Flail of the Vortex

Flail of the Vortex is a common, highly enchanted (+3) variant of the Flails family of weapons. It is a martial melee weapon wielded in one hand.

Properties

Damage

1d8 + 3 (4~11) + Strength modifier ⁠Bludgeoning

Extra damage

1d8 (1~8) ⁠Lightning

Details

 Flails

 Rarity: Common

Enchantment: + 3

 One-Handed

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Weight: 0.9 kg (1.8 lb)

 Price: 50 gp

UID

WPN_Flail_Air_Myrmidon_A

UUID

71f5b932-137f-4e05-9392-e6b921e3aca6

Stats

WPN_Flail_Air_Myrmidon

UID

WPN_Flail_Air_Myrmidon_ConjureElemental

UUID

8f8ad4f1-ee45-45f5-9368-3da979ada65a

Stats

WPN_Flail_Air_Myrmidon_ConjureElemental

UID

WPN_Flail_Air_Myrmidon_Wildshape

UUID

229dd0c4-6b13-4dbd-be48-0fedf292700a

Stats

WPN_Flail_Air_Myrmidon_Wildshape

Special

The holder of this item gains:

Main Hand Only

Tenacity

When you miss a melee attack, you deal Strength Modifier⁠⁠Bludgeoning damage (minimum of 1) anyway.

Special weapon actions

This weapon also grants the following:

 Electrified Flail ()

Clout a foe with your lightning-suffused flail and  Stun them.

Where to find

• Carried by  Air Myrmidons

Notes

• This is item cannot be obtained without exploits, because Air Myrmidons are  Permanently Armed.
  • A previous exploit involving getting the myrmidon arrested has been patched out.
• The version carried by NPC Myrmidons (as opposed to wildshape or player summons) is neither enchanted, nor deals elemental damage.

Regarding Tenacity:

• If a weapon action misses, using Tenacity will not trigger its effects.
• Despite being a greatclub,  Rat Bat does not provide Tenacity.
• As Tenacity deals weapon damage, even if an attack misses, it can trigger many on-hit effects from equipment.
  • Effects like weapon coatings,  Gloves of Power,  Callous Glow Ring, and any infusion from  Ring of Elemental Infusion.
  •  Doom Hammer and  The Sacred Star on-hit effects will be triggered. This is particularly important when you need to apply a condition consistently, like  Bone Chilled to a powerful undead or fast-healing enemy.
  •  Flail of Ages can trigger its effect via Tenacity when boosted by  Acid Infusion,  Cold Infusion, or  Fire Infusion.

Regarding Electrified Flail:

• This weapon action has no recharge time or other limitations and is strictly better than the myrmidon's standard attack.

Bugs

• This weapon grants the  Tenacity passive, but as the  Tenacity reaction is not usable while polymorphed it will never trigger.

Regarding Tenacity:

• When dual wielding a flail or morningstar with a non-Tenacity weapon using the  Dual Wielder feat, Tenacity can be triggered by missing an attack with the non-Tenacity weapon. The damage will always be ⁠Bludgeoning, no matter the weapon used.
  • Some non-Tenacity weapons can trigger their on-hit effects via Tenacity as well, such as the  Ritual Dagger and  Loviatar's Scourge.
• As  Horde Breaker (Melee) rolls invisible, zero-damage weapon attacks against all enemies in the Horde Breaker area of effect, Tenacity can be prompted to trigger against them even if the first attack hits. It is therefore possible to score 2 hits in one attack: the full attack against the original Horde Breaker target and a Tenacity hit against another target.

Gallery

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  3d model by Brodie Keall