Artifact: Hell Dagger

[knightkrawler]

Having them be throwable and reusable is moving into OP territory...

Then you must really hate the crossbow. Reusable three combat dice!

But not usable in melee. For that you need a second main weapon with 3 AD. Pricey stuff.
And pricey no OP ain't not.

[Gold Bearer]

Having them be throwable and reusable is moving into OP territory...

Then you must really hate the crossbow. Reusable three combat dice!

But not usable in melee. For that you need a second main weapon with 3 AD. Pricey stuff.
And pricey no OP ain't not.

But throwing a Hell Dagger/Knife is the statistically the same as throwing a spear or hand axe, and throwing a Hell Hammer isn't as good as a crossbow shot.

[Gold Bearer]

I made a set.

Hell Knife - A1. If you roll a skull roll an additional combat dice and continue to do so until a skull is not rolled. Can be thrown and retrieved.
Hell Hammer - A2. If you roll two skulls roll an additional combat dice and continue to do so until a skull is not rolled. Can be thrown and retrieved. May not be used by the Wizard.
Hell Sword - A3. If no white shields are rolled roll an additional combat dice and continue to do so until a skull is not rolled. Can attack diagonally. May not be used by the Wizard.
Hell Axe - A4. If no black shields are rolled roll an additional combat dice and continue to do so until a skull is not rolled. May not be used by the Wizard.

Or another way of using these would be to have a hell themed quest (or series of quests) with a board that's the opposite of the custom Frozen Horror boards with demons as the enemies maybe with some super moody Dantes Inferno style imagery and have these weapons only usable in hell. Maybe the Wizard gets to keep the Hell Knife/Dagger because of his magic.

Hell Knife - Wizard only.
Hell Hammer - Dwarf only.
Hell Sword - Elf only.
Hell Axe - Barbarian only.

[shizuo]

Lol throwing the nice is really good its just like throwing a small javelin =D. I pity the wizards though because they can't use the Hell hammer,sword and axe.

[Jafazo]

This was probably covered so if it was, ignore my post but I don't have time to read through 7 pages of responses on this just to make sure no one covered my point or that the subject shifted...

My opinion on the dagger... Cap its damage. I have a few weapons in my game that utilize this build-up of damage feature but when you play often enough, the hero DOES roll 3 skulls in a row OFTEN. 6 is rare and although 10+ is rare, it's happened. My solution... cap the max damage at 3 skulls. The weapon shouldn't compete with the barbarians greataxe if you ask me so just GIVING a low dmg Hero the CHANCE to do respectable damage on a frequent basis is about as good as it should get for him.

Love the cards artwork and congrats on discovering this build up type rule set. Real nice work.