Blink Battle Axe

[Jarvan]

A Mithglin Battle Axe

A tiny golden eyelid, which is closed, is inlaid into the bottom of the pommel, and a faint blue flicker dances around the weapon.
You see nothing unusual, except for a small enchanter's glyph.

You carefully inspect your mithglin battle axe.

After a careful inspection you determine that a mithglin battle axe requires skill in twohanded weapons to use effectively.

It looks like this item has been mainly crafted out of mithglin.


You give the golden eye of your mithglin battle axe a solid poke. It blinks shut and with it the world goes black...
You instinctively blink and when you open your eyes, you find your surroundings have changed.

The Weapon Absorbs seemingly any combat spell that can be targeted (tried it with bard spells, and it did not seem to want to work). it will then use that spell, and the Wielders Skills AND Lores for flaring purposes.

here are some examples with a Nearly capped Empath.

xxxxxx swings a mithglin battle axe at a frost giant!
AS: +339 vs DS: +204 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +17 = +189
... and hits for 55 points of damage!
Downward slash across the frost giant's left thigh!
Gouges bone!

xxxxx mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
The force of xxxxx power warps the air as it surges toward a frost giant!
CS: +439 - TD: +138 + CvA: +25 + d100: +48 == +374
Warding failed!
A nebulous haze shimmers into view around a frost giant, plunging inward to envelop his back!
... 25 points of damage!
Blast tears across back leaving a nasty disintegration slash.
... 35 points of damage!
Deep hole created in back, narrowly missing spinal cord!
... 85 points of damage!
Powerful blast instantly consumes most of the frost giant! All that remains are bloody chunks of tissue scattered about the area.
The frost giant falls to the ground motionless.
The deep blue glow leaves a frost giant.
The light blue glow leaves a frost giant.
The powerful look leaves a frost giant.



xxxxxx swings a mithglin battle axe at a frost giant!
AS: +339 vs DS: +219 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +54 = +212
... and hits for 93 points of damage!
Powerful slash!
The frost giant's right leg is severed at the knee!
A frost giant falls to the ground grasping his mangled right leg!
The frost giant is stunned!

xxxxxx mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
xxxxxx concentrates intently on a frost giant, and a pulse of pearlescent energy ripples toward him!
CS: +439 - TD: +133 + CvA: +19 + d100: +54 == +379
Warding failed!
The frost giant shudders with severe convulsions as pearlescent ripples envelop his body.
The frost giant is crushed for 50 points of damage!
... 55 points of damage!
Hard strike removes the right eye and a goodly bit of skull!
The frost giant cries out in cold agony one last time and dies.
The deep blue glow leaves a frost giant.
The light blue glow leaves a frost giant.
The powerful look leaves a frost giant.


From testing, it seems you have to be 3x the level of the spell you want to imbue the axe with.

Axe is 5x, THW, Great Axe Base, Has a nice Loresong, 5x a day teleport to a random connected room.

Flares only work if you can cast the spell it's imbued with.

Really fun weapon, and insanely useful to a THW Pure or Semi. testing has shown that for some reason, bard spells won't work in it.

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a lesser orc!
AS: +62 vs DS: +51 with AvD: +38 + d100 roll: +59 = +108
... and hit for 4 points of damage!
Near-miss!
Knuckles kissed but little damage.

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
That does not seem to work.
Roundtime: 11 sec.

Has been a decent amount of interest in this weapon, so Starting bid is going to be 65 Mill. And I already have a current offer of 70 Mill.

No current BO listed, But offers will be considered. Willing to accept silver or Cash @ 8 per.

CB - Sold on BO to Drew

Any questions, feel free to ask.

[TheEschaton]

The name of the empath in question is still in.

[kgolfer]

It seems as though you tried to hide the name of the character, but you missed one.

AK

[kgolfer]

You beat me to it!

AK

[Jarvan]

Thanks. What can I say, I am tired.

[Drew]

Frequency of flares? How often do you have to recast at the weapon?

[Belnia]

The spell stays imbedded in the weapon until you put something new in it, from what I found out playing with the handaxe when the owner let me take it out for a little while. Loading Spikethorn or Fury into it rules.

>kill
You swing a mithglin handaxe at a jungle troll!
AS: +138 vs DS: +119 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +51 = +102
... and hit for 9 points of damage!
Blow glances off the jungle troll's shoulder.

Your mithglin handaxe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
You close your eyes in a moment of intense concentration, channeling the pure natural power of your surroundings. As you continue to gather the energy, a low thrumming resounds through the area. Suddenly, thick, rope-like verdant tendrils snake around the area, savagely assailing everything around you!
The surroundings advance upon a jungle troll with relentless fury!
CS: +413 - TD: +63 + CvA: +25 + d100: +29 == +404
Warding failed!
One of the mist-covered, long tendrils shoot toward a jungle troll!
... 75 points of damage!
... 55 points of damage!
The jungle troll thrown down hard, cracking her hip!
It is knocked to the ground!
The jungle troll is stunned!
... 50 points of damage!
Forehead strikes the ground!
... 55 points of damage!
Impressive chest grapple snaps ribs!
... 55 points of damage!
Seething steam strike to neck leaves it tender and juicy.
[You have earned 1 prestige point.]
The jungle troll's body convulses one last time before the stillness of death overtakes her.
The deep blue glow leaves a jungle troll.
The surroundings advance upon a giant fog beetle with relentless fury!
CS: +413 - TD: +66 + CvA: +25 + d100: +69 == +441
Warding failed!
Some of the mist-covered tendrils rear back and wind together before striking at a giant fog beetle with great speed!
... 83 points of damage!
... 55 points of damage!
... 50 points of damage!
... 55 points of damage!
Massive blow to abdomen!
... 55 points of damage!
The giant fog beetle falls to the ground and lies twitching for a moment before going still.
The surroundings advance upon a jungle troll with relentless fury!
CS: +413 - TD: +63 + CvA: +25 + d100: +35 == +410
Warding failed!
Some of the mist-covered tendrils rear back and wind together before striking at a jungle troll with great speed!
... 77 points of damage!
... 50 points of damage!
Hard blow to chest breaking ribs!
Hard to breathe!
The jungle troll is stunned!
... 55 points of damage!
Massive blow to left hand crushing it to pulp!
... 45 points of damage!
Strong blow to back!
... 55 points of damage!
Boiling steam strike to the jungle troll's chest causes major heartburn.. and lungburn..
[You have earned 1 prestige point.]
The jungle troll falls to the ground as the stillness of death overtakes him.
The deep blue glow leaves a jungle troll.
The surroundings advance upon a giant fog beetle with relentless fury!
CS: +413 - TD: +57 + CvA: +25 + d100: +63 == +444
Warding failed!
A few verdant, mist-covered tendrils sweep through underfoot, and a giant fog beetle is unable to get out of the way!
... 83 points of damage!
... 55 points of damage!
Strong grapple to the head gouges eye!
... 45 points of damage!
It is knocked to the ground!
... 50 points of damage!
Fuming water vapors make the giant fog beetle's knees all wobbly.
The surroundings advance upon a jungle troll with relentless fury!
CS: +413 - TD: +63 + CvA: +25 + d100: +77 == +452
Warding failed!
One of the mist-covered, long tendrils shoot toward a jungle troll!
... 85 points of damage!
... 45 points of damage!
Dirt gets in the jungle troll's eyes as he is pushed to the ground.
It is knocked to the ground!
The jungle troll is stunned!
... 55 points of damage!
Grab to the head sprains the jungle troll's neck badly before he hits the ground.
... 50 points of damage!
Boiling steam causes fingers to shrivel!
As swiftly as the chaos came to be, it recedes again into the surroundings.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

[thefarmer]

Every time I see clips of a blink weapon it just makes the paladin spell list that much more pathetic.

[Durgrimst]

If a warrior used this and it had 635 in it, would his CS even be high enough to hit anything if it is based on skills and lores since he would not have many if any spells?

[WRoss]

The CS is based off what your CS is.

As for putting Fury in it, don't know how you were able to get something that high into it. It seems that the ability to put a spell in it has some sort of basis to it. The owner couldn't get his 52 ranger to put spike thorn in it.

[Belnia]

It does have a level component to what spell you can put into it.

As for a warrior using Fury, it won't work. The person swinging the weapon has to be able to cast the spell loaded into it, or the flare won't work. Hasted wizard using one of these and loading a ball spell into it would be vicious.

Bind flares are also awesome.

[Jarvan]

I estimated a 3x spell level to be able to imbue spells into the weapon based on the spells my Ranger could, and could not get into it. The actual formula may be way different. For capped chars, I can't see why they shouldn't be able to put any valid spell in.

On a side note, I wish I was able to put fury in it. The fact that it uses your CS and lores to determine flare affects is insane.

[Androidpk]

Sounds like that would be fun with 1615.

[Jarvan]

It could be, Buy it and find out? :)

[Androidpk]

I'll stick to my mauls.

[Drew]

I estimated a 3x spell level to be able to imbue spells into the weapon based on the spells my Ranger could, and could not get into it. The actual formula may be way different. For capped chars, I can't see why they shouldn't be able to put any valid spell in.

On a side note, I wish I was able to put fury in it. The fact that it uses your CS and lores to determine flare affects is insane.

Was your ranger able to put 635 in it? If so can you post his (or PM) his magical training as far as spells known, harness power, MIU, and AS? Also I'm still interested in flare frequency before I decide to bid. If you want to give me a few logs of you hunting with it I can do it myself.

[Jarvan]

My Ranger wasn't able to get 635 in it, infact, he couldn't get 618 in it. One of the reasons I am selling it. Will be awhile I figure till I could use it to it's full glory.

Also, if you have multiple chars that are THW (cleric, ranger, empath, wizard, Sorc, or paladin) This is a great weapon for any of them, as you can imbue it as often as you want, even changing spells midhunt.

As for flares, I found that it flared just as often as any other weapon. I will try to find the log of my Ranger testing it, he used.. 607, 609, 610, 612, and I believe 615 in it effectively. May be just a few levels away from using 616, but 635 was what I was hoping to use with it to be Honest.

As for 635, best person to ask for a log is Belnia.

[Drew]

If the flares are regular frequency that works. How old is your ranger currently?

[Jarvan]

51, almost 52.

Armor Use..........................| 150 50
Combat Maneuvers...................| 120 30
Two-Handed Weapons.................| 200 100
Ambush.............................| 151 51
Physical Fitness...................| 102 24
Dodging............................| 130 35
Arcane Symbols.....................| 50 10
Magic Item Use.....................| 82 18
Harness Power......................| 151 51
Spirit Mana Control................| 102 24
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 111 27
Survival...........................| 151 51
Stalking and Hiding................| 156 56
Perception.........................| 50 10
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 90 20
First Aid..........................| 151 51

Spell Lists
Ranger.............................| 51

On a side note. If a trustworthy (pc wise) person would like to test it with a class that has not tested it, -My Wiz only tried Immolate, that was fun- we can prob make an arrangement.

Sad about bard spells.. but then again.. if the weapon could do them, it should also qualify as a singing sword type weapon.

Personally I think the three best classes for it are Ranger, Cleric and Empath. Though a haste wizard may come close.

[Drew]

Jarvan let me use it for a bit and I did some testing; there's definitely a hidden roll involved somewhere, so you may be able to brute force a spell in with enough time, mana, and luck. I was not able to get 635 in and my feeling is that you probably can't until you're capped. I was able to get 616 after 4 or 5 casts, with a level 71 character. So I'm about 4.5x above 616's level with 15 miu, no AS or and 1 SMC. That might help you get an idea if you'll be able to fit a spell in.




Also I'll go ahead and bid 75

[Jarvan]

On Request, did some testing with a wizard to check bolt and ball spells.

The following is on a level 44 wizard, mostly set up to enchant. Had to train a bit of THW to hit things though.

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a plains orc scout!
AS: +119 vs DS: +103 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +97 = +150
... and hit for 35 points of damage!
Banged the plains orc scout's right shin.
That'll raise a good welt.

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a plains orc scout!
AS: +251 vs DS: +85 with AvD: +39 + d100 roll: +24 = +229
... and hit for 116 points of damage!
Horrifying jolt of electricity fries abdomen to a crisp. Upper torso falls to the ground. Talk about repugnant!
A plains orc scout jerks one last time and expires.
A plains orc scout seems to lose an aura of confidence.
A plains orc scout returns to normal color.

Your hands glow with power as you invoke the phrase for Major Shock...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a tawny brindlecat.
You hurl a powerful lightning bolt at a tawny brindlecat!
AS: +251 vs DS: +85 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +89 = +292
... and hit for 122 points of damage!
Nasty shock to right arm stiffens joints. Nice and painful.
The tawny brindlecat is stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

Same AS

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a plains orc scout!
AS: +149 vs DS: +126 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +97 = +157
... and hit for 36 points of damage!
Slash to the plains orc scout's shield arm!
Shears off a thin layer of skin!

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
You hurl a roaring ball of fire at a plains orc scout!
AS: +281 vs DS: +94 with AvD: +44 + d100 roll: +95 = +326
... and hit for 91 points of damage!
Scorching heat shrivels left leg to a useless black mass.
A plains orc scout grunts and falls over grasping her mangled left leg!
The plains orc scout is stunned!
The roaring ball of fire strikes a plains orc scout, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 50 points of damage!
Skin and some muscle burnt off chest.
A plains orc scout jerks one last time and expires.
A plains orc scout seems to lose an aura of confidence.
A plains orc scout returns to normal color.

After I put 425 on.. and the ball spell formed a Ball. No other critters in room, not sure if it would have hit others.

Immolate

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a tawny brindlecat!
AS: +149 vs DS: +81 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +16 = +120
... and hit for 13 points of damage!
Blow raises a welt on the tawny brindlecat's left arm.

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
Warding failed!
Wisps of black smoke swirl around a tawny brindlecat and she bursts into flame!
... 55 points of damage!
Super-heated flame causes a tawny brindlecat's right eye to explode inward.
The tawny brindlecat's tail twitches feebly as she dies.

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a great stag!
AS: +149 vs DS: +104 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +33 = +114
... and hit for 14 points of damage!
Torn muscle in the great stag's right leg!

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
Warding failed!
Wisps of black smoke swirl around a great stag and he bursts into flame!
... 70 points of damage!
Back burnt to the bone. Smoke curls up from what's left of a great stag.
The great stag collapses to the ground, emits a final sigh, and dies.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a tawny brindlecat!
AS: +149 vs DS: +152 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +98 = +131
... and hit for 20 points of damage!
Slash to the tawny brindlecat's right leg hits high!
Kinda makes your knees weak, huh?

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
You hurl a large boulder at a tawny brindlecat!
AS: +281 vs DS: +99 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +54 = +273
... and hit for 105 points of damage!
Massive blow to left hand crushing it to pulp!
The tawny brindlecat mewls in pain as he slumps to the ground and licks his wounded left paw.
The tawny brindlecat's tail twitches feebly as he dies.

Axe hurling a boulder.. got to love magic.

Mana Leech

You swing a mithglin battle axe at a tawny brindlecat!
AS: +149 vs DS: +92 with AvD: +36 + d100 roll: +36 = +129
... and hit for 19 points of damage!
Awkward slash to the tawny brindlecat's stomach!
Everyone needs another belly button.

Your mithglin battle axe suddenly lights up with hundreds of tiny blue sparks!
CS: +259 - TD: +40 + CvA: +25 + d100: +49 == +293
Warding failed!
A dull grey beam momentarily materializes between you and the tawny brindlecat!
The tawny brindlecat shakes violently!
You feel a sudden rush of power as you absorb 6 mana!
Roundtime: 5 sec.
Roundtime changed to 2 seconds.

Extra mana is always useful.


Almost has me tempted to make a THW War Wizard. but it's already posted.

[Geshron]

That is fucking cool as shit, mister.

[Xaerve]

Can you put cone of lightning in it?

I'll probably bid if so.

[Androidpk]

Meteor swarm!

[Jarvan]

>prep 518
You intone a phrase of elemental power while raising your hands, invoking Cone of Lightning...
Your spell is ready.
>cast my axe
You gesture at a mithglin battle axe.
Your mithglin battle axe suddenly glows with an intensely blue light! The light seems to be absorbed by the mithglin battle axe.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

it takes 518. Will have to wait on testing for combat for a bit.

[Xaerve]

Lions and tigers and bears oh my.

One last question, can you put 425 in it and have it flare on you? Sorry if this was already answered. What if you're a warrior and don't KNOW 425, but could cast it if you had the ranks.

[Androidpk]

That axe is sick. So many potential combinations.

Hasted warmage with that in a troll grimswarm camp?

[Durgrimst]

My question is will a mass attack flare like 518/635/435 trigger the barrier in Grimswarm camps like casting them does, if not, this weapon just went up a whole new level IMO.

[Androidpk]

My question is will a mass attack flare like 518/635/435 trigger the barrier in Grimswarm camps like casting them does, if not, this weapon just went up a whole new level IMO.

Exactly.

[Tolwynn]

Someone get me into a warcamp, and I'll be glad to help test the barrier thing out.

[Kithus]

My question is will a mass attack flare like 518/635/435 trigger the barrier in Grimswarm camps like casting them does, if not, this weapon just went up a whole new level IMO.

Even if it does a wizard could put major fire into it and go to town in a troll camp.

[WRoss]

80m

[Mezin]

85 mil

[WRoss]

90

[Kuyuk]

put meteor swarm in it

[Androidpk]

Can paladins sanctify it and have guiding light flares and spell flares too?

Now that would be sweet.

[Belnia]

Meteor swarm, unfortunately, won't go. 530/230 will, mass dispel flares are awesome.

[WRoss]

yeah, 1120, 230, or 135 is what I plan on putting in it, if you people would just stop bidding!

edit: 1115 too, of course

[thefarmer]

Can paladins sanctify it and have guiding light flares and spell flares too?

Now that would be sweet.

Nope.

[Izzy]

Do the aoe spells like 635 become player friendly when flared? Or are they still considered player cast?

[Belnia]

It's just like you cast it, but without the mana cost. It'll use your CS, and they are not friendly if the spell is not friendly. E-wave flares will still knock people over, etc.

[Tolwynn]

It is also without soft spell rt, so if you are hasted, you can kick out back to back flares with luck.

[phantasm]

Does it flare on every hit?

[WRoss]

no, regular flare interval, like every 5 hits or so.

[Jarvan]

Bid Updated.

As for further testing, I will be happy to let a wizard or other class with AOE spells to imbed try it in a warcamp.

Or if there is a specific spell you want to try. Just need to be a well known honest PCer, or someone I know ingame. I want whomever wins it to be happy with it.

[Mezin]

Hm, why not. 95 mil.

[Xaerve]

Bid Updated.

As for further testing, I will be happy to let a wizard or other class with AOE spells to imbed try it in a warcamp.

Or if there is a specific spell you want to try. Just need to be a well known honest PCer, or someone I know ingame. I want whomever wins it to be happy with it.

Appreciate the upfront attitude. Good stuff.

[Sam]

I would be whipping out the big money if I were any other profession.. well except maybe sorcerer.

[WRoss]

100m

[nub]

So immolate doesn't even use the CS test??

[WRoss]

It does. It uses your CS.

[Drew]

105

[Jarvan]

Status Updated, Axe is sold on BO.

[Sam]

lots of big buyouts today.