#the umbrastaff

[its-to-the-death]

Fictional Weapon War Preliminary Round #20

Only one of these will make it into the bracket so choose your favorite!

Which is the coolest weapon?

Knife (knife crow)

Knife wrench (Scrubs)

The Umbrastaff (The Adventure Zone Balance)

Voting ended onJul 20, 2023

For anyone wondering what knife crow is, this is what the submission described:

[herbgerblin]

"Is this a grand relic?"—the question Taako didn't ask.

Of course it wasn't, there wasn't anything grand about it. When they had aquired (or at least, approached) the Pheonix Fire Gauntlet, there was absolutely no doubt about the craftsmenship of the real relics. And when touched, he could hear them. They whispered, pleaded, lulled and charmed. Begged to be kept close, to be desired.

And yet, denying them that request was as easy as denying a handshake from a stranger.

But this thing, it held him from the moment he took handle in hand. Accepted no one else but him. He couldn't say that he treasured it, but he never kept it more than a foot away, at most. Strapped to his back, its connection clung deep, beyond than anything physical. It had no voice, but still spoke to him. It didn't have to whisper, didn't have to plea. It just was.

Part of him, part of his heart.

Still, the warmth of its magic, the shape of its carve, the weight of familiarity, all lingered two steps from the places of his memory that fizzled out into nothingness. That feeling made him wary enough to wonder. But if the Bureau never asked it of him, never suggested that they destroy it as well—he for damn sure would never bring it up.

He could watch the other relics get blown to smithereens any day of the week. But this....this he would never let come to harm.

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"Damn, the make of this thing is pretty good," Taako said, admiring the umbrastaff for the fifth time since Lup had shown it to him. "Is this what you're going to put your section of the light into?

No," Lup replied. She watched him twirl it over his shoulder with a smile. "I like it too much. What if the relics don't work? We'd have to destroy them too. I just think it would be a waste."

[bramblepatch]

Kravitz, undying vassal of the Raven Queen and elite fantasy death crimes cop, already having sensed a strong undead presence in the immediate area and closely examining the Umbrastaff, a unique magic item which happens to contain a whole-ass lich and which he has just been directly informed "eat[s] old dead dudes": No, Taako, I don't think it's your umbrella.

[thedeitychildren]

A collection of doodles I made while listening to the adventure zone

[mooreaux]

Taako’s Looks™ thru the arcs

[merlintheenchanted]

I’m Taako, you know… from Youtube?

Modern TAZ AU: Taako Wizard Boy Baby

Magnus | Merle (on his way)

[littledeadling]

My first-ever tattoo commission! I’m so happy I got to do this, and I’m beyond stoked to see the finished product…. wild!!!!! <3

Commissions!

[princeandreis]

so taako has the umbrastaff right

it’s an umbrella

that lup has been hiding in

umbrella in french is “parapluie” (literally “against the rain”)

so in french, the umbrastaff could reasonably be called.... the paralupuie