Garrote (Weapon)

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Garrote 2-Hand / Exotic [edit]
Garrote
Cost Sm Dmg Med Dmg Large Dmg Crit Range Wt Type
20 gp 1d10 1d10 1d10 x2 - 1/2 lb Slashing (physical, common)
Weapon Qualities: Grapple, Special, Unaware
A garrote is a vicious weapon that requires a clear shot at a vulnerable point. In order for you to use a garrote, your opponent must be helpless or unaware of you. You must make a grapple check (though you do not suffer the -4 penalty for not having two hands free) to successfully begin garroting your opponent. Despite being a two-handed weapon (and granting 1.5 times your Str to its damage) the garrote is treated as a light weapon and may be used to make attacks during a grapple. Precision damage may not be added to a garrote's damage (though Rogues still do half their sneak attack damage, because they cheat). Enemies with concealment may still be targeted with a garrote attack.

Each round you control the grapple, instead of the damage action, you choke your opponent, cutting off your target's air supply (inflicting the Gagging condition). Each round after the first that you successfully maintain the grapple, you may escalate this condition one step up the array (to Choking, and then to Asphyxiating in the third round). Any round you do not maintain the choke, your opponent can take a breath and the Gagging, Choking, or Asphyxiating condition immediately ends. If you lose control of a grapple while using a garrote, the garrote is considered broken and may not be used again until repaired.

Your garroted opponent must make a Caster Check versus a DC equal to your Maneuver Defense to cast a spell with a verbal component, use a command word item, or use any ability requiring speech. A garroted opponent may not make any sound with his mouth, assuming the garrote is around the neck.

Creatures immune to criticals, precision damage or creatures not required to breathe may still speak, cast spells and cannot be choked out, though they still take damage from your attacks.

The garrote is not a member of any weapon group.