately after the movement that triggered it. minus-circleSelf-Moves Only: If a conditioned target moves via riding on another creature or a vehicle, a Barbed attack is not triggered on them. If a conditioned creature is moved directly by another creature via a pushing effect or other similar ability, a Barbed attack is not triggered on them. minus-circleCondition-Dependent: When a subject that you've applied a Caltropper condition to recovers from the condition, they are also no longer prone to attacks from this effect (they successfully pulled out the caltrop). |
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Hoppers
| Offense | plus-circleSpringy Bastards: Your caltrops are networked, or perhaps semi-alive. They occasionally bounce into the air, preventing any creature from avoiding them by jumping/floating/flying over them. Passing more than a meter above the surface where the caltrops are is still enough to avoid them, but any less is not. | |
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| Offense | plus-circleCloudtrops: The caltrops can adjust their own buoyancy until they achieve equilibirum. When used underwater, they function normally as a loose cloud. When used on the surface of water, they float on the surface and affect anything else that floats through or breaks the surface in their area. | |
| Offense | plus-circleFree Fallers: The caltrops also function as a free-floating cloud when in an area that doesn't have any gravity. | |
| Offense | plus-circleSeekers: When attacking targets larger or smaller than yourself, size-based failure chances are reduced by 12. | |
Maker's Path
| Protection | plus-circleKnow The Way: You are immune to your own caltrops and can freely enter any space you've caltropped without being harmed. This ability does not protect your allies, only yourself. | |
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Scatter Wide
| Offense | plus-circleSpring-Loaded: When you set up caltrops, they are placed on the target space and every other space within 2 meters instead of only adjacent spaces. | |
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Toss Underfoot
| Offense | plus-circleReactive Denial: Any time a creature enters a space within 5 meters of your location, you can quickly toss a caltrop under their feet as they move. This allows you to immediately attack them directly with the effect as an interruption to their movement, even though it isn't your turn. minus-circleIntegrated Supply Check: Spreading and attacking with caltrops is all one action when using Toss Underfoot. When the attack's trigger die is a 1, then using the ability costs 1 Supply/Ammo Bag use. minus-circleConservation of Action: Every time you choose to toss a caltrop underfoot, you get one less action on your next turn. You cannot toss caltrops underfoot more than twice per round. minus-circleNo Scatter: Tossing caltrops underfoot does not leave any lying on the ground after. No spaces are made caltropped as a result of using this ability, it's a one-and-done kind of deal. |
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Enterprises
| Caltropper School | The settlement hosts an institution that teaches the secrets of this class for a small fee. Keystones of this class can be purchased here for 1 Supply each. |
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| Demolition Ground | Space has been set aside for properly testing large munitions. Adventurers can spend a training fee of 1 Supply in the establishment to temporarily increase their Whelm combat skill by +1 until the end of the current session. A Demolition Ground cannot be used more than once in a given session by any single adventurer. |
| Squad | The settlement is home to a squad of 10 soldiers focusing on this class's weapon type. A single settlement can have multiple versions of this enterprise. All 10 soldiers are level 5 and have the same abilities/statistics, determined by you. At least two of the soldier's five abilities need to be weapon abilities, and all of the soldier's abilities need to be ones personally known by the retiring adventurer who establishes the squad. Squads fight for the interests of their local settlement. If a squad is wiped out, it can be restored to fighting order by spending 5 Supply. |
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