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+2 Hoopak of Wandering
donated by Corynna Skylark
Description: The hoopak of wandering looks like any other hoopak except
that its spearpoint is coated in mercury. The mercury, however,
will not poison the wielder. In fact, the hoopak gives the wielder
immunity to mercury poisoning. Otherwise, it has the usual
trinkets and feathers cascading down the side of it.
History: Well, you'll never believe it...My friends and I had just come
across a young adult dragon's lair. Naturally, I wanted to go
inside, right? Well, my friends tried to stop me, but they aren't
very good at paying attention to me, so when they were
distracted (it's amazing what a forest fire will do to distract
people!), I sneaked back to the cave. I went inside, and there
was this HUGE pile of jewels and gold and weapons and armor
and gems and...where was I? Oh yes. So I went inside, and
there it was. The dragon was in the lair, of course, but he
turned out to be quite a nice fellow, if a bit nervous that I
wanted his treasure. I told him, oh no! I just came exploring
to see what kind of dragon lived here. He told me he was a
mercury dragon and not to touch him or I'd end up really sick.
Of course, I couldn't resist the urge to come up to him, though
he kept sidling away, but finally, I touched his claw and giggled.
Fortunately, 'cause I was starting to feel kinda woozy and all,
he gave me this hoopak as a parting gift (which was somewhat
hastily given), and the wooziness went away. Then he, almost
rudely, I might add, pushed me out of the cave.
How it Works: It gives the person wielding it a plus two to attack and damage.
May only be used by someone proficient in the hoopak or any
kender (even if their proficiency is in the whippik or some other
weapon). The mercury on the spearpoint will not poison the
wielder. In fact, the hoopak gives the wielder immunity to
mercury poisoning. Lastly, the Hoopak of Wandering causes
the person holding it to go on wanderlust when they reach the
traditional coming-of-age-for-wanderlust (adjusts to fit the
race's age equivalent of a kender if the person is not a kender).
They continue on wanderlust until the traditional kender-age for
stopping and then settle down. Most non-kender consider this
item cursed, but simply giving up possession of the item rids a
non-kender of wanderlust. Of course, it has no effect whatever
on a kender. |
