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Weapons

The Savage Gauntlet

This clawed gauntlet of the left hand is treated as a cestus and weighs 3lbs. It is made of bronze and the blades are decorated with ivory. It was made for someone of size 6. Resizing it for a smaller hand requires the arts of an Armourer of Rank 6, and it will cost them 1,000 sp per size category, reduced, and they will likely charge a premium for their labour, as well.
The base Strike Chance is 52%, which is further modifed by the wearer's PS - 15. This can be a penalty. It allows a left handed strike at a penalty of 10, unless the wearer is, actually, left handed, in which case, no penalty applies at all.
It is particularly well-made and hard, entitling the wearer to Break 100 + 3 x MD to avoid any Specific Grievous Injury (and the damage associated with it) if it would strike at their left hand or wrist.
The wearer may spend EN to change the quality of their Strike. The initial cost in EN is 3, doubling on each subsequent occasion, resetting at midnight. It must be declared before the Strike is attempted. Misses become hits, hits become blows directly to EN, blows directly to EN become Possible Specific Grievous Injuries, and a Possible Specific Grievous Injury result becomes two such wounds.
The Damage Modifier is calculated differently. It is 2 rollup D10 - 5. This is further modified by Rank in Cestus, Rank in Warrior or Assassin (but not both at the same time), and the gauntlet will accept weapon spells.

Damage from PS is calculated like this:

PS	bonus
20	+ 0
21 & 22	+ 1
23 - 25	+ 2
26 - 29	+ 3
30 - 34	+ 4
35 - 41	+ 5
41 - 48	+ 6

and so on.
The claw inflicts A class Specific Grievous Injuries. If the wearer's PS is 20 or more, it may inflict B class Specific Grievous Injuries. If the wearer's PS is 26 or more, it may also inflict C class Specific Grievous Injuries. Results that cause amputations or decapitation are always ignored, however.

Adventure	Season	Plane of Origin	Aura	Nature of Magic	Value	Cursed etc.?	GM
Crooked Mile	Autumn 813	Alusia	Magical	Chaos			Jim Arona 021 076 9376

Scimitar Claw

This scimitar has a reversed blade and no quillons. It is heavy for its kind, weighing 5 lbs. Inside the hilt can be found the mummified remains of a left hand.
The base Strike Chance is 60, and the Damage Mdifier is D + 4. Rank in Scimitar, and Warrior or Assassin (but not both at the same time) and weapon spells may be added to this. Bonus damage from PS also applies, and does not invoke a weapon break chance unless the modified PS is 50 or higher.
When the mummified hand is animated by means of the Animating Bodily Parts spell:

• the MD and PS of the wielder's weapon hand increases by 1 (+1 per 2 Ranks).
• the wielder may deliver multi-hex Strikes one handed.

However, the lack of quillons mean that the wielder is considered 3 Ranks worse when attempting a Parry manoeuvre.

Adventure	Season	Plane of Origin	Aura	Nature of Magic	Value	Cursed etc.?	GM
Crooked Mile	Autumn 813	Alusia	Magical	Chaos			Jim Arona 021 076 9376

Miscellaneous

Cape of Retrograde Movement

This dark,velvet cape weighs 1 lb.
It must be worn over the left shoulder and arm, will increase the wearer's Stealth by 20 for the purposes of concealing a weapon no larger than a short sword under it.
Once a day, it allows the wearer to move backwards at their full TMR without changing facing.