SRD:Dire Flail

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Flail, Dire

Exotic Two-Handed Melee Critical: ×2 Range Increment: — Type: Bludgeoning Hardness: 5
Size	Cost^1	Damage	Weight^1	hp
Fine	*	1d2/1d2	*	1
Diminutive	*	1d3/1d3	*	1
Tiny	*	1d4/1d4	*	2
Small	80 gp	1d6/1d6	5 lb.	5
Medium	80 gp	1d8/1d8	10 lb.	10
Large	160 gp	2d6/2d6	20 lb.	20
Huge	*	3d6/3d6	*	40
Gargantuan	*	4d6/4d6	*	80
Colossal	*	6d6/6d6	*	160
For values marked with an asterisk, the SRD gives neither this value directly nor a means to determine it.

Description

A dire flail is a double weapon. You can fight with it as if fighting with two weapons, but if you do, you incur all the normal attack penalties associated with fighting with two weapons, just as if you were using a one-handed weapon and a light weapon. A creature wielding a dire flail in one hand can’t use it as a double weapon—only one end of the weapon can be used in any given round.

When using a dire flail, you get a +2 bonus on opposed attack rolls made to disarm an enemy (including the opposed attack roll to avoid being disarmed if such an attempt fails).

You can also use this weapon to make trip attacks. If you are tripped during your own trip attempt, you can drop the dire flail to avoid being tripped.

Enhancements

Dire Flail Material Enhancements

Material	Average	Masterwork^1	Hardness	hp	Special
Steel	80 gp	680 gp	5	10	—
Adamantine	—	6,080 gp	5	13	Bypass hardness less than 20
Deep Crystal	—	2,080 gp	10	30	Psionic
Mundane Crystal	—	680 gp	8	25	No rusting, not metal
Darkwood	—	n/a	n/a	n/a	—
Iron, Cold	160 gp	760 gp	5	10	Magical enchantments cost an additional 2,000 gp.
Mithral	—	5,080 gp	5	10	1/2 weight
Silver, Alchemical	260 gp	860 gp	5	10	−1 damage
Masterwork weapons have a +1 enhancement bonus on attack rolls.

Magical/Psionic Weapon Enhancements

Bonus Value	Additional Cost^1	Hardness Increase^2	Additional hp^2
+1	+2,000 gp	+2	+10
+2	+8,000 gp	+4	+20
+3	+18,000 gp	+6	+30
+4	+32,000 gp	+8	+40
+5	+50,000 gp	+10	+50
+6	+72,000 gp^3	+12	+60
+7	+98,000 gp^3	+14	+70
+8	+128,000 gp^3	+16	+80
+9	+162,000 gp^3	+18	+90
+10	+200,000 gp^3	+20	+100
+11 or more	+ bonus squared × 20,000 gp	+ enhancement bonus × 2	+ enhancement bonus × 10
Increase total cost for magical enhancement by 2,000 gp for cold iron weapons. This is the extra cost of enchanting only one head. Calculate the extra cost as if each head were a separate weapon. Unlike the additional cost, the increase the weapon's hardness and hit points are only gained from its enhancement bonus, not its special abilities. If the weapon has a magical bonus greater than +5 or a special ability worth more than +5, the weapon is epic. Multiply magic cost by 10.

See Also

• SRD:Weapon Qualities
• Magic Items: Weapons (SRD Rules)
• Wikipedia: Flail

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