A pair of metal balls joined by a chain, common among Bētin street gangs and thieves. The weapon uses momentum to strike and can grab or entangle a target; its chain also permits improvised climbing and tripping uses.
Ashraiah el Sabine used one early in her adventuring career. After the Temple Run battle against Bartimeus Quinnlee, she adopted a faster, more stealthy fighting style. Her meteor hammer now hangs at the front of the Queen’s Cat Inn.
This weapon is very difficult to control and can lead to the wielder accidentally harming themselves. On a natural 1 you do normal weapon damage to yourself.
This weapon has a length of rope or chain on it that a skilled user may attempt to use to grab and disarm their foes. When attacking a foe in your reach with this weapon, you may use a bonus action to force an opposed athletics check. If you succeed, you may disarm or grapple the foe.
Weapons that have the momentum property pack more of a punch the faster they move. When you make an attack, and land a hit, you may choose to deal no damage and build momentum for d3 turns. When building momentum your movement is halved. If you take damage or take any actions that are not an attack with the weapon you lose your momentum. If you succeed an attack you may expend your momentum. When you expend your momentum you deal weapon damage x momentum + 1d10 + modifiers.
This weapon adds 5 feet to your reach when you attack with it.