Dread

Name	Dread
Sorted Name	Dread
Family	Weapon Ability
Subcategory	Epic
Price	+7 bonus
Aura	Overwhelming
Caster Level	22
Version	SRD
Sources	System Reference Document
Construction	Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Epic Magic Arms and Armor, summon monster IX

Description: A dread weapon excels at attacking one type of creature. Against its designated foe, its effective enhancement bonus is +4 better than its normal enhancement bonus. Further, it deals +4d6 points of bonus damage against the foe, and if it scores a successful critical hit against the foe, that creature must make a Fortitude save (DC 27) or be destroyed instantly and turned to dust. (This even affects creatures immune to critical hits or death magic.) To randomly determine a dread weapon's designated foe, roll on the following table. d% Designated Foe d% Designated Foe 01-05 Aberrations 58-60 Humanoids, orc 06-09 Animals 61-65 Magical beasts 10-16 Constructs 66-70 Monstrous humanoids 17-22 Dragons 71-72 Oozes 23-27 Elementals 73 Outsiders, air 28-32 Fey 74-76 Outsiders, chaotic 33-39 Giants 77 Outsiders, earth 40 Humanoids, aquatic 78-80 Outsiders, evil 41-42 Humanoids, dwarf 81 Outsiders, fire 43-44 Humanoids, elf 82-84 Outsiders, good 45 Humanoids, gnoll 85-87 Outsiders, lawful 46 Humanoids, gnome 88 Outsiders, water 47-49 Humanoids, goblinoid 89-90 Plants 50 Humanoids, halfling 91-98 Undead 51-54 Humanoids, human 99-100 Vermin 55-57 Humanoids, reptilian

Source Copyright: System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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