Caltrop

Caltrops were effective items used by some rogues and adventurers to dissuade pursuit.
==Description==
Caltrops were known to come in a variety of shapes and sizes, though typically they had a spherical shape and were lined with either four or six spikes or prongs. These spikes were typically arranged in a tetrahedral pattern, which ensured that when tossed there would always be a spike facing up regardless of how a caltrop landed.
==Weaponology==
When dropped on the ground during a pursuit, caltrops did a wonderful job of slowing down and even injuring the pursuing party, allowing a thief extra time to make his or her escape.
==Locations==
Though they were surely independently made in other lands of Toril, caltrops were known throughout the north to have been invented in Sundabar. They were a popular export of the Old Anvil Smithy within the city.
Pirates of the Nelanther Isles often used shattered rum bottles as caltrops.
==Appendix==
===Gallery===
File:Caltrops2e.png|Illustration of caltrops being thrown and stepped on.
===Appearances===
:;Video Games
::Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide • Neverwinter Nights: Pirates of the Sword Coast • Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
===References===
Category:0-24 gold pieces
Category:Items from Sundabar
Category:Items from Sundabar Vale
Category:Items from Old Delzoun
Category:Items from Northwest Faerûn
Category:Items from Faerûn
Category:Items from Toril
Category:Items
Category:Items from Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue
Category:Thieves' tools