Sobek, the evil deity of hunger, crocodiles and drowning, is said to possess a fantastic item that he carries with him at all time known in Zentradi mythology as the 'Drowning Net.' Appearing as a large fisherman's net, the device is said to have been woven with the coalesced wails of drowned spirits from the beginning of time. The net obeys only the mental commands of Sobek, his avatar or his selected agents. When thrown, the net follows the mental commands of the user and may adjust its course and heading as willed.

The Drowning Net functions as a +5 net with a range of 50 ft above water and 100 ft. underwater. The net is generally opened into a square shape 15' x 15' but is able to expand or shrink at the command of the user to as large as 50' x 50' and as small as a 1' x 1' square. The four corners of the Drowning Net are each weighted with waterproof and rust resistant duranium orbs carved in the shape of crocodile talons.

Anyone struck by the net with a successful ranged attack becomes entangled in the net fibers. An entagled creature can attempt to break free with a DC 30 Strength check or a DC 30 Escape Artist check. The net itself, being a magically divine device, is immune to all magical and mundane weaponry and can not be cut by conventional means. Creatures entangled in the net and unable to break free will drown if underwater and unable to breathe water on their own. Characters may be able to hold their breath for a number of rounds equal to twice their Consitution score. After this time period, the character must make a DC 15 Constitution check every round in order to continue holding their breath. Each round the DC increases by a factor of 1. When the character fails the Constitution check, they will begin to drown (if underwater). In the first round, they will fall unconscious (0 hp). In the following round, they will drop to -1 hp and begin to die. In the third round, they are considered dead.

Creatures drowned by the magical Drowning Net are said to have their spirits enslaved by Sobek who takes them back to his home plane to serve as his slaves, fiend fodder or play things for the god's wishes. Kharon, the deity of death, resents this device of course since it may rob him of potential souls.

Sobek will never lend the Drowning Net to mortal beings though several rogues have made an attempt over the eons to steal it. They have always been hunted down by either the god himself or one his associates and then slain in a most brutal fashion or devoured alive.