Trollslayer Gladius - This One Goes to Eleven

[Askip]

Auctioning a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius graced with spirals of etched runes.

Trollslayer weapon from EG09 auction.

+30 base, cycles to +50 on trolls for two swings then starts again at +30.

(Note: the info I was given about Trollslayers having two strikes at 10x is different for the gladius which seems to do one at 10x and 1 at 11x, I am posting a log below)

Fire flares (does normal double hit on trolls), two scripts for locating trolls, show, loresong.

Works on Grimswarm, great weapon for a Sunfister.

5 lb, 94/235, not blessable. Short sword base, nice for THW user.

MB 20m
BO offers considered

Thanks,
Askip

:D

[Askip]

The log starts with a 4x blade for reference:

>stance off
You are now in an offensive stance.
>att
You swing a tarnished vultite falchion at a hill troll!
AS: +259 vs DS: +142 with AvD: +34 + d100 roll: +2 = +153
... and hit for 18 points of damage!
Stomach shot lands with a hollow *thump*.
Roundtime: 5 sec.
>stance def
You are now in a defensive stance.
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate slowly.
A hill troll's abdomen regenerates and looks fully healed.

A hill troll thrusts with a spear at you!
In the nick of time, you interpose your vultite falchion between yourself and the blow!
>put fal in she
You put a tarnished vultite falchion in your leather ankle sheath.
>ge glad
You remove a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius graced with spirals of etched runes from inside your black leather backpack.

You hear an elven battle cry echo sharply off in the distance, growing louder until the gladius turns sharply and

points directly at the hill troll!
You hear an ancient elven voice whisper urgently, but you can't understand it.

>stance off
You are now in an offensive stance.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +294 vs DS: +142 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +5 = +183
... and hit for 27 points of damage!
Smooth slash to the hill troll's hip!
Nice crunching sound.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +269 vs DS: +142 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +93 = +246
... and hit for 32 points of damage!
Wild slash scratches the back of the hill troll's hand.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +274 vs DS: +141 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +31 = +190
... and hit for 28 points of damage!
Slash to the hill troll's chest!
That heart's not broken, it's only scratched.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate quickly.
A hill troll's left hand regenerates and looks fully healed.

A hill troll thrusts with a spear at you!
AS: +172 vs DS: +151 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +20 = +66
A clean miss.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +279 vs DS: +141 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +95 = +259
... and hit for 47 points of damage!
Blow to chest causes the hill troll's heart to skip a beat.
The hill troll is stunned!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate quickly.
A hill troll's chest regenerates and looks much better.

A hill troll snarls menacingly as she advances!

A hill troll thrusts with a spear at you!
With extreme effort, you block the attack with your shield!
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +284 vs DS: +187 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +96 = +219
... and hit for 32 points of damage!
Nice shot to the head gouges the hill troll's cheek!
The hill troll is stunned!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate quickly.
A hill troll's chest regenerates and looks fully healed.

A hill troll thrusts with a spear at you!
You dodge just in the nick of time!
>
A hill troll just arrived!
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate quickly.
A hill troll's abdomen regenerates and looks fully healed.

A hill troll mutters, "Srtr'rrugh traght."
A hill troll thrusts with a spear at you!
AS: +162 vs DS: +152 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +79 = +114
... and hits for 2 points of damage!
Close shave!
You take a quick step back.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +289 vs DS: +135 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +69 = +249
... and hit for 33 points of damage!
Wild slash scratches the back of the hill troll's hand.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +294 vs DS: +135 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +86 = +271
... and hit for 51 points of damage!
Strike pierces calf!
The hill troll is knocked to the ground!
The hill troll is stunned!

The intense heat surrounding the gladius grows hotter!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>
A hill troll throws his head back and bellows!
A hill troll swings a twohanded sword at you!
AS: +207 vs DS: +153 with AvD: +47 + d100 roll: +57 = +158
... and hits for 12 points of damage!
Blow raises a welt on your left arm.
>
A hill troll lies there, dazed and confused.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +269 vs DS: +81 with AvD: +26 + d100 roll: +91 = +305
... and hit for 66 points of damage!
Damaging strike to chest, several ribs shattered!
The hill troll screams one last time and dies.
The deep blue glow leaves a hill troll.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>stance def
You are now in a defensive stance.
>
A hill troll swings a twohanded sword at you!
You skillfully dodge the attack!
>stance off
You are now in an offensive stance.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +274 vs DS: +145 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +66 = +214
... and hit for 19 points of damage!
Glancing strike to the head!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +279 vs DS: +143 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +89 = +244
... and hit for 21 points of damage!
Blow raises a welt on the hill troll's right arm.
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate slowly.
A hill troll's right arm regenerates and looks fully healed.

A hill troll looks a little dubious about his situation.

A hill troll heads south.
>s
[Upper Trollfang]
You notice a hill troll.
Obvious paths: north, east, west
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +284 vs DS: +195 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +17 = +125
... and hit for 3 points of damage!
Glancing blow to the hill troll's left leg!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +289 vs DS: +195 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +6 = +119
... and hit for 2 points of damage!
Glancing blow to the hill troll's left leg!

The intense heat surrounding the gladius grows hotter!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +294 vs DS: +195 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +90 = +208
... and hit for 17 points of damage!
Quick slash to the hill troll's upper right arm!
Just a nick.

A scorching red flame runs up and down the blade of the gladius!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>
A hill troll's flesh wounds regenerate some.
A hill troll's right arm regenerates and looks fully healed.

A hill troll swings a twohanded sword at you!
AS: +182 vs DS: +121 with AvD: +47 + d100 roll: +16 = +124
... and hits for 4 points of damage!
Hit glances off your hip.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +269 vs DS: +136 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +46 = +198
... and hit for 19 points of damage!
Torn muscle in the hill troll's right leg!
Roundtime: 4 sec.
>att
You swing a gem-pommeled eahnor gladius at a hill troll!
AS: +274 vs DS: +132 with AvD: +19 + d100 roll: +38 = +199
... and hit for 17 points of damage!
Minor puncture to the abdomen.
With a burst of fiery orange flame, your gladius flares at the hill troll!
... 35 points of damage!
Right arm scorched so bad it might as well be gone.
The troll's twohanded sword falls to the ground.
The hill troll is stunned!
The hill troll screams in agony as the flames barbecue his flesh!
... 35 points of damage!
Skin and muscle seared off right hand. Not much left.

Roundtime: 4 sec.

...yada yada :D

[NocturnalRob]

so it flared 1 time out of 15 swings?

[Askip]

yep, 12-15 seems normal for it so far, have not used it much.

[m444w]

that is a ridiculously low flare rate.... normal flare rate is what? like 1/5?

[NocturnalRob]

that's what i was thinking, yeah

[Askip]

1/5 seems high but I do not play my blade users too often, I seem to remember 1/7-9 for feras and drake.

Anyway, just did further testing and it flared 1/15-17 for a couple hundred swings.

:D

[Androidpk]

1/5 seems high but I do not play my blade users too often, I seem to remember 1/7-9 for feras and drake.

Anyway, just did further testing and it flared 1/15-17 for a couple hundred swings.

:D

Feras flares on just about every swing.

[Senglent]

as I got the gladius in Plat. the flare rate does suck on it.

Just something to consider I don't see them making two different versions for prime and plat. Now it might, as my character is only 25 in Plat and at 24 I only got a +48 out of it so it's entirely possible my guy is to low in level to see this benefit. If so that's pretty damn cool. But would be something for others to know that you can only receive the bonus allowed by your level.

Also that it goes right back to +30 on any non troll, which I thought sucked but the x11 enchant looks pretty damn nice, going to have to hit a couple more levels and check that out.

[eulogia]

as I got the gladius in Plat. the flare rate does suck on it.

Just something to consider I don't see them making two different versions for prime and plat. Now it might, as my character is only 25 in Plat and at 24 I only got a +48 out of it so it's entirely possible my guy is to low in level to see this benefit. If so that's pretty damn cool. But would be something for others to know that you can only receive the bonus allowed by your level.

Also that it goes right back to +30 on any non troll, which I thought sucked but the x11 enchant looks pretty damn nice, going to have to hit a couple more levels and check that out.

Remember to let me know if you decide to get rid of it.

-E

[Guarrin]

I have the espadon in prime, and was contacted by a GM yesterday. Apparently, they are indeed going to 11x. There are two possible solutions, either fix the script so it only cycles to 10x, or, drop the base enchant to 5x. I'm really hoping they can resolve the issue with the script.

Some additional information that may be useful on the flares, is that the blade has scripts indicating the flare is charging. First it will heat up, and then catch on fire, at this point it should be ready to flare (usually in four swings). However, there was an additional % chance to flare added at some point.

I suspect that the additional restriction giving it another % chance to flare was probably added in later on to nerf the weapon a bit. I was told by the GM that if you don't see it for 15 + swings, it's just bad luck with the flare 'check'.

Oh, and also, the GM mentioned that if there wasn't that additional % chance check on the flares, that I would be 'very happy' with the flare rate.

[WRoss]

whoever buys this should buy my gruesome troll-arm sheath