Item: Kinetic Club

TypeWeapon
Level7
Rarity
Uncommon
Base ItemGreatclub
CategoryMartial
GroupClub
Damage1d10 bludgeoning
Price325 gp
UsageHeld in two hands
PublicationPathfinder #208: Hoof, Cinder, and Storm

Embedded along the length of this +1 striking greatclub are the teeth and scales of a zetogeki, a giant lizard that can absorb and then release bursts of kinetic energy. The more momentum a wielder builds up while swinging the weapon, the more forceful the impact when it finally makes contact.

Activate—Store Kinetic Energy F (concentrate)

Frequency once per hour

Trigger You add a circumstance bonus to your attack with the kinetic club's backswing trait and successfully Strike your target


Effect You channel the club's stored energy into the Strike, dealing 1d6 additional damage. If the club has a greater striking rune, increase the additional damage to 2d6. If the club has a major striking rune, increase the additional damage to 3d6.


Trait Effects

Backswing: You can use the momentum from a missed attack with this weapon to lead into your next attack. After missing with this weapon on your turn, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your next attack with this weapon before the end of your turn.

Earth: Effects with the earth trait either manipulate or conjure earth. Those that manipulate earth have no effect in an area without earth. Creatures with this trait consist primarily of earth or have a connection to magical earth. These planes are mostly solid. Travelers arriving upon an earth plane risk suffocation if they don’t reach a cavern or some other air pocket within the plane’s solid matter. Creatures who can’t burrow are entombed in the plane’s substance and must attempt to dig their way toward an air pocket. Air creatures are ill at ease, as they rarely have the space to move freely through even the loftiest warrens.

Magical: Something with the magical trait is imbued with magical energies not tied to a specific tradition of magic. Some items or effects are closely tied to a particular tradition of magic. In these cases, the item has the arcane, divine, occult, or primal trait instead of the magical trait. Any of these traits indicate that the item is magical.

Shove: You can use this weapon to Shove with the Athletics skill even if you don’t have a free hand. This uses the weapon’s reach (if different from your own) and adds the weapon’s item bonus to attack rolls as an item bonus to the Athletics check. If you critically fail a check to Shove using the weapon, you can drop the weapon to take the effects of a failure instead of a critical failure.


Critical Specialisation Effects

Certain effects can grant you benefits when you make a Strike with certain weapons and get a critical success. This is called a critical specialisation effect. The exact effect depends on which weapon group your weapon belongs to, as listed below. You can always decide not to add the critical specialisation effect of your weapon.

Club: You knock the target away from you up to 10 feet. This is forced movement.


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