Jadeite |
Dastardly Finish (Combat)
You can take advantage of an enemy's debilitated state to attempt a coup de grace.
Prerequisite: Sneak attack +5d6.
Benefit: You can deliver a coup de grace to cowering or stunned targets.
Normal: You can only coup de grace helpless targets.
Bone Razor
Price 5,000 gp; Aura faint necromancy; CL 5th; Weight 1 lb.
This jagged bone knife seems too thin and frail for combat but easily cuts flesh. If used to perform a coup de grace on a helpless living creature and the creature dies from the attack, the creature's flesh begins to peel off and its bones animate as a skeleton under the command of the bearer of the razor. The creature's flesh is not destroyed, but decays at a steady rate. The bearer of the razor can spend 1 minute reattaching the flesh to the animate skeleton, which ends the necromantic magic and results in a normal corpse (though a corpse of a person killed or mutilated by knife wounds). If the bearer uses the razor to flense and animate another creature's bones, the previous animate skeleton is immediately destroyed.
Construction Requirements
Cost 2,500 gp
Craft Wondrous Item, animate dead
Should a Bone Razor work against a stunned or cowering target by someone with Dastardly Finish?
Chris Kenney |
Well, yes? I mean, even a coup de grace isn't instantly fatal. It's just normally beyond question because helpless targets are generally fairly low on HP. Just remember to actually make the dice rolls involved and it's fine.
If you run coup de grace as "Auto-kill, every time" you shouldn't be allowing Dastardly Finish in the first place.