The cultist's dagger

Stub-class article · First seen: s23 · Last seen: s24
The cultist's dagger
The cultist's dagger, Dagger (unidentified), rune-inscribed portrait
Item
StatusActive
First seens23
Last seens24
TypeDagger (unidentified), rune-inscribed
HolderKole
OriginTaken from the body of the pendant cultist in the ridge temple, s23

The cultist’s dagger is the rune-inscribed dagger that Kole took from the body of the pendant cultist in the ridge temple in session 23 [5][13][14]. While she lived the DM described “her rather sizable daggers glowing with necrotic energy”, and her stabs dealt slashing and necrotic damage together [21][18][20]. Asked whether it looked or felt magical, the DM said only “It definitely has runes inscribed on it, but it’s hard to tell.” [16]. It is unidentified and not confirmed magical, and the title is the wiki’s own, since the dagger has no name. In session 24 Kole pricked his finger with a dagger, presumably this one, to feed a blood-hungry statue [8].

Overview

The dagger belonged to the woman who had captured Kole and was leading him through the ridge temple to be sacrificed [9][10]. She is unnamed, and the wiki calls her the pendant cultist. She fought the party with it and died to Caelumn’s Chromatic Orb [11]. Kole, who by his player’s description “doesn’t really have any weapons by the looks of it” [12], took it from her body [13][14].

Description

A big dagger. In the fight the DM called it “her big dagger”, which she gripped with both hands for her last stab [15]. Afterwards it was “a dagger” in the DM’s list of what she carried [5]. Asked whether it looked or felt magical, the DM said “It definitely has runes inscribed on it, but it’s hard to tell.” [16]. He gave Terry the same answer, word for word, about The skeleton’s greatsword [17]. The runes have not been read.

Mechanics (as played)

  • Necrotic damage. Her stabs came with extra necrotic damage: nine slashing and eight necrotic on Father Thomas, and on a natural 20 ten slashing and fourteen necrotic [18][19][20]. The DM first pictured “daggers glowing with necrotic energy” [21].
  • After her death. Nothing says the blade glowed or dealt necrotic damage after she fell. In the second fight Kole is shown only casting [22][23].
  • A pricked finger (session 24). Kole’s one use of a blade was on himself: he asked to “gently prick my finger with my like knife”, and said “Because I’ve got a dagger” [24][25]. The DM called one piercing damage [26]. Neither the DM nor Kole mentions runes or any glow.

Open questions

  • Whether the dagger is magical. “it’s hard to tell” [16] is all the DM has said, and nobody has cast anything on it.
  • Whether the necrotic glow and damage belong to the dagger or to the woman who wielded it [21][18][20].
  • Whether there was a second dagger. The DM said “daggers” in the fight [21], and “a dagger” in the search [5].
  • What the runes say. At the sealed door Hugo asked whether its markings matched “the runes on the dagger or the sword”, and the DM said “Uh, no.” [27][28].
  • Whether the blade Kole pricked his finger with in session 24 is this dagger. His words are “my like knife” and “a dagger” [24][25], and it is the only blade on record for him [12].

History in the campaign

Session 23: The Changeling in Manacles

Main article: Session 23

The woman fought with a big dagger that the DM pictured glowing with necrotic energy. Her stab at Caelumn missed, her stab in Father Thomas’s back dealt nine slashing and eight necrotic, a natural 20 dealt ten and fourteen, and her last two-handed stab was turned by his shield [29][21][18][3][4]. Caelumn’s Chromatic Orb killed her [11]. Terry’s search of the bodies found a dagger on her, and Kole picked it up, was told that it had runes but it was hard to tell, and kept it [5][6].

Session 24: The Knight of Smoke

Main article: Session 24

The dagger is not named in session 24, but Kole’s only blade on record is this one. At the vampire-lord statue, with Kole guessing that it wanted blood, he asked to prick his finger with his knife and said he had a dagger [30][24][25]. The DM called one piercing damage, and a little of his blood trickled down the statue’s throat, but “it seems hungry” [26], and Kole thought it needed more [31]. Terry’s wrist, not the dagger, bought the orb [32][33].

Status

As of session 24. Carried by Kole, unidentified and not confirmed magical [14]. It is probably the blade he pricked his finger with at the vampire-lord statue [8].

See also

References

  1. ^ Session 23, line 601-652: The cultist stabs at Caelumn and the DM pictures her daggers glowing with necrotic energy.
  2. ^ Session 23, line 693-703: Her stab in Father Thomas's back, nine slashing and eight necrotic.
  3. ^ Session 23, line 799-801: A natural 20 on Father Thomas, ten slashing and fourteen necrotic.
  4. ^ Session 23, line 891-893: She grips her big dagger with both hands and the stab is turned by Father Thomas's shield.
  5. ^ Session 23, line 1453: The DM's list of what is on the bodies, on the cultist a holy symbol, leather armour and a dagger.
  6. ^ Session 23, line 1493-1495: Kole picks it up, is told it has runes but it is hard to tell, and takes it.
  7. ^ Session 23, line 1661-1662: The runes on the sealed door do not match the runes on the dagger or the sword.
  8. ^ Session 24, line 1267-1278: Kole pricks his finger with his dagger for one piercing damage to feed the vampire-lord statue.
  9. ^ Session 23, line 310: Inline citation.
  10. ^ Session 23, line 1442: Inline citation.
  11. ^ Session 23, line 944: Inline citation.
  12. ^ Session 23, line 1270: Inline citation.
  13. ^ Session 23, line 1493: Inline citation.
  14. ^ Session 23, line 1495: Inline citation.
  15. ^ Session 23, line 891: Inline citation.
  16. ^ Session 23, line 1494: Inline citation.
  17. ^ Session 23, line 1498: Inline citation.
  18. ^ Session 23, line 701: Inline citation.
  19. ^ Session 23, line 703: Inline citation.
  20. ^ Session 23, line 801: Inline citation.
  21. ^ Session 23, line 652: Inline citation.
  22. ^ Session 23, line 1718: Inline citation.
  23. ^ Session 23, line 1788: Inline citation.
  24. ^ Session 24, line 1267: Inline citation.
  25. ^ Session 24, line 1269: Inline citation.
  26. ^ Session 24, line 1278: Inline citation.
  27. ^ Session 23, line 1661: Inline citation.
  28. ^ Session 23, line 1662: Inline citation.
  29. ^ Session 23, line 601-604: Inline citation.
  30. ^ Session 24, line 1253: Inline citation.
  31. ^ Session 24, line 1286: Inline citation.
  32. ^ Session 24, line 1310: Inline citation.
  33. ^ Session 24, line 1312: Inline citation.
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