Capable of delivering up to 20 iron spikes per minute at nearly the velocity of an arrow, the Iron Spike Launcher-9000 is the front line weapon of his most elite clock-work soldiers.

Kazarad the lich watched his minons strip the slain adventurers of their gear, and he being the meticulous type, the gear was sorted into piles. One of larger piles was a heap of iron spikes. 'Why do they all carry those damn things? What am _I_ supposed to with all of those? '

Then a moment of inspiration stuck him.....

You never know when you'll need an IRON SPIKE!