Tiger's Claw
1d6S·Martial·Firearm·One-handed
Range 60 ft.·Reload 1
Runes +2, striking, fearsome
This +2 striking fearsome dueling pistol is made from fine tigerwood, with the head of a tiger as the muzzle. Beneath the tiger head is a claw shaped bayonet. One of a set of four guns crafted as a gift to a Zenj family for delivery of rare healing and disease- abating herbs during an outbreak of a deadly disease in the Grand Duchy of Alkenstar, these firearms are now passed down to those who have done brave acts in service to the Zenj people. The flintlock sparks thrown by this weapon take the shape of pouncing tigers and the firearm's report sounds like a tiger's growl. Clever wielders use the firearm's report to panic their prey into mistakes and then pounce for the kill.
This firearm's bullets deal slashing damage instead of piercing and add an additional 1d6 bleed on a critical hit. This persistent bleed damage causes tiger-claw-shaped wounds to appear on the target.
Activate—Tiger Shot ◆◆ (concentrate)
Frequency once per day
Effect You capitalize on the fears your firearm engenders, terrifying your foes. Make a ranged Strike with this firearm against a target. If you successfully deal damage to your target, the target is also affected by a 4th-rank Vision of Death with a spell DC of 28(DC 28 will). While vision of death typically takes the shape of the target's worst fear, this effect always appears to the target in the form of a majestic and ferocious tiger.
Traits
This weapon is designed to be inconspicuous or easily concealed. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to Stealth checks and DCs to hide or conceal a weapon with this trait.
These weapons smash as much as puncture. When determining a creature's resistance or immunity to damage from this weapon, use the weaker of the target's resistance or immunity to piercing or to bludgeoning. For instance, if the creature were immune to piercing and had no resistance or immunity to bludgeoning damage, it would take full damage from a concussive weapon. Resistance or immunity to all physical damage, or all damage, applies as normal.
The fatal trait includes a die size. On a critical hit, the weapon's damage die increases to that die size instead of the normal die size, and the weapon adds one additional damage die of the listed size.
Effects and magic items with this trait involve false sensory stimuli.
This magic comes from the primal tradition, connecting to the natural world and instinct. Anything with this trait is magical. A creature with this trait is primarily constituted of or has a strong connection to primal magic.
The target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or be stunned 1.