This spiked chain is forged of thick metal bands interspersed with long, sharp dagger points.

Followers of Hextor prize these grisly weapons for keeping their prisoners subdued. A chain of obeisance functions as a +1 unholy spiked chain if you are lawful evil, neutral evil, or lawful neutral.

Relic Power: Despite its size and apparent unwieldiness, if you have established the proper divine connection, you can wield this weapon in a grapple as if it were a light weapon. If you pin your opponent while wielding a chain of obeisance, the foe must succeed on a DC 22 Will save or be dominated as by the dominate monster spell. No more than one creature can be dominated at a time; if you use this power on a second creature, the first effect ends.
To use the relic power, you must worship Hextor and either sacrifice a 7th-level divine spell slot or have the True Believer feat and at least 13 HD.

Lore: These weapons are forged from the shackles in Hextor’s hellish prisonfortress. The first of them were used by the strongest warriors in Hextor’s horde to subdue prisoners taken on the battlefields of the Outer Planes (Knowledge [religion] DC 20).

Prerequisites: Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Sanctify Relic, dominate monster.
Cost to Create: 10,000 gp (plus 400 gp for base item), 800 XP, 20 days.