Krotan's Skullcrusher (Krotan's Skullcrusher +2 in-game), also named Mace +2, is an enchanted weapon available in Tales of the Sword Coast and Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. It's also possible to import this item from Tales of the Sword Coast into Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
When this weapon is compared to a normal mace it does +2 more damage and has a +2 THAC0 bonus. Its speed factor is 5, making it two points faster. and with a weight of 7 lbs, its 3 lbs lighter. This falls under the mace proficiency, but in Tales of the Sword Coast, it's in the blunt weapons proficiency instead and is the most powerful mace available.
Location[]
It can be found in Durlag's Tower on the fourth underground level in a trapped and locked chest in the rune carpet room.
Description[]
| “ | Mace +2: 'Krotan's Skullcrusher.' Even the hordes have their heroes, and while they are vilified in civilized company, their deeds are sometimes impressive nonetheless.Krotan was an exceptionally intelligent orc, as far as orcs go, who commanded an ever-shifting legion of ogres, orcs, hobgoblins, and other assorted beasties during the Year of the Lost Lady, 1241 DR. It was in this tear that a group of bandit orcs allegedly kidnapped and killed a Tethyrian noblewoman, and the response from authorities was genocidal slaughter of orcs throughout the south in her memory. Krotan mounted a defense that ensured his people were not entirely destroyed; though they were displaced. Krotan himself fell near the end of the conflict, and his head was mounted outside the graveyard where the young lady was buried. As a point of interest, orc's called this time the "Year of Pushing Too Far." | ” |
Trivia[]
An examination of unused dialogue and creature files (EldothD.dlg and EldothD.cre) reveals that Eldoth Kron may have been originally intended to be the captain of the guard at an unnamed keep. At some point he was put under the influence of "evil tentacles" under the direction of "Krotan", an ogre mage of "considerable power" and presumably the namesake of this weapon. The player's party would have rescued him from this fate.